How Academics in Undergraduate Business Programs at an Australian University View Sustainability

Autor/inn/en	von der Heidt, Tania; Lamberton, Geoffrey
Titel	How Academics in Undergraduate Business Programs at an Australian University View Sustainability
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 30 (2014) 2, S.215-238 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0814-0626
DOI	10.1017/aee.2015.7
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Business Administration Education; Undergraduate Study; Sustainability; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Semi Structured Interviews; Difficulty Level; Beliefs; Intention; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Grundstudium; Nachhaltigkeit; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Belief; Glaube; Australien
Abstract	This article explores conceptualisations of sustainability and perceptions of its importance in curriculum held by business subject and program leaders. Results are reported from an empirical study of the first-year Bachelor of Business program at an Australian university. Research data was collected in 16 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with subject and program leaders over two teaching periods in 2011. Interview transcripts were analysed through the identification of key themes. The results reveal that teaching academics believe sustainability is something more dynamic and complex than they are able to feature in their subjects, reflecting the difficulty in appropriately conceptualising sustainability, as well as differences between the academics' beliefs, intentions and actions. Few studies explore the conceptualisations of sustainability held by subject and program leaders. If business schools are to produce sustainability-savvy graduates, the teaching academics need to have a clear and, ideally, shared view of sustainability. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01