WGU Associate Dean Honored by ScholarGPS
It is an honor to announce that Dr. Jonathan Westover – an associate dean with the WGU School of Business – has been globally ranked No. 14 as a lifetime scholar.
ScholarGPS named Westover as a Highly Ranked Scholar – Lifetime in recognition of his exceptional productivity, noteworthy impact and quality of scholarly work in the top 0.05% of scholars worldwide in the specialty of job satisfaction.
Not only is Westover a global research leader, but he is also helping to positively influence our human resources degree programs in the School of Business with a wealth of knowledge from his decades of peer-reviewed research. His work will continue to be invaluable, not only to our students but to companies seeking to adopt organizational best practices and efficiencies.
Recently, Westover discussed his latest organizational sustainability transformation research during a Centre for Transformative Work Design research seminar.
The Centre, part of the Future of Work Institute at Curtin University in Australia, brings together researchers and professionals to collaborate on transforming work design. It was the perfect setting to share his research, recently published by the peer-reviewed journal, Sustainability.
The aim of his study was to understand the sustainability paradox, or the competing demands within organizations, and how organizations can effectively navigate this paradox, both in the short and long term, to achieve profitability and sustainability.
During his talk, “Navigating Paradox for Sustainable Futures,” he highlighted research findings that provide actionable guidance for organizations seeking to implement the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
The study offers a practical roadmap for creating organizational conditions for sustainability transformations and contributes to the understanding of how organizations can effectively embed sustainability throughout their systems, while navigating the inherent tensions and paradoxes of sustainability transformation, such as economic growth and environmental limits, as well as an organization’s often-conflicting short-term vs. long-term goals.
If you’re part of an organization navigating the paradoxes of sustainability, I invite you to listen to the entire discussion.
