Organizational system thinking as a cognitive framework to meet climate targets.

ABSTRACT: System thinking is a crucial cognitive framework to enable individual pro-environmental behavioral changes. Indeed, a large body of literature has shown a significant and positive association between individuals' system thinking capacities and perceptions of the threat posed by climate change. However, individual behavioral changes play a limited role in addressing climate change compared to large organizations involved in a significantly larger share of economic activities. Do organizations exhibit system thinking capacities? Here, we conjecture that system thinking is a cognitive framework observable at an aggregated group level and, therefore, organizations, not just individuals, can exhibit characteristic levels of system thinking. We conceptualize a definition of organizational system

SUBMITTER: Burato M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10576104 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature