The role of change agents in sustainable public procurement projects

In the procurement process the decisions of project teams determine if the potential of sustainable procurement is attained. To optimize this, project teams should be encouraged to adopt new behaviour. The academic literature awards an encouraging role to the change agent. A comparison of the role o...

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Veröffentlicht in:Public money & management Jg. 35; H. 2; S. 119 - 126
1. Verfasser: Grandia, Jolien
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Routledge 04.03.2015
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Schlagworte:
Agents
Awards
Change agent
Change agents
Government purchasing
Green procurement
Organizational change
Procurement
Project management
project teams
public procurement
Purchasing
Studies
Sustainability
sustainable procurement
Teams
Teamwork
Netherlands
ISSN:0954-0962, 1467-9302
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Zusammenfassung:In the procurement process the decisions of project teams determine if the potential of sustainable procurement is attained. To optimize this, project teams should be encouraged to adopt new behaviour. The academic literature awards an encouraging role to the change agent. A comparison of the role of change agents in seven Dutch public procurement projects shows that change agents play an important role in sustainable procurement projects and help project teams progress towards sustainable procurement.
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ISSN:0954-0962
1467-9302
DOI:10.1080/09540962.2015.1007706