RT Article
T1 The professional logic of sustainability managers: finding underlying dynamics
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 182
IS 1
SP 59
OP 76
A1 Borglund, Tommy 1968-
A1 Frostenson, Magnus
A1 Helin, Sven ca. 20./21. Jh.
A1 Arbin, Katarina
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1831170329
AB The role of the Sustainability Manager (SM) is expanding. Whether SMs are turning into a new profession is under debate. Pointing to the need for a distinct professional logic to qualify as a profession, we identify what is contained within a professional logic of SMs. Through analyzing ambiguities present in the role of the SMs, we show that there is no specific distinct professional logic of SMs, but rather a meta-construct building on market, bureaucratic, and sustainability logics. In addition, we point to the complex configurations of and relationships between these underlying logics. The complexities also explain why the SMs differ from traditional professions and why it is problematic to talk about a ‘SM profession’. Rather, SMs are ‘organizational professionals’. The article builds on 21 interviews with SMs working for Swedish companies.
K1 Institutional logics
K1 Profession
K1 Sustainability
K1 Sustainability manager
K1 Sweden
K1 Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
DO 10.1007/s10551-021-05000-1