Meaning Making by Managers: Corporate Discourse on Environment and Sustainability in India

Nambiar, Prithi; Chitty, Naren

doi:10.1007/s10551-013-1848-2

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“…Sense-making began with rough acts of categorization that led to the preliminary identification and mapping of ideas [57]. We considered the language from the interviews to be a reflection of practitioner views, values, and actions that enabled a greater understanding of how reality at the case company is constructed [39,70]. Interpretation of the evidence from both individual and focus group interviews assisted us with identifying patterns, relationships between constructs, and emerging themes.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We engaged with the participants-the practitioners-from all management levels and areas of business using a purposive sampling technique. Research in the field of sustainability has mostly explored sustainability professionals or top management, thereby focusing on the views of particular management levels or divisions [33,39,56,[64][65][66][67]. Practitioners in this study came from different functional and line divisions as well as from the different geographic regions from which the company operates.…”

Section: Methodology and Data Collectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An urgent call has been made for research that contributes towards the conceptual clarification of sustainability views and towards a better understanding of sustainability embeddedness in decision-making [12,15,22,39,44,45]. We argue that the realization of sustainability in practice and subsequent improved decision-making for enhanced sustainability can only be achieved when the current situation of sustainability embeddedness in decision-making has been conceptualized [33,[55][56][57].…”

Section: Background and Research Purposementioning

confidence: 96%

“…The reality is that sustainability-embedded decision-making presents numerous challenges for practitioners-individual actors in practice-and sustainability continues to be interpreted in a somewhat random fashion [38,39]. This arguably inhibits sustainability's practical realization.…”

Section: Background and Research Purposementioning

confidence: 99%

“…[36,39,55,57]. We contribute to the persistent implementation gap by identifying and conceptualizing key antecedents of sustainability embeddedness in decision-making from which management can develop initiatives and programs.…”

Section: Background and Research Purposementioning

confidence: 99%

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Navigating Sustainability Embeddedness in Management Decision-Making

Roux

Pretorius

2016

Sustainability

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Sustainability is an essential theme for business. In order to compete, strategies need to be improvised and efficient and effective decisions need to be made for improved sustainability performance. Despite management's apparent knowledge of this, it appears that challenges persist with sustainability's embeddedness in decision-making and its implementation in practice. In this study we propose a metaphor applying an integrative view of sustainability as support for management. We offer six antecedents of sustainability embeddedness in decision-making that contribute to building and confirming theory, and also provide a better understanding of current practice around sustainability embeddedness so that strategies can be developed for improved sustainability performance. Employees on all management levels in a stock exchange listed company provided rich empirical data for the study. Through the analysis of data in a case study, antecedents were inductively identified, conceptualized, and presented as using descriptive labels, namely: A True North Destination-a vision of sustainability embeddedness; Mountains-three obstacles; Fog-confusion and complexity; Myopia-shortsightedness; Navigation Necessities-requirements for the journey; and finally, the Chosen Team-selected stakeholders. Sustainability embeddedness was found to be dependent on leadership, the strategy message and structures, performance measures, and policies that support a unified culture for sustainability embeddedness.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%