Reconsidering place in relation to sustainability : An analysis of the intricate interplay in complex organizational networks
Year: 2020
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The concept of place, as well as physicality of place, impacts sustainability practices in different ways. While management and organization studies have seen a rise in discussions on sustainable business models, we argue that place has lost its natural place in sustainability studies related to the business organization. Place offers a rootedness and a link to the natural, that all organizational activities are dependent on. Therefore, place has the capacity to drive and deepen sustainability practices. The purpose of this paper is to uncover the role of place in sustainability research and organizational practice. A topic, which in sustainability research related to the business organization has been rather weakly covered. By applying an abductive research approach, we identify four different settings for the relation between place and sustainability. We then develop a place typology that shows the different roles of place in sustainability research and practice.
Authors: Per Carlborg, Maira Babri, Frans Prenkert
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3163125140