This edited research monograph collects nine unique research contributions on the concept of social sustainability and its connection to possibilities and hindrances for good work in organisations.

Autorentext

Klarissa Lueg is an Associate Professor of Organisational Communication and Research Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Organizing Social Sustainability at the University of Southern Denmark.

Simon Jebsen is an Associate Professor of Management and Research Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Organizing Social Sustainability at the University of Southern Denmark.

Inhalt

0. Social Sustainability and Good Work in Organisations: exploring how and why a recent phenomenon is being enacted 01. Exploring the Relationship between Sustainable Knowledge, Entrepreneurial Skills, and Sustainable Entrepreneurial Intention among First-Year Business Students 02. Enlisting employees in social sustainability activities: How organisations discursively position employees as volunteers in their communication 03. Corporate Heritage and Social Sustainability: the role businesses can (and should) play in maintaining heritage and culture 04. The role of bystandership for socially sustainable and inclusive police organizations 05. How do investors react to problematic social issues in organizations? Evidence from the literature on workplace sexual harassment 06. "Digital transformation is 20 percent about technological issues and 80 percent about social issues" - Negotiating social sustainability in the course of organizations' digital transformation 07. Psychological safety and social integration in a start-up context 08. Leading for better health: using signalling theory and German panel data to explain leader's role in social sustainability 09. The Sustainable HRM-SDG Nexus: Contributions to global sustainable development 10. The Way Forward: Future Research Directions in Social Sustainability Across Sectors