Bombe, May-Britt (2023) The Development of Action Competence for Sustainability – a longitudinal study with Vereniging Circulair Friesland. Master thesis, Sustainable Entrepreneurship (SE).
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Abstract
Strongly demanded by science and society, organisations need to take action and transform their way of doing business into more sustainable ones. Therefore, they need to find ways to empower employees so they can become change agents for sustainability. Focusing on the development of action competence for sustainability, involving willingness, confidence, and ability to act, this paper investigates if and how sustainability training can represent one effective way to educate professionals and equip them to take critical action in the future. Based on pre-and post-training questionnaires as well as semi-structured interviews, this longitudinal study examines the development of eleven participants in a two-day training. The study results show that sustainability training can support the development of action competence for sustainability. By combining content and reflective elements, such as guest lectures and discussions, and providing a hands-on framework to get the participants into action, the training fosters the development of action competence. Apart from that, the group composition, including different starting levels and positions, and external factors such as family and friends or the current market situation, can influence the development of action competence. The study proposes an enhanced model for future training programmes that would further facilitate the development of action competence for sustainability.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Name supervisor: | Golubic, V. and Rotulo, A. |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2023 10:40 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2023 10:40 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/314 |
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