Stakeholder engagement in sustainability transitions

This chapter examines how stakeholder engagement can support sustainability transitions in society. We analyze 37 scholarly articles from the relevant literature, published from 2000 to 2020, to explicate the key assumptions and characteristics of stakeholder engagement in sustainability transitions...

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Hoofdauteurs: Gonzalez-Porras, Lara, Heikkinen, Anna, Kujala, Johanna, Tapaninaho, Riikka
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Gepubliceerd in: Edward Elgar Publishing 2021
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description This chapter examines how stakeholder engagement can support sustainability transitions in society. We analyze 37 scholarly articles from the relevant literature, published from 2000 to 2020, to explicate the key assumptions and characteristics of stakeholder engagement in sustainability transitions. Our analysis identifies and focuses on four levels of stakeholder engagement: the individual level, the firm level, the industry level and the societal level. We show that stakeholder engagement in sustainability transitions can be understood as a relational, multi-level process that require continuous stakeholder collaboration. We conclude that, in addition to approaching stakeholders as change agents, stakeholder engagement as a relational process can be understood as providing change agency in sustainability transitions. Finally, we suggest pathways for future research on stakeholder engagement in sustainability transitions.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-715652022-02-11T15:11:24Z Stakeholder engagement in sustainability transitions Gonzalez-Porras, Lara Heikkinen, Anna Kujala, Johanna Tapaninaho, Riikka stakeholder theory stakeholder engagement sustainability sustainability transitions RNU KJG KJR GBC This chapter examines how stakeholder engagement can support sustainability transitions in society. We analyze 37 scholarly articles from the relevant literature, published from 2000 to 2020, to explicate the key assumptions and characteristics of stakeholder engagement in sustainability transitions. Our analysis identifies and focuses on four levels of stakeholder engagement: the individual level, the firm level, the industry level and the societal level. We show that stakeholder engagement in sustainability transitions can be understood as a relational, multi-level process that require continuous stakeholder collaboration. We conclude that, in addition to approaching stakeholders as change agents, stakeholder engagement as a relational process can be understood as providing change agency in sustainability transitions. Finally, we suggest pathways for future research on stakeholder engagement in sustainability transitions. Published 2021-08-04T14:33:28Z 2021-08-04T14:33:28Z 2021-07-16 chapter 9781789906028 9781789906035 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/71565 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/9781789906028 https://elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781789906028/9781789906028.00021.xml Edward Elgar Publishing 10.4337/9781789906035.00021 10.4337/9781789906035.00021 01ceac28-75b4-492a-8eec-f9b98bc6b28c 9781789906028 9781789906035 16 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK and Northampton MA, USA open access
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