Abstract
The World Commission on Environment and Development defined sustainable development as "development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". In spite of the deep entrenchment of notions of time in sustainable development, it has been virtually ignored in organizations research. In this paper, we propose that organizations have an orientation to time and that orientation is related to business sustainability. We suggest that there exist three different orientations: short-term, long-term and harmonized. A harmonized orientation allows firms to balance the tensions between present and future organizational and societal needs and is thus most related to sustainability.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2009 - Chicago, United States of America Duration: 7 Aug 2009 → 11 Aug 2009 Conference number: 69th |
Conference
| Conference | Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2009 |
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| Abbreviated title | AoM 2009 |
| Country/Territory | United States of America |
| City | Chicago |
| Period | 7/08/09 → 11/08/09 |
Keywords
- Business sustainability
- Corporate social responsibility
- Organizational time orientation
