What forms of institutional work are needed to integrate social responsibility into higher education?

Quelles formes de travail institutionnel pour intégrer la responsabilité sociale dans l'enseignement supérieur ?

Soukayna El Ouali ()
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Soukayna El Ouali: IRG - Institut de Recherche en Gestion - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 - Université Gustave Eiffel

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Abstract: This article explores efforts to institutionalize social responsibility within higher education institutions, based on a qualitative study conducted with fourteen French universities and grandes écoles with the DD&RS label (sustainable development and social and environmental responsibility). Through content analysis of interviews, this research reveals the dynamic nature of the institutional work required for effective USR integration, encompassing structural, conceptual, operational, relational, emotional, and extra-institutional elements. The study highlights the pivotal role of relational and emotional work in overcoming resistance to change, as well as the importance of extra-institutional work in enhancing the visibility of social responsibility initiatives. By offering an integrated vision of institutional commitment to USR, this article contributes to rethinking strategies for integrating social responsibility into higher education institutions.

Keywords: Higher education; SDSR; Social responsibility; USR; institutional work; Enseignement supérieur; label DD&; RS; responsabilité sociale; RSU; travail institutionnel; Sciences Sociales (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-09-01
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Published in Management & sciences sociales, 2024, N° 37 (2), pp.70-87. ⟨10.3917/mss.037.0070⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/mss.037.0070

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