Organizational Sustainability in the Restaurant and Hospitality Industry
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 3280
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainability reflects achieving a higher quality of life through the creation of sustainable ecological, social and economic systems. However, the way companies operate in the restaurant and hospitality industry has generated social challenges such as inequality, unemployment, and environmental challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity, and air/water pollution. Contemporary hospitality companies are compelled to show evidence of positive social and environmental impact with the promise of business profitability and economic growth. Thus, they have come to consider sustainability as a significant strategy for long-term survival and put it as a top priority of their policies, strategies, and operations which aim at promoting sustainable growth.
Organizational sustainability can comprise all organizational activities related to the pursuit of economic, social, and environmental health with the aim of raising standards of living for shareholders, employees, customers, pressure groups, and communities. Scholars argued that organizational sustainability offers competitive advantages and generates value for stakeholders, organizations, and society. Despite its importance, the topic has not been fully explored asking for the need for theoretical and practical research at the strategic and operational levels.
Therefore, this Special Issue aims to invite conceptual and empirical research that focuses on organizational sustainability in order to extend current knowledge and offer insightful suggestions to the sustainability literature. Submission topics may be considered include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Development of a framework of organizational sustainability
- Integration of theories to understand organizational sustainability
- Empirical applications of organizational sustainability models
- Sustainability performance at the strategic or operational level
- Practical success of sustainable organizations
- Leadership in enhancing the impact of sustainability initiatives
- Influence of sustainability practices on organizational performance (e.g., financial or nonfinancial performance)
- Stakeholders (customers, employees, etc.) engagement in designing organizational sustainability
- Customer attitudes or perceptions of organizations’ sustainability performance
- Sustainability marketing
- Technology applications to organizational sustainabiltiy
Dr. Yoon Jung Jang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- restaurant
- hospitality
- organizational sustainability
- sustainability performance
- stakeholder engagement