罢丑猫蝉别蝉 en cours
La transition vers une 茅conomie circulaire : la mise en 艙uvre de pratiques et mod猫les d'entreprise circulaires
Chercheur:听Josep Oriol Izquierdo Montfort
Promoteur:听Yves de Rong茅
笔茅谤颈辞诲别: 2020-2024
Bien que le concept d'茅conomie circulaire ne soit pas nouveau, il a pris de l'ampleur ces derni猫res ann茅es ; et a 茅t茅 reconnu par les universitaires et les d茅cideurs politiques comme un outil permettant un d茅veloppement plus 茅quilibr茅. Pour assurer une transition d'une 茅conomie lin茅aire 脿 une 茅conomie circulaire - fond茅e sur les principes de d鈥櫭﹍imination des d茅chets et de la pollution et le maintient des produits, de leurs composants et des mat茅riaux en circulation le plus longtemps possible 脿 l'int茅rieur du syst猫me - les entreprises doivent innover et remettre en question leurs mod猫les commerciaux en appliquant de nouvelles politiques et pratiques qui font sens non seulement sur le plan environnemental, mais aussi sur le plan 茅conomique et financier. A l鈥檋eure actuelle, peu d鈥檌nformations sont disponibles sur l鈥檌mpl茅mentation de business mod猫les d鈥櫭ヽonomie circulaire d鈥檜n c么t茅 pratique ni sur la fa莽on de transformer un business mod猫le lin茅aire en business mod猫le circulaire (Rosa et al., 2019). Cette th猫se a donc pour objectif de contribuer 脿 l鈥檃vancement de la recherche en analysant deux sujets principaux : (1) l'identification de business mod猫les et pratiques circulaires mises en 艙uvre par les entreprises et leurs parties prenantes ; (2) la compr茅hension du processus de mise en 艙uvre de strat茅gies circulaires en 茅tudiant des 茅l茅ments cl茅s dans le processus d鈥檌mpl茅mentation (i.e. tels que l鈥檃daptation des ressources d鈥檜ne entreprise, le r么le de la direction,鈥�).
Integrating sustainability into entrepreneurship programs? The use of new teaching models in higher education institutions for sustainable entrepreneurship education
Chercheur:听Selenia Anastasia
Promotrice:听Am茅lie Jacquemin
笔茅谤颈辞诲别: 2021-2026
The first entrepreneurship course was born in 1947 at Harvard Business School (Nabi and al., 2017). Since this time, education for entrepreneurship evolved with the international growing interest in sustainable development. Entrepreneurs are seen as key actors in the process of achieving societal challenges through their business (Fernald, 2010; Hermann & Bossle, 2020) and higher education institutions play a crucial role in shaping the future of society through education (Grindsted, 2016; Ramos-Monge and al., 2019). In this way, new types of courses on sustainable entrepreneurship in such institutions are growing (Lans and al., 2014). According to York & Venkataraman (2010), the V.U.C.A. world in which we live demands entrepreneurial skills to act in favor of the planet. At the heart of this growing hot topic of research, academics such as Biberhofer & al. (2019), Halberstadt & al. (2019), Obrecht (2016), and even Sharma and al. (2020) question themselves about the construction and implementation of SE programs in higher education institutions. In this vein, Lans & al., (2014) inform us that one important aspect to consider when speaking about entrepreneurial education is the question 鈥渨hat to teach鈥�. The answer is generally represented by teaching-objectives articulating through list of competences. In fact, nowadays, we don鈥檛 speak any longer about the time-based teaching or objective-based but about competences-based teaching in the scholar context (Crahay, 2006; Foster & Jones, 2020; Legendre, 2001). As a result, more and more scholars have developed diverse frameworks of competences for SE enabling higher education institutions to articulate the teaching-objectives for students enabling them to initiate business at the heart of the Triple Bottom Line Model (Lans & al., 2014). We can quote those of Foucrier & Wiek (2019) or Ploum & al. (2018) for example. This research aims to enhance the existing understanding of competences for SE and their applications in higher education institutions through a critical look at frameworks of competences for SE in the literature while challenging the very notion of competences as defined in the educational sciences. The interdisciplinary aspect of the research between the field of SE education in management sciences and the field of competences in educational sciences can also be noticed. Results would provide practical implications through the reflexivity brought on the construction of a SE education program. Our research helps to better understand the concept of competence as defined and used in the educational sciences to bring clear instruction about its application in SE courses. Next to those practical implications, theoretical ones would also be pinned down. The interdisciplinarity aspect of the research would permit to emphasize multiple research avenues allowing the expansion of the field.
Social capital and community-based entrepreneurship in Africa
Chercheur: Laurent Lahaye
Promoteur: Frank Janssen
This study will investigate the threat of mission drift faced by social enterprises, and the strategies set up by social entrepreneurs in order to maintain their hybridity. Social entrepreneurship is a growing research topic in the literature. One of the specificities of social enterprises is particularly interesting: their hybrid nature (Battilana & Lee, 2014). Social enterprises are hybrids because they are coupling a social mission with an economic activity. There is a need to study the fragile equilibrium of social enterprises maintaining their hybridity. If they focus on the social mission, they may endanger their financial survival. But if social enterprises favour the business objectives at the cost of the social mission, it is called mission drift (Cornforth, 2014; Ebrahim, Battilana, & Mair, 2014).
Based on a multilevel analysis of social enterprises, we will investigate the tensions faced by social enterprises at the individual level (motivations of social entrepreneurs), at the organisational level (social capital and social networks analysis), and at the societal level (institutional theory). Responding to the call to investigate the mission drift in African settings (Doherty, Haugh, & Lyon, 2014), we already identified a network of social enterprises in the tourism sector in Benin (Africa). The tensions faced by those social enterprises are important, due to several crisis the last years (Boko Haram, Ebola鈥�).
Analyse des avantages et d茅fis li茅s 脿 la mise en 艙uvre des ODD au sein des PME : 茅tude comparative entre les pays d茅velopp茅s et les pays en voie de d茅veloppement
Chercheur:听M茅no Tamno
Promoteur:听Val茅rie Swaen
笔茅谤颈辞诲别: 2018-2024
L鈥檌nt茅r锚t pour les probl茅matiques li茅es au d茅veloppement durable ne cesse de cro卯tre comme nous pouvons le constater avec l'adoption des ODD par les Nations Unies en 2015. Cependant, malgr茅 l'importance des PME dans l'茅conomie mondiale, elles re莽oivent moins d'attention que les grandes entreprises dans les 茅迟耻诲别蝉 relatives 脿 la durabilit茅 des entreprises. De plus, parmi les PME, la recherche sur la durabilit茅 des entreprises se concentre principalement sur les entreprises formelles, avec moins de discussions relatives aux entreprises informelles. Par cons茅quent, cette recherche vise 脿 comprendre les r茅ponses des PME et des entreprises informelles face 脿 l'adoption des ODD et leur contribution 脿 la r茅alisation des objectifs globaux de durabilit茅 de l鈥橭NU qui repr茅sentent un langage commun et universel n茅cessitant une forte implication de tous les membres de la soci茅t茅, et celle des entreprises en particulier, pour sa mise en 艙uvre. Sachant que l鈥檌nt茅gration des ODD n鈥檈st pas juridiquement contraignante et que ces objectifs sont difficiles 脿 traduire en activit茅s et pratiques concr猫tes, le but de notre recherche est de d茅velopper une compr茅hension th茅orique de la mani猫re dont les PME et les entreprises informelles font sens des ODD dans les pays d茅velopp茅s et dans les pays en d茅veloppement, les motivations soutenant l'int茅gration des ODD, les outils utilis茅s, les d茅fis auxquels elles sont confront茅es et les avantages obtenus suite 脿 la mise en 艙uvre les ODD, et 茅galement de construire un mod猫le comprenant les processus et pratiques conduisant 脿 la mise en 艙uvre des ODD par les PME et les entreprises informelles.
Apprentissage organisationnel de la RSE : Transfert, distribution et stockage des connaissances au sein des Communaut茅s de Pratique
Chercheur: Sabrina Courtois
Promoteur:听Val茅rie Swaen
笔茅谤颈辞诲别: 2019-2025
R茅cemment, l'apprentissage organisationnel a 茅t茅 analys茅 comme une strat茅gie d'entreprise dans le d茅veloppement de pratiques de responsabilit茅 sociale des entreprises (RSE). Les organisations et les individus apprennent continuellement en interagissant 脿 diff茅rents niveaux, 脿 l'int茅rieur et 脿 l'ext茅rieur de l'organisation, dans des contextes formels ou informels.
Une grande partie des connaissances en RSE est d茅velopp茅e de mani猫re informelle, un processus largement invisible aboutissant 脿 la production de connaissances qui peuvent 锚tre explicites ou tacites. Le discours actuel est domin茅 par les connaissances explicites et codifi茅es ; il est donc essentiel de trouver des moyens de tirer parti des connaissances 脿 la fois explicites et tacites issues de la pratique continue et de les diffuser.
Parmi les contextes informels, nous nous concentrons sur les communaut茅s de pratique, c'est-脿-dire les communaut茅s sociales et spontan茅es qui sont anim茅es par des int茅r锚ts et des passions communs (dans ce cas, la RSE). Tout d'abord, nous observons quel type de connaissance li茅e 脿 la RSE est produit et partag茅 au sein de ces communaut茅s. Deuxi猫mement, nous analysons comment les participants agissent en tant qu鈥檌nterm茅diaire entre la communaut茅 et l'organisation en extrayant et en traduisant ces connaissances. Enfin, nous regardons comment ces connaissances sont diffus茅es et stock茅es dans la m茅moire organisationnelle.
Une grande partie des connaissances en RSE est d茅velopp茅e de mani猫re informelle, un processus largement invisible aboutissant 脿 la production de connaissances qui peuvent 锚tre explicites ou tacites. Le discours actuel est domin茅 par les connaissances explicites et codifi茅es ; il est donc essentiel de trouver des moyens de tirer parti des connaissances 脿 la fois explicites et tacites issues de la pratique continue et de les diffuser.
Parmi les contextes informels, nous nous concentrons sur les communaut茅s de pratique, c'est-脿-dire les communaut茅s sociales et spontan茅es qui sont anim茅es par des int茅r锚ts et des passions communs (dans ce cas, la RSE). Tout d'abord, nous observons quel type de connaissance li茅e 脿 la RSE est produit et partag茅 au sein de ces communaut茅s. Deuxi猫mement, nous analysons comment les participants agissent en tant qu鈥檌nterm茅diaire entre la communaut茅 et l'organisation en extrayant et en traduisant ces connaissances. Enfin, nous regardons comment ces connaissances sont diffus茅es et stock茅es dans la m茅moire organisationnelle.
Le r么le du syst猫me d'imposition des soci茅t茅s dans la r茅alisation des objectifs de d茅veloppement durable
Chercheur: Gr茅gory de Boe
Promoteurs:听Marie Lamensch, Val茅rie Swaen
笔茅谤颈辞诲别: 2020-2026
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Les objectifs de d茅veloppement durable (ODD) fournissent un cadre mondial pour parvenir 脿 un avenir meilleur et plus durable ; les entreprises sont suppos茅es y contribuer par des pratiques durables. Se pose la question de savoir si les entreprises sont effectivement incit茅es par les politiques fiscales actuelles 脿 atteindre les ODD. La mesure dans laquelle le syst猫me d'imposition des entreprises peut constituer un levier important pour atteindre un d茅veloppement durable, pose encore question.
Les objectifs de ma recherche sont de : (1) agr茅ger les connaissances scientifiques existantes concernant la mesure dans laquelle diverses politiques fiscales des entreprises influencent les pratiques durables des entreprises dans l'Espace 茅conomique europ茅en ; identifier (2a) les instruments fiscaux qui d茅couragent des entreprise d'entreprendre des pratiques durables et (2b) les comportements typiques des entreprises face 脿 ces instruments fiscaux "probl茅matiques" ; (3a) sur la base de la litt茅rature 茅conomique, identifier les instruments fiscaux susceptibles d'encourager les entreprises 脿 adopter des pratiques durables et (3b) les critiquer au regard de l'茅quit茅, la justice climatique et la bonne gouvernance. Par cette recherche, j'entends contribuer 脿 une meilleure compr茅hension du r么le des 脡tats dans la r茅alisation des ODD. Plus pr茅cis茅ment, je cherche 脿 d茅terminer si et comment la politique fiscale peut constituer un levier dans le cadre de cet objectif global. Je contribue 茅galement 脿 la th茅orie institutionnelle : un mod猫le de r茅ponses strat茅giques d鈥檕rganisations aux processus institutionnels est confront茅 aux comportements effectifs des entreprises faisant face 脿 des instruments fiscaux qui font obstacle 脿 la durabilit茅. En outre, les instruments fiscaux pr茅conis茅s par la recherche 茅conomique pour encourager les entreprises 脿 adopter des pratiques durables, sont 茅valu茅s de mani猫re critique au vu de la justice climatique, la bonne gouvernance et l'茅quit茅.
Les objectifs de ma recherche sont de : (1) agr茅ger les connaissances scientifiques existantes concernant la mesure dans laquelle diverses politiques fiscales des entreprises influencent les pratiques durables des entreprises dans l'Espace 茅conomique europ茅en ; identifier (2a) les instruments fiscaux qui d茅couragent des entreprise d'entreprendre des pratiques durables et (2b) les comportements typiques des entreprises face 脿 ces instruments fiscaux "probl茅matiques" ; (3a) sur la base de la litt茅rature 茅conomique, identifier les instruments fiscaux susceptibles d'encourager les entreprises 脿 adopter des pratiques durables et (3b) les critiquer au regard de l'茅quit茅, la justice climatique et la bonne gouvernance. Par cette recherche, j'entends contribuer 脿 une meilleure compr茅hension du r么le des 脡tats dans la r茅alisation des ODD. Plus pr茅cis茅ment, je cherche 脿 d茅terminer si et comment la politique fiscale peut constituer un levier dans le cadre de cet objectif global. Je contribue 茅galement 脿 la th茅orie institutionnelle : un mod猫le de r茅ponses strat茅giques d鈥檕rganisations aux processus institutionnels est confront茅 aux comportements effectifs des entreprises faisant face 脿 des instruments fiscaux qui font obstacle 脿 la durabilit茅. En outre, les instruments fiscaux pr茅conis茅s par la recherche 茅conomique pour encourager les entreprises 脿 adopter des pratiques durables, sont 茅valu茅s de mani猫re critique au vu de la justice climatique, la bonne gouvernance et l'茅quit茅.
Tackling food waste: analysis of the impact of the purchase of suboptimal food on food waste at home
Chercheur: Louise Dumont
Promoteur:听Karine, Charry; Val茅rie Swaen
笔茅谤颈辞诲别: 2019-2025
Le point de d茅part de ma recherche doctorale est le gaspillage alimentaire. Un tiers de la nourriture produite pour l鈥檋omme est gaspill茅e. Cela implique alors de nombreuses cons茅quences sociales, environnementales et 茅conomiques n茅gatives. Le gaspillage alimentaire est donc un probl猫me important dans notre soci茅t茅 actuelle et de ce fait, un sujet de recherche pertinent. Plus pr茅cis茅ment, ma recherche se concentre sur les produits 芦 suboptimaux 禄, 脿 savoir les produits proches de la date de p茅remption, avec un d茅faut dans le packaging ou les produits dits 芦 moches 禄. Ces produits sont le plus souvent rejet茅s par les consommateurs dans les supermarch茅s et sont donc 脿 l鈥檕rigine d鈥檜ne grande quantit茅 de gaspillage. En r茅ponse 脿 cela, les d茅taillants essaient de pousser leur vente avec des r茅ductions de prix. Cependant, ces promotions pourraient potentiellement mener 脿 d鈥檃utres probl猫mes, au niveau du gaspillage alimentaire mais 茅galement, plus largement, au niveau d鈥檃utres comportements pro-environnementaux. Il est donc important d鈥櫭﹖udier les ant茅c茅dents mais 茅galement les cons茅quences de l鈥檃chat de produits suboptimaux en r茅duction.听
How do individuals develop knowledge about Corporate Social Responsibility? Role of conceptual change and socio-cognitive conflicts in the learning process of a contested concept.
Chercheur: Pauline de Montpellier d鈥橝nnevoie
Promoteur: Val茅rie Swaen
Financement: F茅d茅ration Wallonie-Bruxelles
笔茅谤颈辞诲别: 2019-2023
Promoteur: Val茅rie Swaen
Financement: F茅d茅ration Wallonie-Bruxelles
笔茅谤颈辞诲别: 2019-2023
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been defined as the contribution of companies to sustainable development. As CSR is an essentially contested concept, individuals (i.e., consumers, employees, or leaders) may have a different understanding of its meaning and its applications by companies. This further influences their reactions to corporate actions. In this context, the goals of the project are: first, to identify the different perceptions individuals have about CSR, and analyse how the framing of perceptions vary with their individual and cultural profile; second, to analyse the evolution of individuals鈥� CSR perceptions while interacting with sustainable development experts and other individuals; and third, to investigate pedagogical mechanisms that foster constructive debate about CSR and allow conceptual learning of the concept by individuals. For this purpose, we focus on micro-CSR literature to analyse the processes by which individuals interpret and evaluate CSR. We put into perspective the development of individuals鈥� knowledge about CSR by two conceptual learning theories from educational science research - i.e., conceptual change and socio-cognitive conflict theories. To answer our research questions, we analyse the CSR perceptions and learning process of more than 23,000 registered participants (up to now) in a MOOC on CSR through a mixed-method approach. The expected contributions concern first, the development of micro-CSR research with respect to the framing of individuals鈥� CSR perceptions and conceptual learning of the concept, and second, the potential change of consumers, employees and leaders鈥� mentalities necessary to trigger the most beneficial actions and decisions for the transition to a more sustainable society.
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Les PSS, une typologie int茅grative des propositions de valeur et des pratiques marketing pour freiner les pratiques d'obsolescence ? Comprendre les r茅actions des consommateurs face aux solutions potentielles.
Chercheur听Pauline Munten
Promoteurs: Val茅rie Swaen, Jo毛lle Vanhamme
Date de d茅fense publique pr茅vue : December 2021
Who among us has never replaced a printer because it was not reparable, bought a new phone because our current model broke down just after the guarantee expired, or switched to a new coffee machine that offers an exciting, trendy new option? Many durable products are being replaced and discarded more frequently, because of what we refer to as obsolescence. Obsolescence supports economic growth, by increasing sales and eliminating second-hand markets. Yet it also creates societal concerns (e.g., pollution, waste generation, overconsumption of natural resources, purchase on credit and indebtedness among consumers).
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC 2014/C 67/05; EESC, INT/779) and environmental campaigners (e.g., Terra Nova, 2012; La Fabrique Ecologique, 2016) formulated diverse recommendations to mitigate environmental and social consequences of obsolescence, namely, increasing product intrinsic durability, adopting longer warranties, facilitating repair, increasing product transparency, and shifting from product sales to service offerings. In the marketing literature, we have fragmented research on obsolescence and solutions against obsolescence (Cooper, 2004). Yet, a systematic research on the solutions against obsolescence and consumers鈥� reactions towards these solutions is lacking.
In this PhD, we suggest that product service-system (Tukker and Tischner, 2006), borrowed from business management, engineering and design literature, is a relevant typology to look at obsolescence and to highlight potential solutions. Besides, we conduct research on a specific solution 鈥� displaying product reparability information. We aim to answer the following questions: How, why and under what conditions do product reparability information influence consumers鈥� reactions (their attitude and willingness to buy)?
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC 2014/C 67/05; EESC, INT/779) and environmental campaigners (e.g., Terra Nova, 2012; La Fabrique Ecologique, 2016) formulated diverse recommendations to mitigate environmental and social consequences of obsolescence, namely, increasing product intrinsic durability, adopting longer warranties, facilitating repair, increasing product transparency, and shifting from product sales to service offerings. In the marketing literature, we have fragmented research on obsolescence and solutions against obsolescence (Cooper, 2004). Yet, a systematic research on the solutions against obsolescence and consumers鈥� reactions towards these solutions is lacking.
In this PhD, we suggest that product service-system (Tukker and Tischner, 2006), borrowed from business management, engineering and design literature, is a relevant typology to look at obsolescence and to highlight potential solutions. Besides, we conduct research on a specific solution 鈥� displaying product reparability information. We aim to answer the following questions: How, why and under what conditions do product reparability information influence consumers鈥� reactions (their attitude and willingness to buy)?
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Organisational antecedents of voluntary employee green behaviour: An organisational justice perspective
Chercheur: Corentin Hericher
Promoteurs: Ina Aust, Val茅rie Swaen
Date de d茅fense publique pr茅vue : 2020
This doctoral dissertation highlights the link between perceived natural environment-oriented corporate social responsibility (CSR) and organisational citizenship behaviour toward the environment (OCBE). Natural environment-oriented CSR refers to organisational practices that limit the impact the company has on the natural environment. OCBE encompasses discretionary behaviour that contributes in aggregate to the company鈥檚 environmental performance. I rely on three different theoretical perspectives to answer the same research question: to what extent does perceived natural environment-oriented CSR impact OCBE? The three theoretical perspectives are the deontic model of organisational justice theory, the social identity theory, and the job-demands and resources model.
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A study towards understanding the processes underlying Social Entrepreneurship
Chercheur: Paulami Mitra
Promoteur: Frank Janssen
Date de d茅fense publique pr茅vue : 2019
This doctoral project aims at understanding how the process of social entrepreneurship (SE) is undertaken at the micro-level, meso-level and macro level once the venture has been created. The study attempts to respond to the call on extending, elaborating and creating a balance to understand social entrepreneurship as a 鈥減rocess鈥� (Dacin et al, 2011; Haugh, 2007; Tracey et al, 2011).
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Corporate Social Responsibility implementation by non-profit sport organisations听(2019)
Auteur: G茅raldine Zeimers
Promoteur(s): Thierry Zintz (UCLouvain) & Annick Willem (UGent)听
Sport is believed to create positive economic, cultural, health and social values, while at the same time facing ongoing ethical, social and environmental crises. Through CSR programs, sport organisations may stimulate sport鈥檚 positive social side and counter and/or prevent sport鈥檚 negative side. CSR is broadly described as 鈥渁ctions that appear to further some social good, beyond the [direct] interests of the firm [organisation] and that which is required by law鈥� (McWilliams & Siegel, 2001: 117). In a CSR perspective, sport organisations have, next to their economic (or their core missions) and legal duties, ethical and discretionary responsibilities towards society and are considered as potential change agents.
The scholarly debate about CSR within the sport management field focuses almost exclusively on for-profit sport organisations or 鈥渉ighly profitable not for profit sport organisations鈥� while paying little attention to traditional nonprofit sport organisations (i.e. less profitable). Yet, these organisations are increasingly addressing such issues under the scope of CSR or related notion.听
Given this context, the purpose of this dissertation is to provide insights into the implementation of CSR programs by nonprofit sport organisations. This dissertation provides important insights on three main elements of CSR implementation, namely organisational determinants, collaborations and organisational learning. 听
The focus of this study is on sport federations 鈥� those sport governing bodies responsible for the organisation of specific sporting codes and the representatives of their sport. As the study also considers how sport federations build on their sport-federated network, internal and external stakeholders have also been incorporated (e.g., sport clubs, state and national bodies, public authorities, nonprofit partners).听
Building on organisational theories, this research examines CSR implementation from a three-fold perspective: 1) determinants of CSR implementation from a resource-based perspective 2) non-profit collaboration to implement CSR practices from an institutional theory and resource dependence perspective 3) the organisational learning process occurring the implementation process. It does so by building on a mixed-method approach, combining classical qualitative research approaches and innovative qualitative comparative research (namely, qualitative comparative analysis, QCA). Data collection comprised survey, interviews, observations and organisational document analysis.
The scholarly debate about CSR within the sport management field focuses almost exclusively on for-profit sport organisations or 鈥渉ighly profitable not for profit sport organisations鈥� while paying little attention to traditional nonprofit sport organisations (i.e. less profitable). Yet, these organisations are increasingly addressing such issues under the scope of CSR or related notion.听
Given this context, the purpose of this dissertation is to provide insights into the implementation of CSR programs by nonprofit sport organisations. This dissertation provides important insights on three main elements of CSR implementation, namely organisational determinants, collaborations and organisational learning. 听
The focus of this study is on sport federations 鈥� those sport governing bodies responsible for the organisation of specific sporting codes and the representatives of their sport. As the study also considers how sport federations build on their sport-federated network, internal and external stakeholders have also been incorporated (e.g., sport clubs, state and national bodies, public authorities, nonprofit partners).听
Building on organisational theories, this research examines CSR implementation from a three-fold perspective: 1) determinants of CSR implementation from a resource-based perspective 2) non-profit collaboration to implement CSR practices from an institutional theory and resource dependence perspective 3) the organisational learning process occurring the implementation process. It does so by building on a mixed-method approach, combining classical qualitative research approaches and innovative qualitative comparative research (namely, qualitative comparative analysis, QCA). Data collection comprised survey, interviews, observations and organisational document analysis.
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Essays on the self-interested determinants of prosocial behaviours: The case of charitable giving (2018)
Auteur: Etienne Denis
Promoteur(s): Claude Pecheux, Per Joakim Agrell听
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Although charitable giving is not a recent issue, economic and humanitarian upheavals have led to a renewed interest for the topic in recent years. Beyond the institutional changes to which charities have been exposed, a shift in donors has also forced organisations to reconsider their fundraising methods. The limited efforts to integrate both altruistic and egoistic motives of generosity and the static perspective adopted when trying to model charitable giving have been recently pointed in the literature as key priorities for future research in the field.
To address these issues, the present doctoral dissertation offers a contextualised, dynamic and integrative understanding of the decision-making process of donations. Combining four essays, this research explores how the motivations of generosity evolve over time and empirically investigates the interactions between self- and other-oriented determinants of charitable donations. This doctoral research contributes to several debates on the respective influence of personal and more altruistic determinants of generosity, on the public dimension of the behaviour as well as on the role of personal feelings on the decision to donate.
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La formation professionnelle continue face au d茅fi de la justice dans les organisations : le cas des entreprises et universit茅s vietnamiennes (2017)
Auteur: Thi Thu Thao L锚
Promoteur(s): Matthieu de Nanteuil听
Face au probl猫me universel de l鈥檌n茅galit茅 d鈥檃cc猫s des salari茅s actifs 脿 la FPC, nous nous interrogeons sur les logiques d鈥檃ction des acteurs. Les enjeux de justice en la mati猫re se trouvent non seulement sur une proportion importante d鈥檌n茅galit茅 d鈥檃cc猫s, mais la libert茅 d鈥檃ction, la question du choix et les relations au travail constituent autant de questions qui touchent aux sph猫res de justice. Dans cette th猫se, nous avons examin茅 les principes de justification qui ont l茅gitim茅 l鈥檈ngagement des acteurs dans cette pratique. Nous nous sommes int茅ress茅s 茅galement aux m茅canismes institutionnels, socio茅conomiques et culturels susceptibles d鈥檌nfluencer ces justifications. En partant d鈥檜ne approche constructiviste et centr茅e sur les acteurs, nous avons 茅tudi茅 le sens de la justice en mati猫re de FPC des salari茅s vietnamiens des secteurs manufacturier et universitaire. Les r茅sultats de notre recherche montrent que l鈥檌n茅galit茅 d鈥檃cc猫s en soi, ne constitue pas forc茅ment un probl猫me de justice en mati猫re de FPC. Cette in茅galit茅 dissimule la pluralit茅 des crit猫res de justice des personnes concern茅es
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The Development of the Paralympic Movement: Towards an Institutional Explanation (2016)
Auteur: Simon G脡RARD
Promoteur: Thierry Zintz
This research focuses on management-related issues of participation in sport for athletes with an impairment. Drawing on the institutional theory, this study is guided by a straightforward research question: how to understand institutional change among the Paralympic Sports over time? Grounded on an extensive multi-step exploratory phase, this work has developed two longitudinal case-studies that examine the role of 1) shifting institutional logic and 2) institutional entrepreneurship during institutional change processes. This study is based on document analysis 鈥� i.e. archival records 鈥� and follows the Process Tracing method鈥檚 guidelines. Embargo was successfully lifted on recent and sensitive documents. Key findings emphasize institutional mechanisms that have constrained, and still prevent, the development of the Paralympic Movement. This research also enriches the institutional theory by providing new insights with regard to the paradox of embedded agency.
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The role of CSR in identities dynamics during a period of organizational change听(2013)
Auteur: Kenneth De Roeck
Promoteur: Val茅rie Swaen
The main objective of this PhD research is to study the influence of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) dimensions on the dynamics of identity in times of organizational change. We would like to investigate if the promotion of CSR attributes can enhance employees鈥� organizational identification and therefore their acceptance and support to the organizational change. Indeed, it seems that highly identified employees develop more proactive behaviors and attitudes in order to support organization鈥檚 objectives.
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication campaigns towards the consumer: Analysis of their effects during a CSR crisis听(2013)
Auteur: Catherine Janssen
Promoteurs: Val茅rie Swaen听and Jo毛lle Vanhamme
In the last few years, numerous companies have faced crises involving their socially responsible activities (such as Ikea, The Body Shop, Nike鈥�). Our research seeks to examine whether promoting the company as socially responsible is likely to backfire and/or protect the company in the case of a corporate crisis involving CSR matters, which the exiting literature does not currently allow to clearly establish. Furthermore, our research aims at carefully examining the consumers鈥� psychological processes that could potentially explain such effects and also seeks to uncover the boundary conditions of those effects of CSR communication.
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The use of management control systems in a sustainability context听(2011)
Auteur: Marc Journeault
Promoteur: Yves De Rong茅
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the role of management control system to support sustainability development within organization. More specifically, it looks to the capacity of eco-control systems to support environmental strategy in order to increase environmental performance. Also, this thesis has as objective to shed a light on how ecocontrol systems may assist organization to create organizational capabilities providing competitive advantage that lead to financial performance improvement as well as environmental performance improvement.
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Toward the stakeholder company: Essays on the role of organizational culture, interaction, and change in the pursuit of corporate social responsibility听(2010)
Auteur:听 Fran莽ois Maon
Promoteurs: Val茅rie Swaen听and Adam Lindgreen (Hull Business School)
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Beyond the traditional objectives of supplying services and goods, companies encounter more than ever before pressures to address and respond to the societal concerns arising from their activities. As a result, environmental excellence and the well-being of people within and outside the organization increasingly represent issues that companies try 鈥� to a variable extent 鈥� to integrate into the core of their culture, strategy and practices. Such a move towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) isn鈥檛 an easy task as organizational embedment of CSR principles entails members of the organization internalizing CSR-related values at all levels and the companies to dialogue and interact with their key stakeholders and the world at large. In accordance with this idea, the three main objectives of this doctoral research project are:
- To identify relevant processes and key steps for the integration of CSR principles within the culture, strategy and the daily operations of companies;
- To highlight and evaluate the evolutionary nature of the impact of CSR commitments and their communication on the attitude of various stakeholders groups;
- 听To analyze and emphasize the influence and potential roles of these various stakeholder groups throughout the development of the CSR integration processes by companies.
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From 鈥渘uts and bolts鈥� to CSR. Standardization and democracy. Sociology of ISO 26000 setting process (2009)
Auteur: Coline Ruwet
This research addresses the question of the democratization of global decision making, focusing on non-state regulations at the international level that have increased over the past thirty years. The setting of multi-stakeholder processes is becoming a prerequisite for non-state actors developing normative instruments in the public policy realm. Is this evolution synonymous of a democratization of these forms of regulation?
This question is addressed through the case study of ISO 26000 developing process. The aim given to this future standard is to provide common guidance to all types of organizations on concept, definitions and method of evaluation linked to their social responsibility. The idea of producing an ISO standard on social responsibility was very controversial and generated a few years of intense debates. Hence new procedural rules were put in place to deal with criticisms fearing the intervention of a non-democratically elected body in the field of public policy. For the first time in ISO鈥檚 history, freedom was given to the experts in charge of developing ISO 26000 to change some of its setting process rules. The aim was to improve the inclusivity and the transparency of the procedure. This evolution can be interpreted as an attempt to democratize the International Organization for Standardization (the so-called ISO).
The aim of our empirical analysis is to make an evaluation of this attempt to democratize ISO procedure. Qualitative data - observations, interviews, collection of documents - have been gathered following the process of developing the content of ISO 26000 from 2006 to 2008 in Belgium and internationally. Our evaluation focuses on the potential benefits provided by a democratization of the procedure from an intrinsic point of view 鈥� equality of access and influence - and from an instrumental point of view - adhesion to the process and its fruits but also substantial contributions. However, we show that it is impossible to achieve all these objectives.
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Stakeholder involvement in CSR certifications听(2009)
Auteur: Manal El Abboubi
Stakeholder involvement is a managerial challenge for organisations engaged in CSR certifications. Following a qualitative and an abductive approach, this research offers answers to the following questions:
1- Who are stakeholders to consider in a CSR certification process?
2- How are they positioned in this process?
3- What are internal and / or external factors that can explain the involvement process?
4- How does stakeholder management allows interests convergence in the CSR certification process?
This research brings together the answers to these questions through three empirical studies in two Belgian companies involved in CSR certification.
The Auteur use an interesting dialogue between two theoretical corpus and offers an analytical framework for all those involved in the management of certifications such as scholars, CSR managers, consultants, researchers, students and NGOs.