Scaling sustainability from the organizational periphery to the strategic core: Towards a practice‐based framework of what practitioners “do”

Ivory, Sarah; MacKay, Brad

doi:10.1002/bse.2487

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“…) and should be able to inform top administration about critical supply chain trade-offs as a new ILS is planned. Thus, while CSOs' extent of commitments still varies largely across different organisations (Ivory & MacKay, 2020), understanding sustainability at critical functions such as procurement could be a vital aspect to build a robust bottom-up business sustainability strategy.…”

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Institutional logic for sustainable purchasing and supply management: Concepts, illustrations, and implications for business strategy

Silva

Nunes

2021

Bus Strat Env

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Amidst the number of studies on sustainable purchasing and supply management (PSM), we have yet to learn how sustainability becomes a logic for organisations and their stakeholders. Thus, this paper offers an extended approach on the emergence of an institutional logic of sustainability (ILS). Our contribution includes the macro mechanisms supporting the robust and continuous adoption of an ILS for procurement. Three distinct trajectories of an ILS emerged from the literature, and their application to sustainable PSM is illustrated using real-world examples. The trajectories rely upon the evolution of (1) institutional entrepreneurs or (2) PSM structures but also can happen through (3) the co-evolution of both. By offering a conceptual model and a set of research propositions for future theory and empirical testing, this paper helps scholars and practitioners to advance their knowledge on managing purchasing departments according to sustainability values and making it a competitiveness factor. Lastly, this paper adds value to both implementation and formulation of sustainable business strategies as the application of our conceptual framework can lead to better strategic alignment of PSM practices.

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Institutional logic for sustainable purchasing and supply management: Concepts, illustrations, and implications for business strategy

Silva

Nunes

2021

Bus Strat Env

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“…Meanwhile, the study of (Bresciani et al, 2021;Matarazzo et al, 2021) indicated that the digital transformation of human resources increases the ability of the change processes that have a strategic nature and provides flexible business models that have the ability to respond to complex and dynamic environment variables (Mendonça & Andrade, 2018;Cannas, 2021). The study of (Garza, 2013;Batista & Francisco, 2018;Ivory & MacKay, 2020) also indicated that achieving the organizational strategic sustainability requires organizations to make more efforts and launch targeted initiatives towards the environment in which they operate (Amui et al, 2018;Sroufe, 2017). Moreover, the study of (Lopes, 2017;Inigo & Albareda, 2019) confirmed that sustainability has a prominent role in developing organizations and granted them a firm position in societies at all levels and fields (Broman & Robèrt, 2017;Dzhengiz, 2020).…”

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The digital transformation of human resources and its impact on the organizational strategic sustainability: The mediating role of the conscious leadership

Qaruty¹,

Dabbaghia²,

Shaban³

et al. 2022

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This study aimed to identify the impact of digital transformation of human resources on achieving the organizational strategic sustainability through the conscious leadership as a mediating variable. This study adopted the descriptive analytical method to achieve its objective. The necessary data were collected by using a list that included several paragraphs related to the study’s variables. The annual reports of the study’s sample of three Jordanian Islamic banks were reviewed. The data of the study covered for the period 2017-2020. Results of the study showed a presence of a statistical significant impact of the digital transformation of human resources on achieving the organizational strategic sustainability in the Jordanian Islamic banks. It also indicated a statistical significant impact of the digital transformation of the human resources on the organizational strategic sustainability through mediating the conscious leadership in the Jordanian Islamic banks. The study recommends paying more attention to the digital transformation of human resources in the Islamic banks and enhancing the values of the conscious leadership and including them within the strategic plans of the banks.

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“…Evidence suggests that commitment to sustainability varies among organisations that approach sustainability in several ways, from marketing and communication perspectives to financing and spending decisions. The literature describes this perspective as a continuum from peripheral embeddedness of sustainability to substantive embeddedness (Hyatt and Berente, 2017;Ivory and MacKay, 2020;Martinez, 2021). From a peripheral frame of reference, the organisation's actions will adopt "less bad" strategies such as reducing emissions and resources and saving costs.…”

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The implementation of sustainability practices in Arab higher education institutions

Mahameed¹,

Riaz²,

Aldoob

et al. 2023

JFRA

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Purpose This paper aims to explore how sustainability practices were implemented in a higher education institution within a local setting in the Gulf and Arab Emirates Region. This study examined the impact of social and cultural requirements on the development of the master plan for the New Kuwait University campus with regards to sustainability to illustrate how current social and cultural requirements impact the design of a future learning environment whilst highlighting the essential role of organisational actors in this implementation process. Design/methodology/approach Using an in-depth case study approach, the authors conducted 21 semi-structured interviews with educators and administrative staff who had been involved in the sustainability implementation process at Kuwait University. These participants were involved at different stages in the implementation of a major sustainability project at Kuwait University. The interviews were further supplemented by analysing supporting documents and communications. Findings The analysis reveals that sustainability was embedded in a narrative that was repeated at the practice level; this directed the setting of objectives for the project and its various sub-tasks. It also helped actors to develop their understandings of practice and the importance of social emotions, self-intentions and patterns of culture in the process. This study further reveals that participants mainly focused on environmental issues regarding saving paper/electricity and overlooked aspects of a wider concepts and core values of sustainability, and there is a significant amount of lack of knowledge and awareness on matters about sustainability, especially with the understanding of its definition. Originality/value This study draws on practice-organisation framework used by Schatzki (2002, 2010), suggesting that sustainability implementation is a process led by rules, practical understanding, general understanding and teleoaffective structures, to highlight the role of agency and change among various actors in implementing sustainability. A practice-theory framing is used to signpost the roles played by various actors in establishing goals and tasks for the project while taking account of local understanding and independence in the implementation of sustainability practices. Engaging with practice theory framework offers us theoretical basis that is fundamentally different from the theories of interaction-oriented approaches in sustainable design.

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Scaling sustainability from the organizational periphery to the strategic core: Towards a practice‐based framework of what practitioners “do”

Cited by 13 publications

References 92 publications

Institutional logic for sustainable purchasing and supply management: Concepts, illustrations, and implications for business strategy

Institutional logic for sustainable purchasing and supply management: Concepts, illustrations, and implications for business strategy

The digital transformation of human resources and its impact on the organizational strategic sustainability: The mediating role of the conscious leadership

The implementation of sustainability practices in Arab higher education institutions

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