Natural Environment Protection Strategies and Green Management Style: Literature Review

Letycja Sołoducho-Pelc () and Adam Sulich
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Letycja Sołoducho-Pelc: Department of Strategic Management, Faculty of Business Management, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, 53-345 Wroclaw, Poland
Adam Sulich: Department of Advanced Research in Management, Faculty of Business Management, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, 53-345 Wroclaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 17, 1-25

Abstract: The relationships between the Green Management Style (GMS) and Natural Environment Protection Strategies (NEPS) are rarely explored in scientific research. The nature of these relations is not fully explained in management sciences, and although these connections are important determinants for the choice between temporary and Sustainable Development (SD) in business organizations, they are accompanied by research gaps. The first research gap is recognized qualitatively in the literature review, which indicates the scarcity of theoretical research in the areas of NEPS and the GMS concerning Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs). The second quantitative research gap is dedicated to the rarity of empirical studies among business organizations engaged in NEPS and the GMS’s implementation. The third qualitative research gap lies in the difficulty of translating scientific assumptions from the theoretical background into business practice. This paper aims to present and explore the indicated research gaps and propose a theoretical model of the relationships between the GMS and NEPS. The adopted method used in this article is a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) supported by a bibliometric study performed in VOSviewer software. The results of the present study of relationships between the GMS and NEPS are explained by the Green Integrity Model (GIM). The green integrity between the researched elements can influence organizations’ decision-making processes related to development path directions, social and environmental responsibility, workers’ engagement, strategy communication, and organizational performance. In terms of the relationships between NEPS and the GMS, this can be seen as a part of the manner in which business organizations self-regulate.

Keywords: environmental management; sustainable strategies; sustainable development; sustainable development goals; strategic integrity (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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