Towards increased innovativeness and sustainability through organizational culture: A case study of a Finnish construction business

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:142

Article

Matinaro, Ville¹  Liu, Yang^1,2 

[1] Univ Vaasa, Dept Prod, PL 700, Vaasa 65101, Finland

[2] Linkoping Univ, Dept Management & Engn, SE-58183 Linkoping, Sweden

关键词: Construction;    Organizational culture;    Innovation;    Sustainability;    Transition;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.10.151

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

In the Finnish construction business, innovation management is considered to be difficult. However, cultural transition towards more innovative and creative thinking in construction industry can have vital impact on sustainability nationally and globally. There is an urgent need to examine at a more detailed level innovativeness in the construction companies and especially the manager's abilities to manage innovative organizational culture. It appears that lacks in managing culture and people with difficulties to understand key elements of innovativeness in organizational context seems to be a barrier towards increased innovativeness. The main finding is that the managers in construction industry cannot manage or create culture towards innovativeness. Therefore, there is major sector level lacks in innovativeness that have negative impact on societal change towards sustainability. This paper focus on managing organizational culture to reveal innovativeness in the case company that is vital for sustainability. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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