Individual environmental initiative: Championing natural environmental issues in US business organizations

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Andersson, LM; Bateman, TS
• 署名单位: Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University; University of Virginia
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/1556355
• 发表日期: 2000
• 页码: 548-570
• 关键词: influence tactics; STRATEGIC ISSUES; management; INNOVATION; CONSEQUENCES; dimensions; METAPHORS; paradigm; outcomes

摘要

Several bodies of literature contributed to a framework describing how three activities-identifying, packaging, and selling-can lead to successful environmental championing. The results of a field study comparing successful and unsuccessful championing episodes in U.S. business organizations supported the framework. Specifically, individuals who successfully championed environmental issues engaged in more environmental scanning, employed particular framing dimensions and presentation styles, and used several influence tactics. For some championing behaviors, successful outcomes depended on the strength of a company's environmental paradigm.