A Review of Systems Perspectives in Sustainability: How Systems Properties Convey Systems-Wide Dynamics
回顾了2000至2024年间17本顶级期刊中的实证可持续性管理研究，识别出四个核心系统属性（相互关联性、嵌套性、非线性、涌现性），并揭示它们如何共同阐明四种系统范围的动态（均衡、失衡、适应、有组织的系统变化），为学者提供了一个统一框架来应对组织、社会和地球面临的可持续性挑战。
As seven of nine planetary boundaries are breached, management scholars face an urgent challenge: how can organizations address complex social-ecological crises that transcend traditional organizational boundaries and objectives? Responding to this need, researchers have leveraged a plurality of systems perspectives, yet current approaches remain nascent and fragmented. In this paper, we review 25 years (2000–2024) of empirical sustainability management research across 17 leading journals. We identify core systems properties—interrelatedness, nestedness, non-linearity, and emergence—that collectively illuminate four critical systems-wide dynamics: equilibrium, disequilibrium, adaptation, and organized systems change. This systematic review offers scholars a unified framework for theorizing and addressing critical sustainability challenges facing organizations, society, and the planet.