Responding to sustainability: A model exploring the impacts of boards of directors and organisational strategic flexibility
As the strategic apex of decision making, boards of directors have ultimate responsibility in ensuring that firms address economic, environmental and social sustainability. We contend that board information-processing activities act as the mediational pathway by which board composition affects susta...
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| author | Galbreath, Jeremy Nicholson, G. |
| author2 | Dr Nicholas Beaumont |
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| description | As the strategic apex of decision making, boards of directors have ultimate responsibility in ensuring that firms address economic, environmental and social sustainability. We contend that board information-processing activities act as the mediational pathway by which board composition affects sustainability. Further, because of the complexity of the sustainability paradigm, strategic flexibility is posited to moderate relationships between information-processing activities and sustainable outcomes. The model proposed in this paper offers original insight into the drivers of sustainability in organisations and thus, we conclude the discussion with implications for both research and practice. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-404512017-10-02T02:26:56Z Responding to sustainability: A model exploring the impacts of boards of directors and organisational strategic flexibility Galbreath, Jeremy Nicholson, G. Dr Nicholas Beaumont information processing boards of directors board composition sustainability strategic flexibility corporate governance As the strategic apex of decision making, boards of directors have ultimate responsibility in ensuring that firms address economic, environmental and social sustainability. We contend that board information-processing activities act as the mediational pathway by which board composition affects sustainability. Further, because of the complexity of the sustainability paradigm, strategic flexibility is posited to moderate relationships between information-processing activities and sustainable outcomes. The model proposed in this paper offers original insight into the drivers of sustainability in organisations and thus, we conclude the discussion with implications for both research and practice. 2009 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40451 Promaco conventions Pty Ltd fulltext |
| spellingShingle | information processing boards of directors board composition sustainability strategic flexibility corporate governance Galbreath, Jeremy Nicholson, G. Responding to sustainability: A model exploring the impacts of boards of directors and organisational strategic flexibility |
| title | Responding to sustainability: A model exploring the impacts of boards of directors and organisational strategic flexibility |
| title_full | Responding to sustainability: A model exploring the impacts of boards of directors and organisational strategic flexibility |
| title_fullStr | Responding to sustainability: A model exploring the impacts of boards of directors and organisational strategic flexibility |
| title_full_unstemmed | Responding to sustainability: A model exploring the impacts of boards of directors and organisational strategic flexibility |
| title_short | Responding to sustainability: A model exploring the impacts of boards of directors and organisational strategic flexibility |
| title_sort | responding to sustainability: a model exploring the impacts of boards of directors and organisational strategic flexibility |
| topic | information processing boards of directors board composition sustainability strategic flexibility corporate governance |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40451 |