Leanne Johnstone
Title: Senior Lecturer School/office: Örebro University School of BusinessEmail: leanne.johnstone@oru.se
Phone: +46 19 303374
Room: N3011
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About Leanne Johnstone
Leanne Johnstone is a senior lecturer in Business Administration, specialising in sustainability issues within both marketing and accounting fields. Her current research topics include conservation networks, social and environmental accounting/accountability, and sustainability control.
Publications
Articles in journals |
Chapters in books |
Conference papers |
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries |
Manuscripts |
Articles in journals
- Frostenson, M. & Johnstone, L. (2023). Moving beyond the external face of accountabilit: Constructing accountability for sustainability from within. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 14 (7), 124-151.
- Johnstone, L. & Lindh, C. (2022). Sustainably sustaining (online) fashion consumption: Using influencers to promote sustainable (un)planned behaviour in Europe's millennials. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 64.
- Johnstone, L. (2022). The means to substantive performance improvements – environmental management control systems in ISO 14001– certified SMEs. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 13 (5), 1082-1108.
- Johnstone, L. (2021). Facilitating sustainability control in SMEs through the implementation of an environmental management system. Journal of Management Control, 32 (4), 559-605.
- Johnstone, L. (2020). A systematic analysis of environmental management systems in SMEs: Possible research directions from a management accounting and control stance. Journal of Cleaner Production, 244.
- Johnstone, L. & Hallberg, P. (2020). ISO 14001 adoption and environmental performance in small to medium sized enterprises. Journal of Environmental Management, 266.
- Johnstone, L. (2020). The construction of environmental performance in ISO 14001-certified SMEs. Journal of Cleaner Production, 263.
- Johnstone, L. (2019). Temporal strategic knowledge-sharing nets as instances of sustainability governance in practice. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 39 (1), 23-43.
- Johnstone, L. (2019). Theorising and conceptualising the sustainability control system for effective sustainability management. Journal of Management Control, 30 (1), 25-64.
- Johnstone, L. (2018). Environmental management decisions in CSR-based accounting research. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management.
- Johnstone, L. , Pio Monteiro, M. , Ferreira, I. , Westerlund, J. , Aalto, R. & Marttinen, J. (2018). Language ability and entrepreneurship education: Necessary skills for Europe’s start-ups?. Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 16 (3), 369-397.
- Johnstone, L. & Lindh, C. (2018). The sustainability-age dilemma: A theory of (un)planned behaviour via influencers. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 17 (1), E127-E139.
- Johnstone, L. (2018). Theorising & modelling social controls in environmental management accounting. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 38 (1), 30-48.
- Johnstone, L. , Svärd-Sandin, E. & Lindh, C. (2017). The Scandinavian Cooperative Advantage?: A Mixed Method Approach to Highlight the Influence of Contextual Conditions for Environmental CSR. International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development (IJESD), 9 (4), 336-358.
Chapters in books
- Leite, E. & Johnstone, L. (2023). Regaining legitimacy in an MNC after a socio-ecological crisis: An un(smart) business strategy?. In: Pratik Arte; Yi Wang; Cheryl Dowie; Maria Elo; Salla Laasonen, Sustainable International Business: Smart strategies for business and society. . Springer.
- Johnstone, L. & Lindh, C. (2021). Online E-Communication Channels: The Impact of CSR and Reviews on Purchase Intent. In: Francisco J. Martínez-López; David López López, Advances in Digital Marketing and eCommerce: Second International Conference, 2021 (pp. 161-183). . Springer.
Conference papers
- Leite, E. & Johnstone, L. (2023). Regaining reputation in an MNC after a socio-ecological crisis: An un(smart) business strategy?. Paper presented at 2023 Young IB Scholars Workshop, (virtual workshop), June 6-7, 2023.
- Johnstone, L. , Yates, D. & Nylander, S. (2022). Accountability for sustainability within a Swedish Public Sector Organisation. Paper presented at Nordisk Workshop i Ekonomistyrning, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden, February 3, 2022.
- Johnstone, L. , Lagin, M. & Öberg, C. (2020). Immaterial resource transfer beyond temporal strategic nets. Paper presented at 36th Annual IMP Conference (IMP 2020 Virtual), Örebro, Sweden, September 3-4, 2020.
- Nylander, S. & Johnstone, L. (2020). Individual accountability through sustainability control within a Swedish public sector organisation. Paper presented at MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING RESEARCH GROUP (MARG) CONFERENCE in association with the MANAGEMENT CONTROL ASSOCIATION (Online), November 19-20, 2020.
- Johnstone, L. (2019). Management control for sustainability in ISO 14001-certified SMEs. Paper presented at 25th Nordic Academy of Management Conference: Nordic Energies, Vaasa, Finland, August 22-24, 2019.
- Johnstone, L. (2019). Organisational structures and narratives as accountability mechanisms for sustainability management control. Paper presented at 31st International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR), St. Andrews, Scotland, August 26-29, 2019.
- Johnstone, L. (2018). Environmental performance and SMEs via the implementation of ISO 14001. Paper presented at Nordic Accounting Conference 2018, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 15-16, 2018.
- Johnstone, L. (2018). Opening up the black-box: Environmental management control systems in SMEs with ISO 14001. Paper presented at Nordic Accounting Conference 2018, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 15-16, 2018.
- Johnstone, L. (2018). The nature of control in the development process of ISO 14001-certified SMEs’ sustainable control systems. Paper presented at Nordic Accounting Conference 2018, Doctoral Colloquium, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 15-16, 2018.
- Johnstone, L. (2018). To be controlled, or not to be controlled?: The case of integrating environmental sustainability within an international logistics company. Paper presented at 7th Annual Conference for Management Accounting Research Doctoral Colloquium, Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany, March 7-8, 2018.
- Johnstone, L. (2017). Accounting for the environment: a gap between theory and academic practice?. Paper presented at Management Control Association Conference – Researching Researching Management Accounting and Control: Reflections on its Impact and Implications for the Future, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, June 8-9, 2017.
- Johnstone, L. (2017). Boundary spanning actors as coercive-enabling (social) controls in environmental management control systems. Paper presented at 29th International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR UK 2017), St Andrews, Scotland, August 28-31, 2017.
- Johnstone, L. (2017). Enabling social control in environmental management accounting. Paper presented at Management Accounting Research Group conference in association with the Management Control Association, Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK, November 23-24, 2017.
- Johnstone, L. (2017). Transient knowledge nets as instances of multilevel governance for sustainability. Paper presented at 29th International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR UK 2017), St Andrews, Scotland, August 28-31, 2017.
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
- Johnstone, L. (2022). The Limits of Control? The Role of Sustainability Control for Constructing Accountability within Organisations. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro University.
Manuscripts
- Frostenson, M. & Johnstone, L. Moving beyond the external face of accountability : Constructing accountability for sustainability from within.
- Johnstone, L. , Yates, D. & Nylander, S. Taking shape within the organisational and the personal : sustainability accountability within a Swedish public sector organisation.