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Sustainability, performance and organizational strategy: an empirical analysis of public organizations
Author(s) -
Enticott Gareth,
Walker Richard M.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
business strategy and the environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.123
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1099-0836
pISSN - 0964-4733
DOI - 10.1002/bse.501
Subject(s) - sustainability , business , empirical research , government (linguistics) , corporate social responsibility , organizational performance , performance management , local government , empirical evidence , sustainable development , social responsibility , environmental economics , environmental resource management , public relations , marketing , economics , public administration , political science , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , law , biology
This paper presents a first time empirical analysis of sustainable management and performance in public organizations. Prior evidence from private firms on the relationship between sustainable management and performance indicates that the benefits of adopting social responsibility practices accrue across a number of dimensions of performance. Empirical analysis of English local government suggests that sustainable management is related to sustainability performance but not to other measures of organizational performance. These conclusions raise questions about the nature of sustainable management in public agencies and the measurement of performance. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.
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