We hope you'll join us for a round-table discussion of Theory Development in Green Management
Research. Our goals are to identify directions for theory development and to build collaborative
relationships among scholars who study and wish to study green management / environmental
sustainability.
The caucus will be held during the AOM meetings, on Tuesday, Aug 11 from 9:45 to 11:15 AM.
Additional information is pasted below.
Regards,
Jodi Goodman and David Gras
Program Session #: 1303 | Submission: 17157 | Sponsor(s): (CAU)
Scheduled: Tuesday, Aug 11 2009 9:45AM - 11:15AM
Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago in Skyway 283
Theory Development in Green Management Research
Participant: David Gras; U. of Connecticut;
Participant: Jodi S. Goodman; U. of Connecticut;
This caucus focuses on clarifying the fundamental differences about the natural environment
which facilitate significant contributions to existing theory and the development of new theory. To
address this challenge, the proposed caucus will bring scholars together to explore the following
questions: 1. What is unique about the natural environment compared to other issues that require
managerial action? 2. How does/can the unique character of the natural environment distinguish
green management / environmental sustainability research from other areas of organizational
research? What significant differences do we expect in antecedents, processes, consequences and
relationships among variables? 3. Which published green management / environmental
sustainability articles stand out as exemplars of theoretical contributions? What can we learn from
these exemplars? 4. Which green management / environmental sustainability topics are ripe for
theory development? 5. What theories lend themselves well to the context of green
management / environmental sustainability? What gaps in existing theories leave room for
significant theoretical contributions? What ?new? theories might be developed? 6. What lies
ahead for the study of green management / environmental sustainability?