Research handbook of sustainability agency

"This innovative Research Handbook answers crucial questions about how individuals and organizations can make a difference toward sustainability. Offering an integrative perspective on sustainability agency, it reviews individual, active, organizational and relational forms of sustainability ag...

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Other Authors: Teerikangas, Satu (Editor), Onkila, Tiina (Editor), Koistinen, Katariina (Editor), Mäkelä, Marileena (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton Edward Elgar Publishing 2021, 2021
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245 0 0 |a Research handbook of sustainability agency  |h Elektronische Ressource  |c edited by Satu Teerikangas (Professor, Department of Management and Organisation, University of Turku, Finland and Honorary Professor, The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, UK), Tiina Onkila (Associate Professor, Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, University of Jyväskylä) Katariina Koistinen, (Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Management and Organisation, University of Turku) and Marileena Mk̃el ̃(Wisdom Fellow, Jyvs̃kyl ̃University School of Business and Economics, University of Jyvs̃kyl,̃ Finland) 
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505 0 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a Contents: 1 Introduction to the research handbook of sustainability agency / Satu Teerikangas, Katariina Koistinen, Tiina Onkila, Marileena Mäkelä -- Part I: Individual agency -- 2. Theorising individual agency within sociotechnical sustainability transitions frames: A social psychological review / Paul Upham, Paula Bögel, Rita G. Klapper and Eva Kašperová -- 3. Sustainability agency at the top of the organization: Microfoundations research on corporate sustainability / Ashley Salaiz, Shih-chi (Sana) Chiu and Judith L. Walls -- 4. Not dinosaurs but dynamos: The roles of middle managers in corporate social responsibility and sustainable development issues / Gustavo Birollo, Susana Esper and Linda Rouleau -- 5. Barriers to implementing sustainability experienced by middle managers in the fast-moving consumer goods and retail sector / Andrew Mountfield, Kelly Hrajnoha, Leslie Koh, Lija Lascenko, Renata Puchala and Cornelia Schalch --  
505 0 |a 13. Social movement organizations' agency for sustainable organizing / Helen Etchanchu, Frank G.A. de Bakker and Giuseppe Delmestri -- Part III: Relational agency -- 14. Stakeholder engagement in sustainability transitions / Lara Gonzalez-Porras, Anna Heikkinen, Johanna Kujala and Riikka Tapaninaho -- 15. Partnerships to save the planet? Motivations, types and impacts of sustainability partnerships / Barbara Gray and Art Dewulf -- 16. The role of sustainability agency in mergers and acquisitions / Noelia-Sarah Reynolds and Melanie E. Hassett -- 17. Circular economy ecosystems: A typology, definitions, and implications / Leena Aarikka-Stenroos, Paavo Ritala and Llewellyn D. W. Thomas -- 18. Agency and sustainability in the construction industry / Niamh Murtagh and Natalya Sergeeva -- 19. Distributed agency in living labs for sustainability transitions / Anil Engez, Paul H. Driessen, Leena Aarikka-Stenroos and Marika Kokko --  
505 0 |a 6. Employee agency in the context of organisational sustainability / Sally Russell, Fay Giæver and Tiina Onkila -- 7. The role of ambivalence in sustainable consumption: Literature review and research agenda / Jenni Sipilä -- Part II: Active agency -- 8. Roles and practices of institutional workers in climate change action: A review / Jan Hermes and Mikołaj Pawlak -- 9. Sustainability activism: A review of the state of the art / Marileena Mäkelä and Laura Olkkonen -- 10. Emotions in sustainability work: The case of ecopreneurs / Fay Giæver and Sally Russell -- 11. Social entrepreneurship as sustainability agency / Hanna Lehtimäki, Subhanjan Sengupta, Ville-Veikko Piispanen and Kaisa Henttonen -- 12. Agency of citizen collectives in sustainable transitions: The case of renewable energy cooperatives in Europe / Thomas Hoppe and Beau Warbroek --  
505 0 |a 20. The interagency cycle in sustainability transitions / Ari Jokinen, Jarmo Uusikartano, Pekka Jokinen and Marika Kokko -- Part IV: Governance -- 21. Law, agency and sustainability: The role of law in creating sustainability agency / Jaakko Salminen and Mikko Rajavuori -- 22. Predictions from transitions theories, dynamic capabilities and real options theory on the role of governments as agents of sustainability / Ilias Krystallis and Katariina Koistinen -- 23. Local governments using their agency in sustainable transitions / Thomas Hoppe -- 24. Corporate sustainability from a strategic management perspective: One way for companies to support sustainability transitions / Romana Rauter and Sabrina Lämmerer -- 25. Sustainable consumption in the developing world: The case of India / Shenaz Rangwala and Chanaka Jayawardhena -- 26. Sustainability practices in informal economies: Actors, roles, and research outlook / Stefan Gröschl -- Part V: Sustainability agency --  
505 0 |a 27. Synthesis and future research directions / Satu Teerikangas, Katariina Koistinen, Tiina Onkila and Marileena Mäkelä -- Index 
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520 |a "This innovative Research Handbook answers crucial questions about how individuals and organizations can make a difference toward sustainability. Offering an integrative perspective on sustainability agency, it reviews individual, active, organizational and relational forms of sustainability agency, demonstrating the capacity of individuals and organizations to act toward sustainable futures. The Research Handbook investigates the relationships between agency and sustainability, demonstrating the importance of agency for different types of sustainability challenges, including mitigating environmental change and resource depletion. International contributors offer a multidisciplinary overview of the field, constructing detailed literature reviews on its many angles and variations. Concluding with a consolidative meta-review of sustainability agency, the Handbook offers directions for future research in the discipline. Crucial reading for scholars and researchers of sustainability, this cutting-edge Research Handbook is particularly useful for those exploring new avenues for research in relation to agency. It will also benefit graduate students looking for an interdisciplinary perspective on the field, as well as practitioners, advocates and NGOs hoping to understand ways in which sustainability can be enacted in various contexts"--