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The Role of Short-Termism and Uncertainty Avoidance in Organizational Inaction on Climate Change: A Multi-Level Framework
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Despite increasing pressure to deal with climate change, firms have been slow to respond with effective action. This article presents a multi-level framework for a better understanding of why many firms are failing to reduce their absolute greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute to climate change. The concepts of short-termism and uncertainty avoidance from research in psychology, sociology, and organization theory can explain the phenomenon of organizational inaction on climate change. Antecedents related to short-termism and uncertainty avoidance reinforce one another at three levels—individual, organizational, and institutional—and result in organizational inaction on climate change. The article also discusses the implications of this multi-level framework for research on corporate sustainability.
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- Authors
- Slawinski, N., Pinkse, J., Busch, T., & Banerjee, S. B.
- Venue
- Business & Society
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2016-07-27
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 253-282
- ISSN
- 0007-6503 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-4205
- OpenAlex
- W2130546811
- Cited by
- 300
- References
- 109
- FWCI
- 39.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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