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Beyond environmental management—Perspectives on environmental and management research

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In a recent article Richard Welford encouraged discussions about the status and future of environmentally related organization and management‐research. The following contribution is an attempt to take up some of the challenges that our field faces. The purpose is to analyse the relationship between, on the one hand, a growing flora of environmental efforts and environmental solutions and, on the other hand, a management research that is developing on its own terms. The author's basic premise is that these two need to move closer to each other. A number of theses are also presented. The author's basic thesis is that organization and management theory does not need yet another new special subject; rather, it is environmental research that needs to more seriously include relevant management research. The second thesis is that there are no objective environmental problems (as most environmental researchers maintain), but that environmental problems are social constructions. The paper finishes with a number of conclusions in favour of a management focused environmental research, that is guided by an intention of ‘soft interventions’. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

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  • Rolf Wolff, 1998. "Beyond environmental management—Perspectives on environmental and management research," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 7(5), pages 297-308, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:bstrat:v:7:y:1998:i:5:p:297-308
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0836(199811)7:53.0.CO;2-E
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