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Leanne Johnstone

Position: Senior Lecturer School/office: Örebro University School of Business

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Room: N3011

Research subject

Business Administration

Research environments

About Leanne Johnstone

Leanne Johnstone is a senior lecturer in Business Administration, specialising in sustainability issues within both industrial marketing and accounting fields.

Having being awarded the Wallanderstipendier (W23-0010) for her doctoral thesis on sustainability control, she is currently conducting post-doctoral research on biodiversity accounting.

She has also been involved in various other projects related to, among others, environmental management systems, sustainability controls in small businesses, strategic knowledge nets for sustainability performance, socio-ecological incidents in MNEs, drawing on a variety of theories such as accountability and self-determination to understand what drives behaviour at both organisational and individual levels for sustainability.

Publications

Publications

Articles in journals

Johnstone, L. (2025). Looking on the bright side! The role of socio-environmental incidents in positively shaping international businesses and industries.. Critical Perspectives on International Business. [BibTeX]
Johnstone, L. & Beusch, P. (2025). Motivating sustainable behaviour in the workplace through control. Journal of Management Control. [BibTeX]
Johnstone, L. (2024). Leveraging digital data to facilitate circular control in the aftermarket – experiences from an international manufacturing firm. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 15 (4), 987-1014. [BibTeX]
Johnstone, L. (2024). Strategising for the circular economy through servitisation. Journal of Services Marketing, 38 (10), 17-31. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
Johnstone, L. , Yates, D. & Nylander, S. (2023). Taking shape within the structural and the personal: sustainability accountability within a Swedish public sector organisation. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 14 (7), 287-312. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
Johnstone, L. (2021). Facilitating sustainability control in SMEs through the implementation of an environmental management system. Journal of Management Control, 32 (4), 559-605. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
Johnstone, L. & Hallberg, P. (2020). ISO 14001 adoption and environmental performance in small to medium sized enterprises. Journal of Environmental Management, 266. [BibTeX]
Johnstone, L. (2020). The construction of environmental performance in ISO 14001-certified SMEs. Journal of Cleaner Production, 263. [BibTeX]
Johnstone, L. (2019). Temporal strategic knowledge-sharing nets as instances of sustainability governance in practice. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 39 (1), 23-43. [BibTeX]
Johnstone, L. (2019). Theorising and conceptualising the sustainability control system for effective sustainability management. Journal of Management Control, 30 (1), 25-64. [BibTeX]
Johnstone, L. (2018). Environmental management decisions in CSR-based accounting research. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]

Articles, reviews/surveys

Johnstone, L. (2018). Theorising & modelling social controls in environmental management accounting. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 38 (1), 30-48. [BibTeX]

Chapters in books

Johnstone, L. (2024). Organisational and individual accountability for sustainability through control. In: Albertina Paula Monteiro; Ana Pinto Borges; Elvira Vieira, The Nexus of Corporate Sustainability Management, Accounting, and Auditing. . IGI Global. [BibTeX]
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 (pp. 275-302). . Springer. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]

Conference papers

Johnstone, L. & Poulsen, M. (2025). Sustainability controlling practices in small businesses – Experiences from Scandinavian fish restaurants. Paper presented at Nordisk Workshop i Ekonomistyrning 2025 (NWES XXVIII), Gothenburg, Sweden, February 6-7, 2025. [BibTeX]
Johnstone, L. & Beusch, P. (2025). The transformative potential of control systems for sustainable innovations in industrial organisations. Paper presented at Nordisk Workshop i Ekonomistyrning 2025 (NWES XXVIII), Gothenburg, Sweden, February 6-7, 2025. [BibTeX]
Hasche, N. , Johnstone, L. & Linton, G. (2024). (Re)conceptualising value for ecosystem services: A network approach. Paper presented at 40th Annual Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Conference (IMP 2024), Oulu, Finland, August 28-30, 2024. [BibTeX]
Johnstone, L. & Skoog, M. (2023). Integrating sustainability - An institutional perspective. Paper presented at 13th European Network for Research in Organisational and Accounting Change Conference (ENROAC), Västerås, Sweden, June 13-15, 2023. [BibTeX]
Johnstone, L. & Beusch, P. (2023). Motivating sustainable behaviour in the workplace – when altruism requires control. Paper presented at 13th European Network for Research in Organisational and Accounting Change Conference (ENROAC), Västerås, Sweden, June 13-15, 2023. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
Johnstone, L. & Poulsen, M. (2023). Sustainability controlling practices in small businesses – Experiences from Scandinavian fish restaurants. Paper presented at 13th European Network for Research in Organisational and Accounting Change Conference (ENROAC), Västerås, Sweden, June 13-15, 2023. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
Johnstone, L. , Yates, D. & Nylander, S. (2022). Taking Shape Within the Organisational and the Personal: sustainability accountability within a Swedish Public Sector Organisation. Paper presented at 26th Nordic Academy of Management Conference, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden, August 24-26, 2022. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]
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. [BibTeX]

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. [BibTeX]

Manuscripts

Frostenson, M. & Johnstone, L. Moving beyond the external face of accountability : Constructing accountability for sustainability from within. [BibTeX]
Johnstone, L. , Yates, D. & Nylander, S. Taking shape within the organisational and the personal : sustainability accountability within a Swedish public sector organisation. [BibTeX]