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- Fobbe, Lea, 1990-, et al.
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Moving toward a circular economy in manufacturing organizations : the role of circular stakeholder engagement practices
- 2023
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Ingår i: The International Journal of Logistics Management. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0957-4093. ; 34:3, s. 674-698
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- PurposeThe circular economy (CE) approach has been acknowledged as key for manufacturing organizations wishing to overcome sustainability challenges. However, the transition has been slow. Stakeholder engagement is a driver of the transition, but there is limited knowledge on stakeholder engagement practices in a CE context. The purpose of this paper is thus to explore with whom, on what and how organizations engage with stakeholders to implement CE as part of sustainability efforts.Design/methodology/approachThis study is situated at the intersection of CE, stakeholder theory and supply chain literature. A case study with three Swedish manufacturing organizations was conducted to explore stakeholder engagement practices that facilitate the implementation of CE in organizational practice and the supply chain, considering conceptual differences between stakeholder engagement for sustainability and CE.FindingsThis study provides empirical evidence on how manufacturing organizations engage stakeholders to implement CE as part of organizations' sustainability efforts. The study highlights that manufacturing organizations have to move not only from linear to circular resource flows, but also from linear to circular stakeholder engagement. Such engagement can be achieved by extending with whom, expanding on what and leveling up how stakeholders are engaged.Originality/valueThis study provides an enhanced conceptual understanding of stakeholder engagement in the CE context and discusses differences regarding stakeholder engagement based on linear thinking. The study emphasizes the role of circular stakeholder engagement practices for the transition toward CE in manufacturing organizations.
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- Fobbe, Lea, et al.
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Stakeholder interaction for sustainability in seaports : Analysing the implementation and its linkages to overarching interaction efforts
- 2021
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Ingår i: European Business Review. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0955-534X .- 1758-7107. ; 33:5, s. 693-724
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: This study aims to analyse how and to what extent stakeholder interaction for sustainability is implemented in organisations and the linkages to the overarching interaction efforts.Design/methodology/approach: This study was conducted in the context of seaports. To examine interaction activities with stakeholders for sustainability and how they are implemented, the study uses content analysis of sustainability reports.Findings: The results show that the majority of ports recognise the importance of stakeholder interaction to create value and guide organisational sustainability; however, it is implemented to varying levels and degrees, which affects the form and extent of the overarching interaction efforts. The paper proposes four categories of implementing stakeholder interaction, showing the linkages to the number of stakeholder groups involved, sustainability dimensions covered and interaction approaches used.Originality/value: This paper contributes to sustainability, stakeholder and management literature by highlighting different levels of implementation of stakeholder interaction for sustainability and its linkages to overarching efforts that may affect the sustainable development of an organisation. The results of this study provide a better understanding of stakeholder interaction within organisational sustainability approaches and implementation in sustainability-oriented business models. As organisations seek to increase their sustainability performance, these insights may be useful for both academia and practice.
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- Fobbe, Lea, 1990-
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Walking old paths with new perspectives. Stakeholder engagement for organisational sustainability
- 2023
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Stakeholder engagement has been recognised as one of the main principles for organisational sustainability. However, there is only limited knowledge on the role of stakeholder engagement in evolving organisational sustainability approaches such as sustainable business models (SBM) and circular economy (CE). There is also only fragmented research on how organisations engage with stakeholders and how the engagement needs to be adapted to facilitate the transition to SBMs and CE in relation to existing sustainability approaches focused on organisational sustainability practices (OSP). The purpose of this thesis is therefore to enhance knowledge on stakeholder engagement for organisational sustainability, considering the role, practices and potential to facilitate transitions to SBMs and CE in relation to OSP.Three research questions drive this thesis which compiles five papers based on four individual studies. The first and the second study concentrate on how organisations engage with stakeholders for OSP and SBM, applying quantitative and qualitative methods respectively. The third study analyses the role of stakeholder engagement in SBMs, using a systematic literature review. The fourth study explores how stakeholder engagement needs to be adapted for SBMs and CE in relation to OSP, using qualitative methods.The results reveal the multi-faceted role of stakeholder engagement in SBMs and CE. Engagement practices for SBMs are dependent on the focus and intended outcome, while engagement for CE was extended and levelled up in relation to engagement for OSP. Continuous and changing engagement practices are needed to facilitate the transition to SBMs, and the conceptual understanding of stakeholder engagement from linear to circular needs to be adapted for CE transitions. This thesis contributes to sustainability, stakeholder, business model and CE literature by providing new perspectives on the role, extent, and form of stakeholder engagement for organisational sustainability. For practitioners, insights are offered on how to foster stakeholder engagement and with that move towards organisational sustainability.
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- Forkby, Torbjörn, Professor, 1965-, et al.
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Problemlösningarnas eviga nu : Om trygghetsfrämjande och brottspreventiva partnerskap
- 2023
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Under senare år har det lokala brottsförebyggande arbetet oftast kopplats samman med breda trygghetsfrågor och hanterats inom olika partnerskap mellan organisationer som Polisen, socialtjänsten, skolan och fritidsförvaltningen. Den här boken är resultatet av ett flerårigt forskningsprojekt där förutsättningar och innehåll i det brottsförebyggande och trygghetsfrämjande arbetet undersökts. Här ges ingående skildringar av vad de lokala brottsförebyggarna ställs inför, hur svårt det kan vara att omsätta riktlinjer och rekommendationer från nationell nivå och hur de gör när de tar sig an och konkretiserar sitt uppdrag i vardagsarbetet.Skådeplatserna utgörs i boken av Ronna i Södertälje, Botkyrka i Stockholm, Hjällbo i Göteborg samt Araby i Växjö, alltså områden omtalade som särskilt utsatta. Som sådana återkommer de ofta som exempel på områden där gängkriminalitet, marginalisering och parallella samhällsstrukturer utvecklats, såväl i medierna som i den politiska diskussionen.Vi vänder oss till alla verksamma inom det expanderande brottsförebyggande och trygghetsfrämjande fältet. Boken är även relevant för polis- och socionomutbildningar och inte minst alla andra som är intresserade av hur samhället agerar och bör agera för att förebygga brott i utsatta områden.
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- Frank, Jens, et al.
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Public attitude towards the implementation of management actions aimed at reducing human fear of brown bears and wolves
- 2015
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Ingår i: Wildlife Biology. - : Wiley. - 0909-6396 .- 1903-220X. ; 21:3, s. 122-130
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Previous research on human fear of large carnivores has mainly been based on self-reports in which individual survey items and the objects of fear are measured, so whether a person fears attacks on humans or livestock and pets has not been identified. The objectives of this study were to differentiate between the objects of fear as well as capturing attitudes towards implementation of management actions and the potential for conflict index (PCI). These concern the implementation of a limited number of management actions currently used or discussed in Sweden that are aimed at reducing human fear of brown bears/wolves. 391 persons living in areas with either brown bear (n = 198) or wolf (n = 193) in Sweden responded to a questionnaire. The degree of self-reported fear varied between residents in brown bear areas and residents in wolf areas. The fear of attacks on livestock and pets was stronger than fear of attacks on humans in both brown bear and wolf areas. In brown bear areas, fear was strongest for livestock, while in wolf areas fear was strongest for pets. The fear of attacks on livestock and pets was significantly stronger in wolf areas, while the fear of attacks on humans was strongest in brown bear areas. In both brown bear and wolf areas, there was little acceptance of implementation of management actions that would allow people to carry pepper spray or a gun outdoors. Management actions aimed at setting a population cap for bear/wolf populations, information on how to act when encountering a bear/wolf, and providing information on local presence of bear/wolf had relatively high acceptability. This was especially true for respondents expressing high fear of attacks on humans.
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- Fregidou-Malama, Maria, 1944-
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Why International Exchanges at Undergraduate Level?
- 2004
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Konferensbidrag (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- This paper concerns the value of international exchanges at Universities. It carries forward the exploration of a link between international exchanges and the quality of higher education. The method used is based on a description of my own experience as an international departmental co-ordinator and a teacher, discussions with teachers and students who have been on exchange programmes and a critical reflection on the work that has been done at The Department of Business Administration, University of Gävle.The study showed that teachers´ and students´ exchange creates creativity and curiosity and makes the quality of teaching better by developing knowledge from different perspectives. That means, students/teachers get knowledge i.e. on using other pedagogical methods and languages and in organising and keeping new relations. The exchange develops the social skills of teachers and students and the understanding between people from different societies. To summarize, international exchange legitimises the study programs offered in different places to the international scientific society. Teachers and students gain self-confidence on developing networks and being international citizens. For this reason, it is particularly important to consider the importance of international exchange programmes and thus create creative conditions for successful and sustainable development of higher education.
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- Gustavsson, Michael
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Högskolan AB
- 2010
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Ingår i: Bakteriekultur. ; :2, s. 26-29
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- Gustavsson, Michael
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Methodomania
- 2013. - 1
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Ingår i: Transformations in research, higher education and the academic market. - Dordrecht : Springer. - 9789400752481 ; , s. 157-170
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The first essay in this section studies the academization of vocational and professional trainings. It has long been thought that bringing preciously nonacademic occupational training programmes into the academy would increase both the quality and status of that training. Nursing’s and teaching’s trainings were among the first such programmes to be integrated into the university and construed as “sciences” in their own right. The academization process has since then expanded exponentially, today including accredited tertiary-education courses and programmes in golf coaching and pet-store management. Concurrent with the trend of academization of occupational training, we can see a de-academization of traditional subjects, as these are required to take into consideration the market requirements and consumer demands. The result is that tendencies merge in a homogenized form of academic organization and academic practice. The mass university requires flexible and manageable solutions. These usually take the form of standardized routines with regard to methods and forms of presentation, which are taught through the use of standardized manuals and handbooks. The author describes how the focus on method, design and disposition in the composition of essays and reports alters what the student is taught about scientific method and therefore how he conceives of it.
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