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Systemic sustainability analysis in small and medium-sized enterprises (Smes)

Pascarella, Lucia and Bednar, Peter LU (2021) Annual Conference of the Italian Chapter of AIS , 2019 In Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation 37. p.263-280
Abstract

Sustainability is rarely implemented in employee work practices in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The authors note that SMEs should implement sustainability practices as integrated part of work activities to ensure long term success. This paper describes an empirical study of SMEs sustainability on employee real work practices. A relevant perspective is offered by the triple bottom line approach (TBL) combined with sociotechnical theory. The attention to creating value for the future could lead to fewer sustainability issues. Furthermore, the analysis highlights the importance of the best use an employee knowledge and skills to ensure his satisfaction. The main issue that hinders the improvement of sustainability could be a... (More)

Sustainability is rarely implemented in employee work practices in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The authors note that SMEs should implement sustainability practices as integrated part of work activities to ensure long term success. This paper describes an empirical study of SMEs sustainability on employee real work practices. A relevant perspective is offered by the triple bottom line approach (TBL) combined with sociotechnical theory. The attention to creating value for the future could lead to fewer sustainability issues. Furthermore, the analysis highlights the importance of the best use an employee knowledge and skills to ensure his satisfaction. The main issue that hinders the improvement of sustainability could be a lack of management attention to systemic integration of employee work practices. The authors argue to integrate technology and systemic perspective in TBL approach to achieve sustainability from sociotechnical perspective. The analysis aims to support enterprises to remain competitive in evolving contexts.

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Contextual analysis, Sociotechnical approach, Systemic sustainability, Triple bottom line, Work practices
host publication
Digital Transformation and Human Behavior- Innovation for People and Organisations
series title
Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation
editor
Metallo, Concetta ; Ferrara, Maria ; Lazazzara, Alessandra and Za, Stefano
volume
37
pages
263 - 280
publisher
Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
conference name
Annual Conference of the Italian Chapter of AIS , 2019
conference location
Naples, Italy
conference dates
2019-09-27 - 2019-09-28
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  • scopus:85118443269
ISSN
2195-4968
2195-4976
ISBN
9783030475383
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-47539-0_18
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English
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  author       = {{Pascarella, Lucia and Bednar, Peter}},
  booktitle    = {{Digital Transformation and Human Behavior- Innovation for People and Organisations}},
  editor       = {{Metallo, Concetta and Ferrara, Maria and Lazazzara, Alessandra and Za, Stefano}},
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  issn         = {{2195-4968}},
  keywords     = {{Contextual analysis; Sociotechnical approach; Systemic sustainability; Triple bottom line; Work practices}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{263--280}},
  publisher    = {{Springer Science and Business Media B.V.}},
  series       = {{Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation}},
  title        = {{Systemic sustainability analysis in small and medium-sized enterprises (Smes)}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47539-0_18}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-030-47539-0_18}},
  volume       = {{37}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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