• Login
    View Item 
    •   DORA Home
    • Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities
    • Leicester School of Architecture
    • View Item
    •   DORA Home
    • Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities
    • Leicester School of Architecture
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Modelling Organisational Factors Influencing Sustainable Development Implementation Performance in Higher Education Institutions: An Interpretative Structural Modelling (ISM) Approach

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    Open access copy (1.220Mb)
    Date
    2019-08-09
    Author
    Abuzeinab, Amal;
    Awuzie, Bankole Osita
    Metadata
    Show attachments and full item record
    Abstract
    Globally, higher education institutions (HEIs) have continued to record varied sustainable development (SD) implementation performances. This variance has been attributed to the presence of certain organisational factors. Whereas previous studies have successfully identified the factors influencing the SD implementation performance in HEIs, few studies have attempted to explore the relationship between these factors and the influence of such a relationship on the management of SD implementation in HEIs. This is the objective of this study. Understandably, an understanding of such relationships will facilitate the development of appropriate frameworks for managing SD implementation in HEIs. Relying on a case study of a South African University of Technology (SAUoT), this study elicits data through a focus group discussion session. An interpretative structural modelling (ISM) focus group protocol indicating extant pair-wise relationships between identified organisational factor categories was extensively discussed. The emergent data was recorded, transcribed verbatim and subsequently analysed. The findings suggest that communication was critical to the prevalence of other factors, hence indicating its centrality to the effective management of SD implementation in HEIs. These findings will guide implementing agents in HEIs towards developing appropriate strategies for communicating SD implementation strategies.
    Description
    open access article
    Citation : Awuzie, B. and Abuzeinab, A. (2019) Modelling Organisational Factors Influencing Sustainable Development Implementation Performance in Higher Education Institutions: An Interpretative Structural Modelling (ISM) Approach, Sustainability, 11(16), 4312.
    URI
    https://www.dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/18345
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.3390/su11164312
    ISSN : 2071-1050
    Research Institute : Institute of Architecture
    Peer Reviewed : Yes
    Collections
    • Leicester School of Architecture [263]

    Submission Guide | Reporting Guide | Reporting Tool | DMU Open Access Libguide | Take Down Policy | Connect with DORA
    DMU LIbrary
     

     

    Browse

    All of DORACommunities & CollectionsAuthorsTitlesSubjects/KeywordsResearch InstituteBy Publication DateBy Submission DateThis CollectionAuthorsTitlesSubjects/KeywordsResearch InstituteBy Publication DateBy Submission Date

    My Account

    Login

    Submission Guide | Reporting Guide | Reporting Tool | DMU Open Access Libguide | Take Down Policy | Connect with DORA
    DMU LIbrary