Abstract
In recent years, innovative approaches to corporate culture and leadership, such as the concept of "New Work" and its meaning and value-oriented corporate management, are gaining attention in science and organizational practice. However, critical voices doubt their feasibility citing challenges associated with their benefit realization. Nevertheless, through a case study of Upstalsboom, a German medium-sized family business in the tourism industry, the authors of this article illustrate how a people-centered, meaning-oriented corporate culture, and values-based leadership are not only possible and successful, but also sustainable from a crisis-resistant stability and resilience perspective. A reconstruction of the company's development along biographical events and lived experiences of the CEO and co-author, Bodo Janssen, shows a high congruence with Riane Eisler’s path leading to the development of her concept of Caring Economics and caring organizational policies through a partnership orientation - the antithesis of dominance orientation systems.
Recommended Citation
Hedenigg, Silvia and Janssen, Bodo
(2024)
"Upstalsboom - An Example of Caring Economics,"
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership: Vol. 17
:
Iss.
1
, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/1948-0733.1490
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/jvbl/vol17/iss1/9
