How Different Forms of Social Capital Created Through Project Team Assignments Influence Employee Adoption of Sustainability Practices

Can social capital created through project assignments increase the diffusion of sustainability practices, and if so, what types of social ties and conditions are likely to be most effective in doing so? We use a mixture of survey and qualitative evidence from a social network at a large organizatio...

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Veröffentlicht in:Organization & environment Jg. 34; H. 1; S. 43 - 73
Hauptverfasser: Reddy, Sheila M. W., Torphy, Kaitlin, Liu, Yuqing, Chen, Tingqiao, Masuda, Yuta J., Fisher, Jonathan R. B., Galey, Sarah, Burford, Kyle, Frank, Kenneth A., Montambault, Jensen R.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Los Angeles, CA Sage Publications, Inc 01.03.2021
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Conservation organizations
Cost analysis
Employees
Evidence-based practice
Executives
Innovations
Learning
Organization development
Organizational learning
Professionals
Scholarships & fellowships
Skill development
Social capital
Social discrimination learning
Social learning
Social networks
Social organization
Sustainability
Sustainable practices
Teams
Water resources management
social network
bridging and bonding ties
professional development
diffusion of innovation
cross-functional teams
ISSN:1086-0266, 1552-7417
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Zusammenfassung:Can social capital created through project assignments increase the diffusion of sustainability practices, and if so, what types of social ties and conditions are likely to be most effective in doing so? We use a mixture of survey and qualitative evidence from a social network at a large organization, The Nature Conservancy, to help answer these questions. Our analysis supports the argument that cross-organizational unit ties promote adoption of complex practices by having the benefits of both external and internal ties (i.e., exposure to novel practices and on-the-job social learning experiences, respectively). Specifically, staff learned new sustainability practices from project teammates in other organizational units who were already employing sustainability evidence-based practices. Thus, a practical and cost-effective way to promote organizational learning for sustainability may be to strategically form cross-organizational unit project teams that include sustainability practice innovators. Internal fellowships and short-term assignments may be other effective ways to do this.
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ISSN:1086-0266
1552-7417
DOI:10.1177/1086026619880343