Sökning: "institutional theory and sustainability"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 245 uppsatser innehållade orden institutional theory and sustainability.

1. 1. Sustaining Sustainability - A qualitative study on how a company's performance management system (PMS) is used to navigate the co-existing pressures of sustainability and profitability

   C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Författare :Charlotta Hallin; William Bramberg; [2024]
   Nyckelord :Sustainability; Performance management systems; Sustainability control systems; Institutional logics;

   Sammanfattning : This paper examines the escalating pressures on organizations to adopt sustainable practices in response to the climate crisis. The urgency to address sustainability concerns has driven the enactment of reporting legislation, necessitating an exploration of challenges on this topic. LÄS MER

3. 2. Implementering av GRI-standarder och riktlinjer: Fördelar och Utmaningar i Hållbarhetsredovisningen : En kvalitativ studie av svenska statliga företag

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Företagsekonomi

   Författare :Sofia Ivarsson; Sofie Skalberg; [2024]
   Nyckelord :Sustainability reporting; Global Reporting Initiative GRI ; Legitimacy theory; Institutional theory; Stakeholder theory; Swedish state-owned companies; Hållbarhetsredovisning; Global Reporting Initiative GRI ; Legitimitetsteorin; Institutionell teori; Intressentteorin; Svenska statliga bolag;

   Sammanfattning : Titel: Implementering av GRI-standarder och riktlinjer: Fördelar och Utmaningar i Hållbarhetsredovisningen. Nivå: Examensarbete på grundnivå (kandidatexamen) i ämnet företagsekonomi. Författare: Sofia Ivarsson och Sofie Skalberg. Handledare: Jean Claude Mutiganda. LÄS MER

4. 3. Måluppfyllelse och meningsskapande : En kvalitativ studie av medarbetares meningsskapande för hållbar utveckling

   Kandidat-uppsats, Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

   Författare :Ludvig Svensson; [2024]
   Nyckelord :Organizational field; institutional environment; sustainability; sustainability development; credibility; Meningsskapande; måluppfyllelse; hållbar utveckling;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to investigate sensemaking among employees within large service companies regarding sustainable development. To fulfill the purpose and address the research questions, the study has been conducted through six semi-structured interviews with employees from three major service companies. LÄS MER

5. 4. Analysing the development of materiality disclosures in sustainability reporting within the Swedish construction sector during the last decade

   Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Författare :Nalika Sandamali; Sawani Pavithrani; [2023-07-03]
   Nyckelord :Sustainability Reporting; Global Reporting Initiatives; Materiality; Materiality Assessment; Institutional Theory;

   Sammanfattning : This study examines the disclosure of materiality assessments in sustainability reports of prominent Swedish construction firms, aiming to explore the extent to which companies adhered to GRI guidelines and whether there were any discernible shifts in disclosure practices from 2012 to 2021. We have used content analysis to gather data and analyse it through scoring. LÄS MER

7. 5. Breaking the Status Quo? - An Analysis of Sustainability Managers' Change Efforts

   Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Författare :Lucas Rennkamp; Alicia Schmidt; [2023-06-29]
   Nyckelord :Sustainability Managers; Institutional Entrepreneurship; Sustainability Logic; Sustainable Business Development; Institutional Theory; Institutional Logic; Qualitative Research;

   Sammanfattning : Societal expectations towards corporations to include social, environmental and ethical considerations have grown in importance, and corporations largely depend on so-called sustainability managers to help them meet these expectations. This thesis provides one of the first studies into how sustainability managers work and asks: how do sustainability managers work to change their organisation for a more sustainable future? Through interviews with 18 senior sustainability managers and an analysis of the empirical findings through institutional entrepreneurship and institutional logics theory, this study identifies sustainability managers as individual actors who adopt strategic approaches and work practices similar to institutional entrepreneurs and shows their efforts to institutionalise sustainability by hybridising it with the perceived dominant market logic and by establishing legitimacy. LÄS MER