Posch, Arthur; Speckbacher, Gerhard (2017). The Role of Middle Management in the Implementation of Sustainability Strategies (Unpublished) Wien: Vienna University of Economics and Business 10.2139/ssrn.2902552
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This paper aims at contributing to a better understanding of the role of middle management in implementing sustainability strategies. We propose three main levers for the substantive implementation of sustainability strategies: virtues- and values-based staffing procedures for middle managers, their cultural alignment with corporate strategy, and a “middle-up-down role” for middle managers in performance measurement. Moreover, we argue that secondary stakeholder pressure impedes cultural alignment and thus such pressure generates a tradeoff to be managed. Our hypotheses are tested using survey data from 134 large companies.
Item Type: |
Working Paper |
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Division/Institute: |
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Business Management > Institute for Accounting and Controlling > Managerial Accounting |
UniBE Contributor: |
Posch, Arthur |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics |
Publisher: |
Vienna University of Economics and Business |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Lynn Carole Selhofer |
Date Deposited: |
15 Jul 2019 16:12 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:27 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.2139/ssrn.2902552 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.128457 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/128457 |
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