Understanding the puzzle of organizational sustainability: toward a conceptual framework of organizational social connectedness and sustainability. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Moldavanova, Alisa; Goerdel, Holly T.
• Is Part Of: Public management review. Volume 20:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 55
• Page End: 81
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Organizational sustainability -- social connectedness -- arts and culture nonprofits -- sustainable management; Local government -- Periodicals; Public administration -- Periodicals; 351.05
• DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2017.1293141
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1471-9037

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Much scholarship on organizational sustainability has focused on organizational survival and strategies aimed at financial independence. However, there is increasing awareness that organizational social connectedness may be equally important for longer-term organizational sustainability. This article bridges theories of organizational survival, social connectedness, and sustainability research, with sustainable management practices from the field of the US culture nonprofits to investigate the questions: What are the antecedents of organizational social connectedness? What role does social connectedness play for the sustainability of organizations? Our analysis results in a conceptual framework of the relationship between the social connectedness and sustainability of cultural nonprofits.