Institutional-Political Scenarios for Anthropocene Society
dc.contributor.author | Hoffman, Andrew J. | |
dc.contributor | Jennings, P. Devereaux | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-09T18:07:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-09T18:07:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-12 | |
dc.identifier | 1342 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Hoffman, A., and P.D. Jennings (2018) “Institutional-political scenarios for Anthropocene society,” Business & Society, doi.org/10.1177/0007650318816468 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/136160 | |
dc.description.abstract | Natural scientists have proposed that humankind has entered a new geologic epoch. Termed the “Anthropocene,” this new reality revolves around the central role of human activity in multiple Earth ecosystems. That challenge requires a rethinking of social science explanations of organization and environment relationships. In this article, we discuss the need to politicize institutional theory as a means understanding “Anthropocene Society,” and in turn what that resultant society means for the Anthropocene in the natural environment. We modify the constitutive elements of institutional orders and a set of main change mechanisms to explore three scenarios around which future Anthropocene Societies might be built – Collapsing Systems, Market Rules, and Cultural Re-Enlightenment. Simultaneously, we use observations from the Anthropocene to expose limitations in present institutional theory and propose extensions to remedy them. Overall, this article challenges organizational scholars to consider a new paradigm under which research in environmental sustainability and social sustainability takes place. | en_US |
dc.subject | Institutional Theory | en_US |
dc.subject | Anthropocene | en_US |
dc.subject | Anthropocene Society | en_US |
dc.subject | Organizational Fields | en_US |
dc.subject | Institutions | en_US |
dc.subject | Institutional Change | en_US |
dc.subject | archetypes | en_US |
dc.subject | scenarios | en_US |
dc.subject.classification | Management and Organizations | en_US |
dc.title | Institutional-Political Scenarios for Anthropocene Society | en_US |
dc.type | Working Paper | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Management | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Business | |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Ross School of Business | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | University of Alberta - Department of Strategic Management and Organization | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/136160/1/1342_Hoffman.pdf | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/136160/8/1342_Hoffman_Dec18.pdf | |
dc.description.filedescription | Description of 1342_Hoffman_Dec18.pdf : December 2018 revision | |
dc.owningcollname | Business, Stephen M. Ross School of - Working Papers Series |
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