The role of leadership values and communication in the process of change toward sustainability

Fairooz Mustafa Hamdi and Nuno Guimaraes da Costa

International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, 2024, vol. 17, issue 4, 474-503

Abstract: Literature has given significant attention to how leadership values relate to sustainability practices. However, it takes a holistic approach to investigate how leadership values can translate to employees achieving value congruence and influencing employees' sustainability-related change readiness. This article presents a framework that takes a holistic approach to examine the role of communication in the relationship between leadership values and employees' acceptance of change toward sustainability practices. The authors carry out a qualitative synthesis of the literature, including 111 articles revealing several findings. First, different leadership values influence various sustainability practices, including social, economic, and environmental. Second, communication-oriented to reaching understanding moderates the relationship between leadership values and change toward sustainability practices. Third, the ability of leaders to influence sustainability-related change through values depends on their organisation's cultural orientations, particularly power distance. This article adds value to change management literature directed at sustainable development by presenting a framework to guide leaders in reaching mutual understating and value congruence with their employees to influence their readiness and acceptance of the change toward sustainability practices.

Keywords: leadership values; communication; change towards sustainability; change management. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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