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Integrating Climate Performance into the Firm Strategy: The Concept of Climate-Oriented Leadership
Integrating Climate Performance into the Firm Strategy: The Concept of Climate-Oriented Leadership

Author(s): Paweł Chudzinski, Szymon Cyfert, Wojciech Dyduch, Jakub Kubiczek, Maciej Zastempowski
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Business Ethics, Green Transformation
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Summary/Abstract: Purpose: This study proposes the concept of climate-oriented leadership, focusing on how climate-related challenges shape firm strategy and how stakeholder pressure concerning climate performance influence organizational decision-making. Approach: Using a focused conceptual review and theory-building approach, the article proposes a firm-level framework of climate-oriented leadership. Findings: The study conceptualizes climate-oriented leadership as a bounded, domain-specific firm-level construct that draws on responsible leadership, and strategic leadership. The framework explains how leaders may reconcile shareholder, stakeholder, and climate orientations in organizational strategy and governance. Research limitations: The article is conceptual in nature and relies on a bounded review corpus rather than an exhaustive review of all adjacent literature. The proposed framework therefore requires

  • Issue Year: 24/2026
  • Issue No: 2 (112)
  • Page Range: 26-45
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English
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