Sowing Seeds for Sustainability in Work Systems

Mari Kira () and Svante Lifvergren ()
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Mari Kira: Aalto University School of Science
Svante Lifvergren: Chalmers University of Technology

A chapter in Sustainability and Human Resource Management, 2014, pp 57-81 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The aim of this chapter is to suggest some ways in which the promotion of social and human sustainability at work may contribute positively to a work system’s ecological and economic sustainability. We also explore conceptual and practical ways to encourage the sustainability of social and human resources in contemporary working life. Throughout the chapter, we exemplify our arguments with case illustrations from the Skaraborg Hospital Group in Sweden. We discuss how the unwavering goals of protecting and regenerating various resources in work-system operations are critical hallmarks of a sustainable work system. We also outline some worldviews and ways of thinking that seem to underlie the operations of sustainable work systems. We then delineate the implications of the resource regeneration goals and sustainability-minded ways of thinking for work-system actors. Most importantly, we propose that sowing seeds for sustainability involves engaging co-workers with different knowledge and professional backgrounds in on-going learning dialogues concerning the actual development of the whole system.

Keywords: Knowledge Domain; Adaptive Capacity; Human Resource Management; Care Process; Work System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37524-8_3

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