Developing Capacities to Lead Change for Sustainability: A Quasi-Experimental Study of Simulation-Based Learning

Chatchai Chatpinyakoop, Philip Hallinger () and Parinya Showanasai
Additional contact information
Chatchai Chatpinyakoop: Center for Research on Sustainable Leadership, College of Management, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Philip Hallinger: Center for Research on Sustainable Leadership, College of Management, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Parinya Showanasai: Faculty of Management Sciences, Prince of Songkhla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 17, 1-19

Abstract: Education for sustainability should be capable of developing citizens with the mindset and skills to meet the complex sustainability challenges faced in the 21st century. Although educators have advocated for the use of simulations and serious games in education for sustainability, there is need for experimental research that tests the effects of these active learning methods on learner knowledge, skills, and attitudes. This empirical study aimed to fill this gap by examining the effectiveness of the Leading Change for Sustainability—Business , an online computer simulation that challenges learners to transform a company’s capacity to achieve a triple bottom-line of sustainability goals. This article reports the results of a quasi-experimental study that was designed to assess change in knowledge and attitudes of 87 students studying in a Master of Management program in Thailand. The research found that learning with the Leading Change for Sustainability—Business simulation resulted in large, significant change in knowledge of sustainability and change management concepts, as well as in the sustainability mindset of students. The successful use of this simulation in a “fully online instructional environment” not only offers support for the use of this simulation in educating for sustainability, but also for the broader potential of simulations in online learning during the post-COVID-19 era.

Keywords: higher education; sustainability; sustainable development; simulation-based learning; change; change management; leading change; management education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/17/10563/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/17/10563/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:17:p:10563-:d:896654

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().