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A Solid Foundation But What Will Be Built on It? Reviews of the Management, Organizations, and Environmental Sustainability Field

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ID20413686
AuthorsMichael V Russo (0000-0001-5900-0062, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA, corresponding author), Céline Louche (0000-0001-6500-1862, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand), Marcus Wagner (0000-0002-9574-9561, University of Augsburg)
Year2024
Volume37
Issue2
Pages119-132
Publication date2024-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOrganization & Environment (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1086-0266 • E-ISSN: 1552-7417
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/10860266241264262
OpenAlexW4401063228
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited35

In this conceptual essay, we integrate broader insights into the state of research on management, organizations, and environmental sustainability, enabling a clearer view of where the field stands and the directions in which it should best grow. To this end, we first review the findings and insights of the articles published within this special review issue. Then, we define a set of emerging themes from viewing the set of articles collectively, highlighting the communalities and trends within the field but also rising concerns. Based on this assessment, we propose several remedies and a future agenda that would help our field to become more inclusive and impactful. In this final section, we specifically and critically expand on (a) the imperative of interdisciplinarity; (b) the need to avoid being trapped in the mainstream; and (c) a corresponding institutionalized intent to develop further novel approaches for research in our field

Best practice · Engineering ethics · Interdisciplinarity · Knowledge management · Mainstream · Management science · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental Sustainability in Business · Management and Organizational Studies · Sustainable Supply Chain Management · Ecology

  • When Results Eclipse Sustainability

    Open Access•Ifzal Ahmad, Mehfooz Ullah et al.•Organization & Environment•2026

  • Mainstreaming Sustainability

    Open Access•Eva Niesten, Frank G A De Bakker et al.•Organization & Environment•2026

  • The Biodiversity Moonshot

    Open Access•Francesco Testa, Alberto Di Minin et al.•Business Ethics, the Environment…•2026

  • Good Data, Good Questions

    Open Access•Dalia Etzion, Lucie Baudoin et al.•Organization & Environment•2026

  • Managing Organizations in the Natural Environment

    Open Access•Miia Halme, Minna Halme et al.•Organization & Environment•2025

  • Earnings Pressure and Firms’ ESG Performance

    Open Access•Ge Ren, Ping Zeng et al.•Organization & Environment•2025

  • Minding the Circularity Gap

    Open Access•Marin Kristine Brown, Svein Åge Kjøs Johnsen•Organization & Environment•2026

  • New Ways of Seeing through Qualitative Research

    Pratima Bansal, Wilson K Smith et al.•Academy of Management Journal•2018

  • A Positive Theory of Social Entrepreneurship

    Open Access•Filipe Santos, Filipe M Santos•Journal of Business Ethics•2012

  • Sustainability Science

    Open Access•Robert W Kates, William C Clark et al.•Science•2001

  • Understanding the Complexity of Economic, Ecological, and Social Systems

    Open Access•C S Holling•Ecosystems•2001

  • Are We All Activists?

    Open Access•Giuseppe Delmestri•Organization Studies•2023

  • Researching Collaborative Interdisciplinary Teams

    Open Access•Rebecca Freeth, Ulli Vilsmaier•Science & Technology Studies•2019

  • ‘… The point is to change it’ – Yes, but in what direction and how? Intellectual activism as a way of ‘walking the talk’ of critical work in business schools

    Open Access•Alessia Contu•Organization•2018

  • The Past and Future of Corporate Sustainability Research

    Open Access•Vanessa C Burbano, Magali A Delmas et al.•Organization & Environment•2024

  • Rising to the Challenge

    Open Access•Alec Foster, Nichole Wissman et al.•Organization & Environment•2024

  • What Makes a Business Model Sustainable? Activities, Design Themes, and Value Functions

    Open Access•Florian Lüdeke-Freund, Tobias Froese et al.•Organization & Environment•2024

  • Employee Green Behavior

    Open Access•Thomas A Norton, Stacey L Parker et al.•Organization & Environment•2015

  • Coevolution as a Research Framework for Organizations and the Natural Environment

    Open Access•Terry B Porter•Organization & Environment•2006

  • No End in Sight? A Greenwash Review and Research Agenda

    Open Access•A Wren Montgomery, Thomas P Lyons et al.•Organization & Environment•2024

  • Varieties of Time in Business Sustainability Research

    Open Access•Matilde Morales-Raya, Matilde Morales‐Raya et al.•Organization & Environment•2024

  • Tinkering With the Plumbing of Sustainable Enterprises

    Open Access•Andrew Spicer, Marcus Wagner et al.•Organization & Environment•2021

  • Business Response Strategies to Climate Change

    Open Access•Kerrigan Marie Machado Unter, Soolim Park et al.•Organization & Environment•2024

  • Organizational Sustainability Orientation

    Open Access•Matheus G Tardin, Marcelo Gattermann Perin et al.•Organization & Environment•2024

  • Culture as Context

    Open Access•Yuan Jiang, Susan E Jackson et al.•Organization & Environment•2022

  • The undisciplinary journey

    Open Access•L Jamila Haider, Jonas Hentati‐Sundberg et al.•Sustainability Science•2017

  • Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science

    Open Access•Daniel J Lang, Arnim Wiek et al.•Sustainability Science•2012

  • How interdisciplinary is sustainability research? Analyzing the structure of an emerging scientific field

    Open Access•Ethan D Schoolman, Jeremy S Guest et al.•Sustainability Science•2011

  • Transdisciplinarity Must Become Transversality

    Open Access•Félix Guattari•Theory Culture & Society•2015

Unique citing works7
Citations per year7
Citation span2025 - 2026 (2)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 6

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