The role of place in shaping responsibility logics: Revisiting the relation between place and business sustainability

Verena Hermelingmeier; Karoline Augenstein; Alexandra Palzkill

doi:10.1002/bse.3289

The role of place in shaping responsibility logics: Revisiting the relation between place and business sustainability

Verena Hermelingmeier^*
, Karoline Augenstein
, Alexandra Palzkill

^*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit

Bergische Universität Wuppertal

Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › Begutachtung

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Abstract

Place has been suggested to play a role for the sustainability orientation in business. A research gap exists in zooming in further on this relationship and in analysing how the organizational sense of place influences such an orientation. Applying the conceptual lens of institutional logics, we operationalize sustainability orientation as hybrid responsibility logic and analyse the role of place in the forming of such a logic. We present the results of a case study of businesses from a local sustainability network in the German city of Wuppertal and surroundings. Based on qualitative interview data, we found place to function as a coping mechanism in dealing with conflicting logics in the context of sustainability challenges. Across four heuristic types, we describe different roles of place in shaping responsibility logics: from providing the scenery for philanthropic engagement to being the nucleus for transformational efforts.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Zeitschrift	Business Strategy and the Environment
Jahrgang	32
Ausgabenummer	6
Seiten (von - bis)	3106-3118
Seitenumfang	13
ISSN	0964-4733
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3289
Publikationsstatus	Erschienen - 09.2023
Extern publiziert	Ja

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This research was conducted in the context of the 5‐year junior research project “UrbanUp” funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research. Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.

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© 2022 The Authors. Business Strategy and The Environment published by ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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The role of place in shaping responsibility logics: Revisiting the relation between place and business sustainability. / Hermelingmeier, Verena; Augenstein, Karoline; Palzkill, Alexandra.
in: Business Strategy and the Environment, Jahrgang 32, Nr. 6, 09.2023, S. 3106-3118.

Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › Begutachtung

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