TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring relationship between environmentalism and consumerism in a market economy society
T2 - A structured systematic literature review
AU - Panizzut, Nina
AU - Rafi-Ul-Shan, Piyya Muhammad
AU - Amar, Hassan
AU - Sher, Farooq
AU - Mazhar, Abdur Rehman
AU - Klemeš, Jiří Jaromír
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Managing environmental sustainability has become a critical challenge and an essential agenda for academics and corporations alike. This study conducted evidence-based research to explore whether it is possible to maintain a balance between environmentalism and consumerism in a capitalist society. A triangulated approach is followed by combining systematic literature review (SLR) and text mining for cross-validation, thus, limiting subjective bias. The findings suggest that, although, it is possible to achieve a balance in the long run but this necessitate enormous amount of efforts and resources due to the complexity and paradoxical nature of environmentalism and consumerism coupled with the current way of capitalist societies’ life. Building on the findings and the Operations Management Input-Transformation-Output model, a research framework is proposed. The proposed framework suggests that to keep a balance between environmentalism and consumerism in a capitalist society, a progressive and transformational change could be instrumental for a viable solution. Finally, building on current gaps in the research domain, six future research directions are proposed to carry forward the notion of environmentalism and consumerism in a capitalist society.
AB - Managing environmental sustainability has become a critical challenge and an essential agenda for academics and corporations alike. This study conducted evidence-based research to explore whether it is possible to maintain a balance between environmentalism and consumerism in a capitalist society. A triangulated approach is followed by combining systematic literature review (SLR) and text mining for cross-validation, thus, limiting subjective bias. The findings suggest that, although, it is possible to achieve a balance in the long run but this necessitate enormous amount of efforts and resources due to the complexity and paradoxical nature of environmentalism and consumerism coupled with the current way of capitalist societies’ life. Building on the findings and the Operations Management Input-Transformation-Output model, a research framework is proposed. The proposed framework suggests that to keep a balance between environmentalism and consumerism in a capitalist society, a progressive and transformational change could be instrumental for a viable solution. Finally, building on current gaps in the research domain, six future research directions are proposed to carry forward the notion of environmentalism and consumerism in a capitalist society.
KW - Capitalist society
KW - Cleaner production and COVID-19
KW - Consumerism
KW - Environmentalism
KW - Sustainability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85106759636&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.clet.2021.100047
DO - 10.1016/j.clet.2021.100047
M3 - Article
SN - 2666-7908
VL - 2
JO - Cleaner Engineering and Technology
JF - Cleaner Engineering and Technology
M1 - 100047
ER -