Hervé Corvellec
Professor
Organizing Means–Ends Decoupling : Core–Compartment Separations in Fast Fashion
Författare
Summary, in English
Means–ends decoupling, the institutionally induced implementation of ineffective practices, has become increasingly common. Extant theory suggests that means–ends decoupling has real consequences, which makes it unstable and difficult for organizations to sustain. Yet little is known of how, and with what outcomes, firms organize such means–ends decoupling. We examine organizing via multiple qualitative and longitudinal case studies of how Swedish fast fashion retailers implement and manage the collection of used garments. We find that firms combine two organizational arrangements: structural and temporal core–compartment separations, which mitigate consequences of means–ends decoupling by obscuring and justifying efficiency gaps. Thereby we provide a theoretical explanation for how means–ends decoupling can persist over time.
Avdelning/ar
- Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap
Publiceringsår
2022-04-06
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
857-885
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Business and Society
Volym
61
Issue
4
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
SAGE Publications
Ämne
- Business Administration
Nyckelord
- circular economy
- corporate sustainability
- decoupling
- fashion
- institutional theory
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0007-6503