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

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	von der Heidt, Tania Lamberton, Geoffrey
Copyright Year	2014
Description	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.
Related Links	https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/97B80CAD043994B283D6E9CF4889D672/S0814062615000075a.pdf/div-class-title-how-academics-in-undergraduate-business-programs-at-an-australian-university-view-sustainability-div.pdf
Ending Page	238
Page Count	24
Starting Page	215
ISSN	08140626
e-ISSN	2049775X
DOI	10.1017/aee.2015.7
Journal	Australian Journal of Environmental Education
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	30
Language	English
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publisher Date	2014-12-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Australian Journal of Environmental Education Education for Sustainability Management Education and Development
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Environmental Science

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