The Human Dimension of the Circular Economy

Edited by Aldona Glińska-Neweś, Professor of Management and Head of the Department of Organisational Behavior and Marketing, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland and Pauliina Ulkuniemi, Professor of Marketing, Oulu Business School, University of Oulu, Finland

Contents:

1 Introduction: human perspective on circular economy 1
Aldona Glińska-Neweś and Pauliina Ulkuniemi

PART I MACRO LEVEL
2 Giving back to Mother Earth: ethics for circular economy 9
Akram Hatami, Aleksandra Derra and Naser Firoozi
3 Policies and regulatory instruments in pursuit of circular economy 26
Maria Kola-Bezka
4 Nexus of circular economy and sustainable economic
growth for EU countries 46
Atif Maqbool Khan, Magdalena Osińska and Jerzy Boehlke
5 ICT-enabled circular economy: conceptualising the links 73
Radosław Ślosarski and Ewa Lechman
6 Sectoral differences in shaping the transition to circular
economy: consumer perspective 91
Małgorzata Koszewska and Agnieszka Zakrzewska-Bielawska

PART II ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL
7 The links between cooperation and coopetition
relationships and circular economy 109
Patrycja Klimas and Milena Ratajczak-Mrozek
8 Barriers to CE implementation: sustainable strategies in
the copper mining context 125
Ewa Stańczyk-Hugiet and Klaudia Bogusz
9 The paradox in ethical consumption: does eco-labelling
tell the whole story? 146
Akram Hatami, Naser Firoozi and Fatima Khitous
10 On the way to a circular economy: the use of Key
Performance Indicators in measuring and reporting
organisations’ progress 170
Marlena Ciechan-Kujawa, Ewelina Zarzycka and Joanna
Krasodomska
11 Reframing leadership to commit organisations
collaborating towards circular economy 190
Katri Luoma-aho and Anne KerŠnen
12 Changing organisational culture for sustainability 206
Katarzyna Gadomska-Lila
13 Corporate entrepreneurship for circular economy 231
Beata Glinka
14 Green HRM 252
Dagmara Lewicka, Monika Pec and Paweł Zając

PART III INDIVIDUAL LEVEL
15 ‘Disruption to end the destruction’: support for the
circular economy within and against the economic system 284
Adrian Dominik W—jcik, Dominika Jurgiel and Mateusz
Strzałkowski
16 Individual readiness and competencies for circular economy 303
Anna Rakowska
17 The role of consumer behaviours in a circular economy:
a bibliometric analysis 321
Paweł Brzustewicz and Iwona Escher
18 Factors influencing consumers’ propensity to embrace
the green lifestyle: future research directions for circular
economy research 343
Agnieszka Chwialkowska and Aldona Lipka
19 Engaging consumers and providers to make a beeline for
circular economy: platforms as enablers? 361
Marie-Julie De Bruyne, Fatima Khitous and Katrien Verleye
20 Employee green behaviour: in search of an excellent
construct for studying CE micro-foundations 378
Aldona Glińska-Neweś and Alexis Dantas

PART IV CONCLUSION
21 Concluding chapter: interlinking macro environment,
organisation, and individuals – a model of CE mindset
development 398
Pauliina Ulkuniemi and Aldona Glińska-Neweś