Psychological barriers in the road to sustainability: evidence from public sector procurement

Preuss, Lutz and Walker, Helen Lisbeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0892-9231 2011. Psychological barriers in the road to sustainability: evidence from public sector procurement. Public Administration 89 (2) , pp. 493-521. 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2010.01893.x

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Abstract

This article provides a conceptual framework for understanding key psychological barriers to implementing sustainable development in procurement process by local government and health care authorities. This task is an important one as a comprehension of psychological barriers is a prerequisite for understanding how individuals engage with the often more visible technical, budgetary or regulatory barriers in sustainable procurement. The article highlights how progress towards sustainable procurement is hampered by a combination of (1) individual factors; (2) organizational factors; (3) small group adaptation processes; (4) adaptation processes within the organization; and (5) external adaptation processes between organizations. The framework thus contributes to filling the conceptual space between human agent and organizational structure by pointing to the importance of cognitive filters and ideational resources that interact at various levels within an organization and in the complex network of formal or informal partners that surround it.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0033-3298
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2022 09:04
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/19885

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