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Systemic Sustainability Analysis in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)

In: Digital Transformation and Human Behavior

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  • Lucia Pascarella

    (University of Portsmouth
    Università degli Studi di Salerno)

  • Peter Bednar

    (University of Portsmouth
    Lund University)

Abstract

Sustainability is rarely implemented in employee work practices in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The authors note that SMEs should implement sustainability practices as integrated part of work activities to ensure long term success. This paper describes an empirical study of SMEs sustainability on employee real work practices. A relevant perspective is offered by the triple bottom line approach (TBL) combined with sociotechnical theory. The attention to creating value for the future could lead to fewer sustainability issues. Furthermore, the analysis highlights the importance of the best use an employee knowledge and skills to ensure his satisfaction. The main issue that hinders the improvement of sustainability could be a lack of management attention to systemic integration of employee work practices. The authors argue to integrate technology and systemic perspective in TBL approach to achieve sustainability from sociotechnical perspective. The analysis aims to support enterprises to remain competitive in evolving contexts.

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  • Lucia Pascarella & Peter Bednar, 2021. "Systemic Sustainability Analysis in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)," Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization, in: Concetta Metallo & Maria Ferrara & Alessandra Lazazzara & Stefano Za (ed.), Digital Transformation and Human Behavior, pages 263-280, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:lnichp:978-3-030-47539-0_18
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47539-0_18
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