Title:	Navigating Organizational Change: Managing the Modern Workplace and Embracing Sustainability
Authors:	Hüttemann, Dominik
ORCID of the author:	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3510-059X
Thesis advisor:	Prof. Dr. Julia Müller
Thesis referee:	Prof. Dr. Robert Gillenkirch
Abstract:	The four research objects included in this dissertation offer novel insights for organizations seeking to navigate organizational change by effectively managing the modern workplace and embracing sustainability. After the introductory Chapter 1, Chapter 2 sheds light on the individual strategies teleworkers implement to organize their remote work processes. By focusing on teleworkers’ remote job performance as the key outcome and teleworkers’ individual boundary management preferences and telework experiences as additional moderators, this chapter provides fine-grained insights to enhance the effectiveness of this rapidly expanding way of working. Chapter 3 presents novel insights into the effectiveness of established (transformational-transactional leadership) and aspiring (instrumental leadership) leadership behaviors in remote work contexts that have received little attention before. By considering the moderating role of volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environments, this chapter delivers practical insights for organizations to effectively manage their remote workforce in emerging virtual and rapidly changing organizational contexts. Shifting the focus to sustainability, Chapter 4 synthesizes the literature on sustainable consumption behavior, integrating insights from economics and psychology. By uncovering the economic and behavioral biases that prevent consumers from making sustainable consumption decisions, this chapter proposes actionable policies for organizations to steer consumers toward more sustainable consumption paths. Finally, Chapter 5 examines the effectiveness of an Education for Sustainability (EfS) intervention among management Master’s students, addressing the “triple bottom line” of ecological, social, and economic sustainability. The presented EfS intervention serves as a tangible blueprint for both educators and practitioners to cultivate sustainable behavior in the next generation of future leaders, facilitating the internal top-down process of organizations necessary to embrace sustainability. Rooted in real-world contexts, this dissertation endeavors to bridge the growing divide between academia and practice by providing actionable and evidence-based management principles that effectively navigate the complexities of the modern business landscape.
URL:	https://doi.org/10.48693/437 https://osnadocs.ub.uni-osnabrueck.de/handle/ds-2023120710120
Subject Keywords:	Organizational change; Telework; Boundary management; Remote leadership; (extended) Full-range leadership model; VUCA environments; Sustainable consumer behavior; Attitude-behavior gap; Asymmetric information; Education for sustainability; Management curricula; Affective learning
Issue Date:	7-Dec-2023
License name:	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Germany
License url:	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/de/
Type of publication:	Dissertation oder Habilitation [doctoralThesis]
Appears in Collections:	FB09 - E-Dissertationen

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