| Title: |
Sustainability Transformation or Utopia? The Role of Organizational Practices for Resolving Tensions. |
| Authors: |
Busch, Timo; Weber, Carolin; Rötzel, Theresa Sophie |
| Source: |
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings; 2024, Vol. 2024 Issue 1, p1-6, 6p |
| Abstract: |
Drawing on a 10-year ethnographic study in a multinational firm, we generate novel insights into how organizational actors address tensions that emerge on the journey towards embedding sustainability at the core of the business. Our findings show how an interplay of top-down and bottom-up practices can explain the resolving and evolving of tensions over time. A distinct feature of the sustainability strategy implementation process is a shift in relevance from top-down to bottom-up practices. The paper thus makes two major contributions to current discussions on tension management and strategy-as-practice literature. First, we further the understanding of the role of tensions within the unfolding processes of sustainability strategy implementation. Second, we propose a process model that demonstrates how new tensions become salient when existing salient tensions are resolved. Moreover, it extends the knowledge of how sustainable business practices experience, over time, a shift in relevance from top-down to bottom-up practices. Our results offer new perspectives for practitioners on how to navigate through the journey of evolving and resolving tensions when successfully implementing a sustainability strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Complementary Index |