Toward an organizational theory of sustainability culture
Issued Date
2022-07-01
Resource Type
eISSN
23525509
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85131050786
Journal Title
Sustainable Production and Consumption
Volume
32
Start Page
638
End Page
654
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SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Sustainable Production and Consumption Vol.32 (2022) , 638-654
Suggested Citation
Ketprapakorn N., Kantabutra S. Toward an organizational theory of sustainability culture. Sustainable Production and Consumption Vol.32 (2022) , 638-654. 654. doi:10.1016/j.spc.2022.05.020 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/84554
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Toward an organizational theory of sustainability culture
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Abstract
While it is widely recognized that organizational culture is critical in ensuring corporate sustainability, no comprehensive theory on such a culture exists. To fill in the theoretical gap, the present study proposes an integrated theory of sustainability organizational culture as an interim struggle. Following a theory building approach, relevant literature is critically reviewed to identify relevant factors on sustainability organizational culture, their causal relationships, and theoretical and/or empirical reasons they are related. The study's key contributions are: (1) a comparative review of sustainability-productive organizational culture models; (2) sustainability assumptions, an under-studied topic, are identified and discussed; (3) a dynamic theory of sustainability organizational culture is introduced, comprising sustainability assumptions, sustainability vision and values, vision, and values communication, emotionally committed organizational members, culture-reinforcing people management practices, corporate sustainability practices and sustainability performance; (4) a theoretical model and its associated propositions are developed for future research; and (5) managerial implications are also discussed.