Change agents and sustainable supply chain collaboration: A longitudinal study in the Dutch pig farming sector from a sensemaking perspective

Heijden, Angela van der; Cramer, Jacqueline

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.08.074

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“…Another finding of this systematic literature review is that better evaluation results are found for studies with a longitudinal study design involving randomized control groups [36,39,69]. This finding is consisted with recommendations from the literature that encourage the use of randomized control groups over longer periods of time [73,74]. In addition, it was found that, if possible, biomarkers or third party data should be used complementary to self-reported data for achieving more accurate evaluation results.…”

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Educational Interventions to Improve Safety and Health Literacy Among Agricultural Workers: A Systematic Review

Coman

Marcu

Cherecheș

et al. 2020

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Health and safety education for farmers has the potential to increase the level of health, safety literacy, and thereby improve farmers' health and quality of life. The aim of this paper is to provide a systematic review of the published literature documenting different educational interventions for agricultural workers that have the improvement of health and/or safety literacy as an outcome. A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, Scopus and PsycINFO databases for articles focusing on educational interventions for farmers' health and safety. From the 3357 initial hits, 36 unduplicated records met the inclusion criteria. The articles included in the review used educational interventions for farmers with the purpose of preventing farm-induced diseases and injuries, increasing the health and well-being of farmers, and promoting good manufacturing practices. The educational approaches considered varied from lectures, videos, newsletters, games, and community fairs, to involving the community in designing the intervention and training farmers to deliver the intervention to the community. Interventions that used evidence-based theories, which took into account cultural aspects and individual factors, used biomarkers as a behavior change measurement, and involved the community in the development of the intervention had the best results in terms of behavior change. The strategies of educational interventions identified in this review that produced good results have the potential to inform future researchers and policy makers in the design and implementation of public health interventions, programs and policies to improve the health of farmers and their families.Out of the three strategies mentioned, education aims to increase farmers' health and safety by encouraging them to adopt health-enhancing behaviors. To achieve this, education not only tries to enhance knowledge, but also skills, attitudes and practices that serve to prevent accidents and maintain good health. While the effects of health and safety education are often measured by distal outcomes such as injury and disease prevalence, a more direct outcome of health education is health literacy [5,6]. Health literacy is defined as the competence of individuals and communities to access, understand, appraise and apply information that is relevant to take decisions regarding one's health [6]. A related notion is safety literacy, which can be viewed as a content-specific form of literacy in a health context that focuses on the safety of the patient/worker [5,7,8]. A number of studies have shown that low health and safety literacy is a problem not only among the general population, but also among underserved populations [9][10][11][12]. Lower levels of health literacy are linked with low levels of education and literacy, and overall poorer health outcomes [13]. As such, education has the potential of improving general literacy levels as well as health literacy and safety literacy, and ultimately of leading to a better health and quality of life [14].Heal...

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Educational Interventions to Improve Safety and Health Literacy Among Agricultural Workers: A Systematic Review

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“…Both parties must take a longer-term, system-wide approach to supply chain management to overcome impediments to sustainability [24]. In the past decades, the focus of academic research in the sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) literature field has gradually converged from either environmental topics and performance outcomes to greater appreciation for a network-oriented view [25]. Therefore, it is not enough for an organization to develop innovative and sustainable products, but further interventions must concern the whole way of doing business [26].…”

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confidence: 99%

Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons Learned: Sustainability in Brazilian Omnichannel Retail

Sousa

Barbosa

Oliveira³

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Sustainability

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This paper reports the focus group results administered with top executives of the Brazilian retailers regarding their omnichannel strategies. This study aimed at analyzing the process of implementing omnichannel strategies and identifying contributions omnichannel has to sustainability. Using qualitative exploratory and a case study design to assess three large Brazilian retailers, we collected information concerning omnichannel implementation associated with processes, technologies, and organizational structure. This study was conducted with top executives in Brazil. Results suggest that the most viable solution, given a company’s investment capacity, is implementing an e-commerce platform that results in greater integration, profitability, and sustainability of the whole chain. A discussion on the benefits and outcomes related to the sustainable performance of such companies is also presented. This study answers calls for more research on the retail sector in Latin American countries.

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“…The concept of sensemaking was first proposed then popularised by Weick ( 1988 , 1993 and Weick et al, 2005 ) to describe the process by which individuals develop cognitive structures around the complex and unknown so that it can be acted upon (Ancona, 2011 ). The theory has become highly influential to researchers within the field of organisational studies (van der Heijden & Cramer, 2017 ). Managing to promote sustainability meeting the challenges of a climate change transition is defined by complexity and trade-offs.…”

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“…Shaped by individual’s knowledge structure Trade-offs - All issues cannot be prioritised at once. Paradox need to be understood before being managed Interpretation - The process of translation of new information into knowledge van der Heijden & Crammer ( 2017 ) Khan ( 2018 ) Fontana ( 2019 ) Bien & Sassen ( 2020 ) Child ( 2019 ) Giving Meaning Sense giving refers to the process of disseminating new views and shaping meaning. E.g strategy implementation Sharing - Sense is shared through communication and action to give meaning and create a shared understanding Communicating - Language communicates reality.…”

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Exploring the Cognitive Foundations of Managerial (Climate) Change Decisions

Wade

Griffiths

2021

J Bus Ethics

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Climate change is a complex, multilevel challenge with implications of failure unimaginable for current and future generations. However, despite the Paris Agreement supporting the imperative for action in an atmosphere of scientific consensus, organisations are failing to take the decisive action required. We argue that this lack of organisational action needs to be addressed by examining the cognitive foundations of managerial decisions on climate change and sustainability. A systematic review of research on cognition, sensemaking and managerial interpretation where it is linked to climate change or sustainability is presented within this article. The results detail a multilevel analysis highlighting key themes and the core concepts from the literature including factors shaping the cognitive process, to elucidate reasons for inaction and potential for promoting change. Through this research, an integrated model is presented demonstrating the interaction of factors, cognitive processes and outcomes. Based on this analysis, potential reasons for inaction are proposed and countered by three potential solutions linked to leadership, social norms and structural reform.

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Change agents and sustainable supply chain collaboration: A longitudinal study in the Dutch pig farming sector from a sensemaking perspective

Cited by 21 publications

References 94 publications

Educational Interventions to Improve Safety and Health Literacy Among Agricultural Workers: A Systematic Review

Educational Interventions to Improve Safety and Health Literacy Among Agricultural Workers: A Systematic Review

Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons Learned: Sustainability in Brazilian Omnichannel Retail

Exploring the Cognitive Foundations of Managerial (Climate) Change Decisions

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