Social learning for sustainability
Supporting sustainable business in Brazil regarding multiple social actors, relationships and interests
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19499381 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcia Juliana D’angelo (0000-0003-1436-5812, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, corresponding author), J Brunstein (0000-0002-9019-3349, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 273-289 |
| Publication date | 2014-05-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-4509 • E-ISSN: 1745-2627 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13504509.2014.902868 |
| OpenAlex | W2083113668 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 22 |
Finding solutions for complex environmental, economic and social issues in organisations relies on coordinated actions among several social actors that are involved in the sustainable development web and demands that they learn new business methods. In this scenario, which involves multiple social actors, relationships, contexts and interests, social learning has emerged as a hybrid approach to resolving complex environmental and social problems. Such an approach marks a different situation for organisations whose focus is not only on supporting such problem resolution but also on transforming such crises into opportunities to generate sustainable products and services. Thus, this study discusses how one of the largest companies in Latin America's chemical segment formed a network with 23 social actors and is socially learning to deal with the dialectic between return on investments for its shareholders and benefits for its stakeholders. Research was conducted based on Boje's narrative analysis. The data was built through interviews, informal conversations, textual and audio-visual documents and non-participant observation. This paper discusses the concept and describes the social learning process for sustainability (in this case, for sustainable agriculture) from the viewpoint of a for-profit organisation. In this manner, this study contributes to strengthening the connection between social learning and sustainability
Business · Knowledge management · Political science · Public relations · Social business · Social learning · Social sustainability · Sociology · Sustainability · Sustainable Business · Sustainable development · Computer Science · Environmental Sustainability in Business · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Management and Organizational Studies
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Storytelling Organizations
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Social learning theory
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The role of social learning for soil conservation
Social network effects on the adoption of sustainable natural resource management practices in Ethiopia
Principal sustainability components
An integrated approach for sustainability assessment
Barriers and bridges to the renewal of ecosystems and institutions
Multi‐party collaboration as social learning for interdependence
Public participation in impact assessment
Future subjunctive
Modern social politics in Britain and Sweden
Environmental Policy As Learning
Managing Change toward Adaptive Water Management through Social Learning
Social Learning
| Citations per year | 0.36 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2021 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |