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Climate change and the emergence of new organizational landscapes

Wittneben, B. B.F., Okereke, C., Banerjee, S. B. and Levy, D. L. (2012) Climate change and the emergence of new organizational landscapes. Organization Studies, 33 (11). pp. 1431-1450. ISSN 1741-3044

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1177/0170840612464612

Abstract/Summary

There is general agreement across the world that human-made climate change is a serious global problem,although there are still some sceptics who challenge this view. Research in organization studies on the topic is relatively new. Much of this research, however, is instrumental and managerialist in its focus on ‘win-win’ opportunities for business or its treatment of climate change as just another corporate social responsibility (CSR) exercise. In this paper, we suggest that climate change is not just an environmental problem requiring technical and managerial solutions; it is a political issue where a variety of organizations – state agencies, firms, industry associations, NGOs and multilateral organizations – engage in contestation as well as collaboration over the issue. We discuss the strategic, institutional and political economy dimensions of climate change and develop a socioeconomic regimes approach as a synthesis of these different theoretical perspectives. Given the urgency of the problem and the need for a rapid transition to a low-carbon economy, there is a pressing need for organization scholars to develop a better understanding of apathy and inertia in the face of the current crisis and to identify paths toward transformative change. The seven papers in this special issue address these areas of research and examine strategies, discourses, identities and practices in relation to climate change at multiple levels.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Geography and Environmental Science
Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Politics, Economics and International Relations > Economics
Henley Business School > International Business and Strategy
Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Politics, Economics and International Relations > Politics and International Relations
ID Code:29823
Uncontrolled Keywords:carbon markets climate change political economy socioeconomic regimes
Publisher:Sage

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