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Improving the Sustainable Development of Firms: The Role of Employees

Wolf, Julia·2013·Business Strategy and the Environment
DOI 10.1002/bse.1731
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Stakeholders have been found to be an important driver of organizations' sustainable development. In particular, customers, governments and non‐governmental organizations push firms towards sustainability. But to what extent is sustainability really and deeply embedded within an organization's structures and processes? And what is the role of an important, but frequently neglected, stakeholder group for successful sustainability implementation: employees? The objective of this research is to better understand the impact that organizational change for sustainability has on firm performance. Also, this study seeks to understand how the consideration of employees into the process of organizational change for sustainability moderates the organizational change and performance relationship. Using data from 92 German companies from the manufacturing and services sector, the study finds that the structural implementation of sustainability is positively related to firm performance and that employee integration moderates this relationship to some extent. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

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  • Successful firm performance in terms of sustainability is not only dependent upon addressing the demands of external stakeholders but firms need to develop an ability to integrate employees into their sustainability initiatives.

    “This view is supported by findings from very recent empirical research indicating that successful firm performance in terms of sustainability is not only dependent upon addressing the demands of external stakeholders but that firms need to develop an ability to integrate employees into their sustainability initiatives (Wolf, 2013).”

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Authors
Wolf, J.
Affiliations
EBS University of Business and Law (DE)
Corresponding author
Wolf, Julia
Venue
Business Strategy and the Environment
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2012-03-28
Volume
22
Issue
2
Pages
92-108
ISSN
  • 0964-4733 (ISSN-L)
  • 1099-0836
DOI
10.1002/bse.1731
OpenAlex
W1941620372
Cited by
157
References
100
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FWCI
19.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
Business Strategy and the Environment (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Keywords
corporate sustainability, employee integration, organizational change, firm performance, stakeholder theory, moderating effect, sustainable development, manufacturing companies, service companies

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