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The wicked problem of climate change and interdisciplinary research: Tracking management scholarship's contribution

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  • Wohlgezogen, Franz
  • McCabe, Angela
  • Osegowitsch, Tom
  • Mol, Joeri

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Taking urgent action to combat climate change is a pivotal Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). Since it is closely intertwined with the other 16 goals, it is frequently characterized as a ‘wicked problem par excellence.’ Interdisciplinary research, i.e., research crossing disciplinary boundaries, offers promise for grappling with wicked problems, but also entails significant challenges to researchers. In this study, we use bibliometric methods to understand how management scholars have, over the course of four decades, straddled disciplinary boundaries and what impact their efforts have had on top-tier climate change research appearing in Science and Nature. We find that management scholarship on climate change (1) has grown significantly since the mid-2000s, (2) features substantial engagement with an interdisciplinary knowledge base, and (3) fails to attract the attention of climate change research within top-tier interdisciplinary journals. We discuss these findings with reference to the ongoing discourse on raising management scholarship's relevance and impact.

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  • Wohlgezogen, Franz & McCabe, Angela & Osegowitsch, Tom & Mol, Joeri, 2020. "The wicked problem of climate change and interdisciplinary research: Tracking management scholarship's contribution," Journal of Management & Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 26(6), pages 1048-1072, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jomorg:v:26:y:2020:i:6:p:1048-1072_8
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    1. Cottafava, Dario & Ascione, Grazia Sveva & Corazza, Laura & Dhir, Amandeep, 2022. "Sustainable development goals research in higher education institutions: An interdisciplinarity assessment through an entropy-based indicator," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 151(C), pages 138-155.
    2. Lucie Baudoin & Simone Carmine & Lucrezia Nava & Nicholas Poggioli & Onna Malou van den Broek, 2023. "Imagining a Place for Sustainability Management: An Early Career Call for Action," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(3), pages 754-760, May.
    3. Florentina CHITU & Andra Nicoleta MECU & Gheorghe HURDUZEU & Georgiana Ionela MARIN & Liviu Andrei TOADER, 2023. "Interdependence of Key Climate Change Concepts: A Bibliometric Analysis," Economics and Applied Informatics, "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, issue 2, pages 68-74.

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