Are we making decisions in a sustainable way? A comprehensive literature review about rationalities for sustainable development

Bolis, Ivan; Morioka, Sandra Naomi; Sznelwar, Laerte Idal

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.01.025

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“…Literature to date focused on non-experimental studies (based on surveys and case studies) that cannot fully account for the causal role of stakeholder participation in collaborative success in multiparty systems. Our results further support the claim that stakeholder participation is a precondition for achieving substantive rationality in sustainability decisions [14,17]. Moreover, we bring further support for the social interdependence theory by showing that stakeholder participation has opposite effects on the two forms of interdependence as described in SIT.…”

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“…Finally, from an instrumental perspective, participation creates legitimacy for the identified solutions and reduces resistance to change when these solutions are to be implemented [13]. More recent work on the rationality of sustainability decisions emphasized the role of stakeholder participation as a means towards achieving substantive and communicative rationality of such decisions [14]. Stakeholder participation is therefore acclaimed overall as a precondition for successfully addressing wicked sustainability problems [15,16].…”

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Participation and Goal Achievement of Multiparty Collaborative Systems Dealing with Complex Problems: A Natural Experiment

Schruijer

Curşeu

2020

Sustainability

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Multiparty collaborative systems often deal with wicked sustainability challenges. Previous research has emphasized the important role of stakeholder representation and participation in comprehensive sustainability decisions. We report the results of an empirical test of the effect of stakeholder participation on systemic goal achievement and on multiparty dynamics in a natural experiment, using the results obtained through two simulations in which 44 professionals participated. In one of the simulations a 'party exclusion dynamic' evolved. As the two simulations had a similar baseline, the same number of participants distributed in a similar manner among seven stakeholder parties in each simulation, we could test the effect of stakeholder participation on goal achievement and systemic dynamics, using the other simulation as a comparison. Our results show that stakeholder exclusion prevents systemic goal achievement, disrupts collaboration and induces systemic powerlessness.

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Section: Conclusion and Practical Implicationssupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Participation and Goal Achievement of Multiparty Collaborative Systems Dealing with Complex Problems: A Natural Experiment

Schruijer

Curşeu

2020

Sustainability

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“…Water, health, infrastructure, food, lifestyle and energy are the climate sensitive sectors that pose as key sustainability challenges (Scott, Kurian & Wescoat, 2015). Waste is a common generic entity that affects all (Bolis, Morioka & Sznelwar, 2017). Path-breaking policy initiatives and significant influx of capital are being invested in health, water (Lei, 2011) and related climate sensitive areas.…”

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Creating shared value through big-data analytics: a conceptual treatise on sustainability presence

Ongsakul¹,

Sen²

2018

JBRMR

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KeywordsSustainability presence; shared value; big-data analytics; predictability, prescriptivity and scalability. AbstractThe objective of this study is to review and create a frame of reference for the creation of shared value through big-data analytics that sets sustainability presence (Hampton et al. 2013, Schwab, 2017. Big Data Analytics has potential to cope with challenges of over consumption, unharnessed growth and waste proliferation (Müller, Junglas, vom Brocke & Debortoli, 2016). Sustainability presence is relevant curated data, predictive, prescriptive and scalable (Hampton, 2013). Businesses and retail services incorporate transformation to endure and cope with challenges (ur Rehman, Chang, Batool & Wah, 2016). This paper posits the concept of sustainability presence through big-data analytics. Sustainability presence is defined as an overarching ambiance that nurtures shift from reactive to proactive analytics to create value-embedded information that is purposeful for creating connect on water, waste and energy realms (Iacovidou, et al., 2017). The role of analytics is to scaffold big-data emanating from large-scale processes, to the tune of water, energy, waste impacting sustainability presence, call for higher elevation level eco-evo-big data analytics. Whereas, near-grassroots measure of predictability, prescriptivity and scalability, require calibrated attentional grain

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“…Assuming that rural residents' decision-making is rational [43], utility maximization [44] is the rural residents' behavioral goal, and the expected quality of life becomes the basis for their behavioral decision-making. Based on the individual and family characteristics of rural residents, the current status of household energy use, rural residents' knowledge, attitudes, and energy preference affect the rural residents' expectations from different angles, then influence their WTU/WTB.…”

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Residents’ Willingness for Centralized Biogas Production in Hebei and Shandong Provinces

Wang

Dogot

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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Nowadays, in the North China Plain (NCP), most counties and suburban rural regions are promoting the "coal to gas" program under the situation of strong government support of large and medium-sized centralized biogas production (CBP) projects. This paper is aimed at the CBP projects, focuses on rural residents’ “willingness to use (WTU)”, “willingness to buy (WTB)” and the influencing factors for WTU/WTB. Through the analysis of rural residents from Hebei and Shandong provinces that belong to NCP in this survey, we find that 85% of respondents support the CBP program and the WTB is 63.15 CNY/year per capita, which is much lower than the cost of rural CBP in existing survey regions. The participation of rural residents is not only a manifestation of personal and family characteristics; understanding of environmental knowledge, attitudes, and household energy practices are more important. These non-economic factors seriously affect WTU/WTB. Hence, it is necessary to appropriately increase the government revenue to such projects, strengthen government guidance and publicity, improve the environmental knowledge and attitude of rural residents and guide residents’ practice. Based on a fully understanding of residents’ consumption decision mechanism, we establish a financial support mechanism due to the demand response, adopt a correct calculation for financial support, such as a reasonable subsidy rate, and seek the greatest commonality of cost, financial support, and demand.

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Are we making decisions in a sustainable way? A comprehensive literature review about rationalities for sustainable development

Cited by 73 publications

References 142 publications

Participation and Goal Achievement of Multiparty Collaborative Systems Dealing with Complex Problems: A Natural Experiment

Participation and Goal Achievement of Multiparty Collaborative Systems Dealing with Complex Problems: A Natural Experiment

Creating shared value through big-data analytics: a conceptual treatise on sustainability presence

Residents’ Willingness for Centralized Biogas Production in Hebei and Shandong Provinces

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