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Johan Hultman.

Johan Hultman

Professor

Johan Hultman.

From ‘Less Landfilling’ to ‘Wasting Less’: Societal narratives, socio-materiality, and organizations

Författare

  • Hervé Corvellec
  • Johan Hultman

Summary, in English

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.

Avdelning/ar

  • Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

Publiceringsår

2012

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

297-314

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volym

25

Issue

2

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Ämne

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Nyckelord

  • Society
  • Narratives
  • Sweden
  • Waste management
  • Social change
  • Sustainability
  • Organizational change
  • Organizational processes

Status

Published

Projekt

  • Organizing critical infrastructure services-The case of Waste Management

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0953-4814