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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Business Strategy and the Environment |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 339-352 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISSN | 0964-4733 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Published online: 25. September 2018Keywords
- Corporate sustainability
- Environmental management
- Instrumental view
- Integrative view
- Leadership
- Sustainable development
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Can Business‐oriented Managers Be Effective Leaders for Corporate Sustainability? A Study of Integrative and Instrumental Logics. / Joseph, Jay; Orlitzky, Marc; Gurd, Bruce; Borland, Helen; Lindgreen, Adam.
In: Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol. 28, No. 2, 02.2019, p. 339-352.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Can Business‐oriented Managers Be Effective Leaders for Corporate Sustainability?
T2 - A Study of Integrative and Instrumental Logics
AU - Joseph, Jay
AU - Orlitzky, Marc
AU - Gurd, Bruce
AU - Borland, Helen
AU - Lindgreen, Adam
N1 - Published online: 25. September 2018
PY - 2019/2
Y1 - 2019/2
N2 - This qualitative study investigates whether the views of managers need to be congruent with the corporate sustainability (CS) logics—either integrative or instrumental—of their employing organization. We assessed the CS performance of 25 organizations within the Australian forestry and wood products industry and analyzed the CS orientations of 32 senior managers within these companies to explore whether their individual CS views were consistent with organizational CS logics. The findings indicate that, in general, better performing organizations are led by managers that hold the integrative view, whereas poorer performing organizations are more likely to have managers with an instrumental view of CS. Nonetheless, there were noteworthy exceptions to this conclusion. The findings indicate that, under certain industry conditions, managers who hold an instrumental view may be able to generate ecological and social organizational outcomes that are at least equal to those produced by integrative managers.
AB - This qualitative study investigates whether the views of managers need to be congruent with the corporate sustainability (CS) logics—either integrative or instrumental—of their employing organization. We assessed the CS performance of 25 organizations within the Australian forestry and wood products industry and analyzed the CS orientations of 32 senior managers within these companies to explore whether their individual CS views were consistent with organizational CS logics. The findings indicate that, in general, better performing organizations are led by managers that hold the integrative view, whereas poorer performing organizations are more likely to have managers with an instrumental view of CS. Nonetheless, there were noteworthy exceptions to this conclusion. The findings indicate that, under certain industry conditions, managers who hold an instrumental view may be able to generate ecological and social organizational outcomes that are at least equal to those produced by integrative managers.
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KW - Environmental management
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KW - Instrumental view
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KW - Leadership
KW - Sustainable development
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