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Preuss, Lutz, Fischer, Isabel and Arora, Bimal (2024) How do stakeholder groups make sense of sustainability : analysing differences in the complexity of their cognitive frames. Business Strategy and the Environment, 33 (3). pp. 2367-2383. doi:10.1002/bse.3611 ISSN 0964-4733.
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3611
Abstract
Characterizing major sustainability issues as ‘grand challenges’ has led to a call for collaboration among heterogeneous stakeholder groups, not least in multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs). Research into MSIs has made substantial progress in understanding their workings; yet, it is still criticized for remaining undertheorized, echoing a criticism of management studies generally as paying insufficient attention to the micro–macro divide. Hence, we examined differences between stakeholder groups in the complexity of their cognitive frames on the topic of sustainability. We analysed 265 cognitive frames across four stakeholder groups (business, government, NGO, education). Analysing these frames in terms of the two dimensions of cognitive complexity—differentiation and integration—we found statistically significant differences in frame complexity between stakeholder groups. These micro-level cognitive differences can explain macro-level problems in stakeholder engagement and communication. Hence, we conclude by discussing the implications of our findings for the enhancement of the effectiveness of MSIs.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sustainability -- Economic aspects, Decision making -- Physiological aspect, Decision making, Social responsibility of business, Sustainable development -- Citizen participation, Corporate governance -- Social aspects | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Business Strategy and the Environment | ||||||||
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0964-4733 | ||||||||
Official Date: | March 2024 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 33 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 2367-2383 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1002/bse.3611 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | © ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 11 October 2023 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 30 October 2023 | ||||||||
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