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    Exploring sustainable purchasing and supply chain management through an institutional change lens: a systematic literature review
    (International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA), 2025-04-02) Chikwana, Josephine; Alinaghian, Leila; Razmdoost, Kamran
    The notion of sustainability within purchasing and supply chain management (PSCM) is not a recent development, as it has been evolving over the past few decades (Hoejmose & AdrienKirby, 2012; Johnsen et al., 2017; Miemczyk et al., 2012). Early discussions in PSCM focused primarily on environmental concerns, such as reducing carbon emissions, minimising waste, and improving energy efficiency within supply chains (Carter & Liane Easton, 2011; Seuring & Müller, 2008). Over time, the scope of sustainability expanded to include social and ethical dimensions, such as ensuring fair labour practices, promoting diversity and inclusion, and supporting local communities through procurement decisions (Yawar & Seuring, 2017; Zorzini et al., 2015).
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    'Like drinking water after being in the desert’: social-symbolic work of sustainable procurement professionals
    (International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA), 2025-04-02) Chikwana, Josephine; Alinaghian, Leila; Razmdoost, Kamran
    This study examines how procurement professionals exercise agency in embedding sustainability within procurement processes, using a social-symbolic work lens. Drawing on 36 interviews and 15 observed meetings, it reveals that sustainable procurement is shaped through practice, legitimacy, and identity work. The findings highlight procurement professionals as change agents, driven by personal values, and challenge the view of procurement as purely operational. The study contributes a framework illustrating how these forms of work interact to drive systemic change, offering both theoretical insights and practical guidance for aligning sustainability with procurement practices and professional roles