The microlevel actions undertaken by owner‐managers in improving the sustainability practices of cultural and creative small and medium enterprises: A United Kingdom–Italy comparison
研究了英国和意大利各5家文化创意中小企业中，所有者管理者如何通过微观行动与员工等利益相关者合作，提升组织的可持续实践，并揭示了两国不同的应对方式。
Summary This article discusses microlevel actions undertaken by owner‐managers, and how such actions affect stakeholders in enhancing the sustainability of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the knowledge on which is lacking in the extant literature. The paper, by adopting an inductive analytical approach, draws key insights from the literature on microfoundations and sustainability and evidence from representatives of 5 Cultural and Creative Industry SMEs in Italy and of 5 in the United Kingdom. The findings suggest that owner‐managers play a crucial role when engaging in sustainability activities jointly with employees and other stakeholders, through which individual‐level actions enhance collective organizational‐level sustainability practices. The U.K. and Italian cases highlight 2 contrasting approaches to dealing with sustainability; thus, the paper contributes to the emerging literature on SME microfoundations and sustainability.