Araujo, Alexandre Jose Vianna Barbosa de (2015) Sustainability in the construction industry from the perspective of leadership. PhD thesis, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil.
Abstract
In recent years, the construction industry regained its strategic role in the economy. For the development of the sector continues, it is necessary to understand how sustainability can become a viable way for these organizations through their leadership and their roles in the process of incorporation of the theme in the management system for sustainability. This PhD thesis is then proposed to understand how leaders develop management systems for the sustainability of these organizations, and generate guidelines that can help other companies to also incorporate aspects of sustainability, taking into account the specificities and challenges of the sector. To this end, it was opted for a qualitative, descriptive and explanatory study through interviews with ten case studies. The themes embraced by the interviews were: the concept of sustainability; the direction the leadership gave the theme; the alignment performed internally and maintaining the commitment. The results suggest that there are some trends in the incorporation of the theme into business management, but that organizations in the sector are still struggling to show results brought to sustainability and engage customers and regulators in the proposed processes. Management for sustainability in the sector needs - beyond the clear direction; alignment and maintenance of commitment by senior management - finding initiatives that can bring clear and immediate results, and a communication planning and dialogue with stakeholders since the design of these initiatives.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Thesis advisor: | Soares, Carlos Alberto Pereira |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | civil construction; sustainability; leadership |
| Index terms: | construction industry, regulator, case study, business management, commitment, interview, management system |
| Subjects: | psychology, data collection methods, business, industry analysis, sociology, management |
| Topics: | Business Strategy, Research Practice, Stakeholder Management, Organizational Design |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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