The Role of Middle Management in the Implementation of Sustainability Strategies

Posch, Arthur; Speckbacher, Gerhard (August 2016). The Role of Middle Management in the Implementation of Sustainability Strategies (Unpublished). In: Academy of Management (AOM) Meeting. Anaheim, United States. 5.-9. 08. 2016.

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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:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
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 600 Technology > 650 Management & public relations
Language:	English
Submitter:	Lynn Carole Selhofer
Date Deposited:	15 Jul 2019 16:07
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 15:27
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/129456