Sustainable Management at a University in Light of Tensions of Sustainability Theory

RAC: Revista de Administração Contemporânea

Susana Carla Farias Pereira¹  Simone Sehnem²  Graciella Martignago³  Charbel Chiappetta Jabour⁴ 

[1] Fundação Getulio Vargas,Escola de Economia de SãoPaulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil;Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina,Departamento de Administração,Chapecó, SC, Brasil;Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil;University of Stirling, Management Department, Stirling, Scotland, UK;

关键词: sustainability;    tensions of sustainability;    sustainable urbanism;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1982-7849rac2019170294

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Drawing on the theory of tensions of sustainability management, this original work aims at analysing tensions that emergedduringtheprocessofinsertingsustainabilityatcoreprocessesofanimportantBrazilianuniversity.Eleven interviews were conducted and analysed through the thematic categorisation and the Atlas ti softwarewas used. A documental analysiswas also carried out. The results suggested that: (a) there was a predominance of tensions originating from the organizational dimension; (b)the performance dimension was associated with the plurality of outcomes expected by stakeholders; (c)the existing asymmetry between the expectation of the subjects and the concrete results visualized in the UnisulUniversity as contributed to the fact that the points of tension converged towards the performance dimension. And it challenged managers to find mechanisms to minimize the dilemmasandconflictsthatemergedandtoaligntheexpectationsofthedifferentstakeholdersoftheUnisul Sustainable enterprise

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