Business, conflict, and peace : a systematic literature review and conceptual framework

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dc.contributor.author Joseph, Jay
dc.contributor.author Maon, Francois
dc.contributor.author Uribe-Jaramillo, Maria Teresa
dc.contributor.author Katsos, John E.
dc.contributor.author Lindgreen, Adam
dc.date.accessioned 2024-10-30T07:51:32Z
dc.date.available 2024-10-30T07:51:32Z
dc.date.issued 2024
dc.description.abstract There is growing recognition that business activity can promote peacebuilding, yet contradictory claims have emerged about company roles in peace and conflict. The research field of business and peace has focused on this issue, as have scholars in related fields like political science, economics, law, and ethics. This has led to definitional variations, alongside unit and level of analysis differences, which generate contradictory claims that hamper future research on this critical topic. To reconcile extant research around companies and their place in peacebuilding scholarship, we undertake an organizational-level examination of the field, cataloguing the research by scholars across disciplines through a systematic review of 215 publications. Our review maps the known ways by which businesses can engage in peacebuilding, while demonstrating how organizations exercise their agency to create heterogenous effects on peace and conflict. Our analysis highlights the need for businesses to advance peace-positive ends across a range of activities to reduce the conflict-causing effects of business. By showing that businesses, intentionally or not, create peace or conflict through their activities, this article issues a call to action for scholars and decision-makers to advance knowledge concerning peacebuilding organizations. en_US
dc.description.department Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) en_US
dc.description.librarian hj2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-16:Peace,justice and strong institutions en_US
dc.description.sponsorship The Suliman S. Olayan School of Business (American University of Beirut) Faculty Research Funding Program. en_US
dc.description.uri https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14676486 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Joseph, J., Maon, F., Uribe-Jaramillo, M.T. et al. 2024, 'Business, conflict, and peace : a systematic literature review and conceptual framework', Journal of Management Studies, pp. 1-32, doi : 10.1111/joms.13139. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0022-2380 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1467-6486 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1111/joms.13139
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/98835
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Wiley en_US
dc.rights © 2024 The Author(s). Journal of Management Studies published by Society for the Advancement of Management Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. en_US
dc.subject Business en_US
dc.subject Conflict en_US
dc.subject Corporate social responsibility (CSR) en_US
dc.subject Peace en_US
dc.subject Responsible management en_US
dc.subject SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions en_US
dc.title Business, conflict, and peace : a systematic literature review and conceptual framework en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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