Suchergebnisse

The purpose of this study is to examine how sense is made in an organisation with regard to its future. This involves a case study of sensemaking that takes place in a continuous dialogue between the top management, middle management and shop stewards in a company preparing for international growth after the global financial crisis. By using a sensemaking framework, the study examines the discourse of trust and shows how different organisational groups participate in creating, shaping and sustaining the organisation and its future. The study contributes to sensemaking literature in organisation studies, first by viewing an organisation as a socially constructed verbal system and showing how sensemaking is created through language and is a continuous process in the organisational dialogue. Second, this study demonstrates how sensemaking analysis can be used to unravel the narratives that legitimise different organisational identities and surface in the politics of sensemaking. ; final draft ; peerReviewed

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Outlining Stakeholder Engagement in a Sustainable Circular Economy -- Purpose of this Volume -- Conceptual Underpinnings -- A Sustainable Circular Economy -- Engaging Stakeholders in a Circular Economy -- The Construct of Stakeholder Engagement -- Structure of this Volume -- Part I: Theoretical and Conceptual Starting Points -- Part II: Multi-Stakeholder Participation and Collaboration -- Part III: Value Creation Opportunities -- Part IV: Novel Approaches to Stakeholder Engagement -- Future Research Avenues -- References -- Part I Theoretical and Conceptual Starting Points -- 2 How Did It Come to Be? Circular Economy as Collective Stakeholder Action -- Introduction -- Conceptual Background -- Stakeholder Engagement -- Institutions for Collective Action and Resource Governance -- Performativity and the Effects of Stakeholder Engagement on Collective Action -- Research Design -- Interpretive Analysis of Organisational Narratives -- Research Setting -- Data Collection -- Analysis -- Findings -- Stakeholder Roles -- Sub-Processes -- Pragmatic Translation -- Collective Definition -- Amplification and Legitimisation -- Building Institutional Infrastructure -- Outcome: Enabling Experimentation -- Discussion -- Theoretical Implications -- Limitations, Critiques and Future Research -- Conclusion -- Appendix 2.1: Data Sources -- References -- 3 Engaging Stakeholders in the Circular Economy: A Systematic Literature Review -- Introduction -- A Stakeholder Engagement Perspective on CE -- Method -- Article Selection Procedure -- Data Analysis Procedure -- Findings -- Descriptives -- Stakeholder Engagement Patterns in CE -- Moral Stakeholder Engagement -- Strategic Stakeholder Engagement -- Pragmatic Stakeholder Engagement -- Discussion.

This study examines the influence of cultural context in managerial decision-making by comparing the legitimacy views of Finnish and Italian business managers. In the business context, managers often make decisions based on economic interests only; but for moral decisions, other means of legitimacy are required. Although both Finland and Italy are members of the European Union (EU), they have significant differences in terms of culture and economy. Finland is a North-European country with Protestant religion and low level of corruption, while Italy is a South-European country with the Catholic religion and high level of corruption. The study contributes to previous research on managerial decision-making by showing, with a qualitative approach, that Finnish managers rely more on property and perception view of legitimacy in their decision-making, whereas Italian managers rely more on a process view of legitimacy in their decision-making

Abstract A circular economy (CE) is a promising solution to the looming sustainability crisis. Previous research has shown that a systemic transition from a linear economy to a CE requires stakeholder collaboration across all levels of society. Yet, little is known about stakeholder interests in a CE. The purpose of this study is to examine stakeholder interests regarding a sustainable CE in Finland. The data of 26 expert interviews is analyzed with qualitative content analysis. The study contributes to previous CE research by adding a stakeholder perspective in the examination of a sustainable CE. Stakeholder interests are explicated in terms of value-based motivations, expectations and stakes. We coßnclude that the con- sideration of stakeholder interests is relevant for understanding stakeholder collaboration in the CE context. The study shows that the economic, ecological and local social perspectives are emphasized in a sustainable CE. More attention to global social sustainability issues is needed. Research questions: The purpose of our study is to examine stakeholder interests with regard to the sustainable circular economy in Finland. Link to theory: The theoretical framework of the study builds on stakeholder theory, and uses the issue-focused stakeholder approach. We explore stakeholder interests as value-based motivations, expectations and stakes. Thereby, we advance the theoretical and empirical understanding of stake- holder interests and stakeholder collaboration in the context of CE. Phenomenon studied: Stakeholders have a prominent role in promoting the transition to the sustainable CE. This study focuses on a core issue in stakeholder theory: stakeholder interests. In doing so, the study creates knowledge on the nuanced interests and collaboration towards the sustainable CE. Case context: The context of our study is Finland, the northernmost member state of the European Union. Finland provides with an interesting research context as the target of the Finnish government is to make Finland a ...

How is leadership communicated? Finnish CEOs on Twitter
Twitter offers CEOs the opportunity to communicate with a wide audience. For corporate stakeholders, CEO communication is important because it can affect, for example, the corporate image or the information that company's stakeholders receive about the company's vision or values. So far, however, not much is known about the Twitter communication of Finnish CEOs or the leadership that they communicate on Twitter, so this article addresses these aspects through the strategic leadership communication theory (Ki 2015) and Glick's (2011) CEO roles. The data have been collected over a period of seven months and consists of a total of 132 public references from the CEOs whose companies are listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange or the TE500 CEO list. The data were analyzed with qualitative content analysis. The main results show that the Twitter use of Finnish CEOs is interactive yet rather inactive