Catalyzing Action on Social and Environmental Challenges: An Integrative Review of Insider Social Change Agents

Catalyzing Action on Social and Environmental Challenges: An Integrative Review of Insider Social Change Agents

2024 | Heucher, K., Alt, E., Soderstrom, S., Scully, M., & Glavas, A.
The paper "Catalyzing Action on Social and Environmental Challenges: An Integrative Review of Insider Social Change Agents" by Heucher, Alt, Soderstrom, Scully, and Glavas (2024) provides an integrative review of insider social change agents, individuals within organizations who work to address urgent social and environmental challenges. The authors identify five streams of research: employee activism, issue selling, tempered radicalism, micro-corporate social responsibility (CSR), and social intrapreneurship. These streams highlight the unique role of insider social change agents in advancing social change within organizations, despite internal constraints and potential career risks. The authors propose a framework that includes persons, places, issues, activities, and outcomes to better understand and compare these efforts. They argue that insider social change agents are essential for addressing grand challenges, as they can work within organizations to drive meaningful change that aligns with broader social goals. The paper also discusses the challenges faced by these agents, including resistance from within organizations and the need to balance organizational goals with social objectives. The authors call for further research to explore how these agents can be more effectively supported and how their efforts can be integrated into organizational strategies. The study emphasizes the importance of understanding the micro-level processes that drive social change and how these can be scaled up to have broader impacts. The authors conclude that insider social change agents play a critical role in advancing positive social change and that further research is needed to fully understand their contributions.The paper "Catalyzing Action on Social and Environmental Challenges: An Integrative Review of Insider Social Change Agents" by Heucher, Alt, Soderstrom, Scully, and Glavas (2024) provides an integrative review of insider social change agents, individuals within organizations who work to address urgent social and environmental challenges. The authors identify five streams of research: employee activism, issue selling, tempered radicalism, micro-corporate social responsibility (CSR), and social intrapreneurship. These streams highlight the unique role of insider social change agents in advancing social change within organizations, despite internal constraints and potential career risks. The authors propose a framework that includes persons, places, issues, activities, and outcomes to better understand and compare these efforts. They argue that insider social change agents are essential for addressing grand challenges, as they can work within organizations to drive meaningful change that aligns with broader social goals. The paper also discusses the challenges faced by these agents, including resistance from within organizations and the need to balance organizational goals with social objectives. The authors call for further research to explore how these agents can be more effectively supported and how their efforts can be integrated into organizational strategies. The study emphasizes the importance of understanding the micro-level processes that drive social change and how these can be scaled up to have broader impacts. The authors conclude that insider social change agents play a critical role in advancing positive social change and that further research is needed to fully understand their contributions.
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