Bringing the Social Back into Sustainability: Why Integrative Negotiation Matters

Patricia Elgoibar and Elio Shijaku
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Patricia Elgoibar: Department of Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Barcelona, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Elio Shijaku: Department of Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Barcelona, 08034 Barcelona, Spain

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 11, 1-12

Abstract: Although economic and environmental paradigms of sustainability in organizations are highly researched, more work is needed to understand the mechanisms concerning the impact of social factors. Given the importance of social sustainability in current organizational contexts, we explore how gender dimensions (diversity, equality) and social capital dimensions (embeddedness, cohesion) can lead to the betterment of socially driven, sustainable outcomes. Our conceptual framework and propositions are centered on how negotiation—particularly in its integrative form—is likely to promote social sustainability. Our study contributes to the ongoing research on the latest socially driven trends of sustainability in organizations.

Keywords: social sustainability; integrative negotiation; gender diversity; gender equality; actor embeddedness; social cohesion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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