From ‘Less Landfilling’ to ‘Wasting Less’: Societal narratives, socio-materiality, and organizations
(2012) In Journal of Organizational Change Management 25(2). p.297-314- Abstract
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to show that organizational change depends on societal narratives - narratives about the character, history, or envisioned future of societies. Design/methodology/approach - A case study of a Swedish municipal waste management company serves as an illustration. Findings - Swedish waste governance is powered by two main narratives: "less landfilling" and "wasting less". Less landfilling has been the dominant narrative for several decades, but wasting less is gaining momentum, and a new narrative order is establishing itself. This new narrative order significantly redefines the socio-material status of waste and imposes major changes on waste management organizations.... (More) - Abstract in Undetermined
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to show that organizational change depends on societal narratives - narratives about the character, history, or envisioned future of societies. Design/methodology/approach - A case study of a Swedish municipal waste management company serves as an illustration. Findings - Swedish waste governance is powered by two main narratives: "less landfilling" and "wasting less". Less landfilling has been the dominant narrative for several decades, but wasting less is gaining momentum, and a new narrative order is establishing itself. This new narrative order significantly redefines the socio-material status of waste and imposes major changes on waste management organizations. Research limitations/implications - Based on the case of waste governance in Sweden, the authors conclude that organizations should be aware that societal narrative affects the legitimacy and nature of their operations; therefore, they must integrate a watch for narrative change in their strategic reflections. Originality/value - This paper establishes the relevance of the notion of societal narrative to understand organizational change. (Less)
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- author
- Corvellec, Hervé LU and Hultman, Johan LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2012
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Society, Narratives, Sweden, Waste management, Social change, Sustainability, Organizational change, Organizational processes
- in
- Journal of Organizational Change Management
- volume
- 25
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 297 - 314
- publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- external identifiers
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- wos:000303842700008
- scopus:84858809061
- ISSN
- 0953-4814
- DOI
- 10.1108/09534811211213964
- project
- Organizing critical infrastructure services-The case of Waste Management
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- c8342a62-05ba-4be9-b3a0-6a82729b4cbe (old id 2227265)
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