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100			_aMoldavanova, Alisa
245			_aTwo narratives of intergenerational sustainability: a framework for sustainable thinking
260			_c2016
300			_ap.526-545.
362			_aSep
520			_aThis article recognizes that institutional survival alone is an important, but ultimately insufficient, goal for public and non-profit organizations. Instead, the article approaches organizational sustainability as a two-level concept that includes both institutional survival, as a baseline for sustainability, and intergenerational or longer term sustainability, understood as the ability of public institutions to persist and fulfill their purpose in the long run. The article is based on the findings of research conducted on a variety of public and non-profit cultural organizations, including museums, music and performing arts, and literature. However, the case of museums is used to illustrate two narratives of intergenerational sustainability: institutional resilience and institutional distinctiveness. The article notes that these narratives co-exist, although at times they contradict each other. It is the task of museum managers to reconcile the tensions embedded in these narratives via sustainable management practices. The broader implication of the study is that truly long-term sustainability, which secures the rights of future generations, requires sustainable stewardship today, and organizational sustainability should be viewed not as an outcome but rather as a process and an ethic. - Reproduced.
650			_aNonprofit organizations
650			_aPublic policy
650			_aOrganizations
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
909			_a112885
999			_c112880 _d112880