El liderazgo en la implementación de una cultura ecoeficiente en las organizaciones
Loading...
Date
2018
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
Abstract
Introduction. The interest in developing this
article arises from the relevance of companies’
awareness for eliminating / mitigating the adverse
effects they cause in the environment. Objective.
Identify the influence of the type of leadership of
the companies (transactional / Bass
transformational leadership (1985)) in the
involvement of workers in an eco-efficient culture.
Materials and methods. The methodology is
qualitative and used an intentional convenience
sample, applied through semi-structured interviews to the coordinators or managers in
charge of the implementation of the ISO 14001
System, Environmental Management System
(EMS). Likewise, surveys were conducted with
workers from three of the eight companies, in order
to triangulate the information as a methodological
integration strategy. The investigated
organizations belong to the automotive,
metal-mechanical and electrical sec-tors.
Results. Organizations that have tried to applied
an ecoefficient culture for a shorter period of time
did not show a commitment attitude. Even though
other organizations have implemented the culture
for a long time, they did not show workers’
commitment with the environment either, due to
high staff turnover. There-fore, the leadership type
that prevails in these companies is the
transactional leadership. Those who have been
working under the ISO 14001 system for more than
eight years and have minimal turnover evidenced
greater commitment, so their leadership is
transformational. Conclusion. The transactional
and transformational types of leadership are not
mutually exclusive and have a posi-tive influence
on different conditions and periods in the
implementation of the EMS.
Description
Keywords
Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá, Cultura organizacional, Sostenibilidad, Ecoeficiencia, Liderazgo, Impacto ambiental, Responsabilidad social empresarial (RSE)
Citation
Revista Producción + Limpia Vol. 13 N. 1