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Corporate community engagement professionals in the renewable energy industry: Dilemmas and agency at the frontline of South Africa’s energy transition
Energy Research & Social Science ( IF 8.514 ) Pub Date : 2021-08-20 , DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102249
Mikkel Funder 1 , Holle Wlokas 2 , Tasneem Jhetam 2 , Karen Holm Olsen 3
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Renewable energy companies increasingly employ community engagement professionals tasked with facilitating dialogue and collaborative activities with communities in project areas. Situated at the interface between corporate renewable energy production and community needs and grievances, these practitioners occupy a potentially significant position in the everyday implementation of socially just energy transitions. In this article we contribute to the understanding of corporate community engagement professionals in the renewable energy sector, with a focus on their challenges and agency inside the companies that employ them. Through an in-depth qualitative study of community engagement professionals in the South African wind- and solar industries we identify three key dilemmas faced by the involved practitioners, namely (i) how to pursue personal ideals in a corporate context, (ii) how to make a difference from a marginalised position inside the company, and (iii) how to deliver results without practice frameworks. We further find that they actively seek to address these dilemmas through a range of measures, such as embedding personal ideals in their everyday work, mobilising their position at the interface between company and community, and creatively piecing together their own approaches to community engagement. Our findings thereby indicate that corporate community engagement professionals should be understood and analysed as actors in their own right, rather than mere extensions of the company leadership.



中文翻译:

可再生能源行业的企业社区参与专业人士:南非能源转型前沿的困境和机构

可再生能源公司越来越多地雇用社区参与专业人员,他们的任务是促进与项目区社区的对话和协作活动。位于企业可再生能源生产与社区需求和不满之间的接口处,这些从业者在社会公正能源转型的日常实施中占据着潜在的重要地位。在本文中,我们有助于了解可再生能源领域的企业社区参与专业人士,重点关注他们在雇用他们的公司中面临的挑战和代理。通过对南非风能和太阳能行业社区参与专业人士的深入定性研究,我们确定了相关从业者面临的三个关键困境,即(i)如何在公司环境中追求个人理想,(ii)如何从公司内部的边缘地位中脱颖而出,以及(iii)如何在没有实践框架的情况下取得成果。我们进一步发现,他们通过一系列措施积极寻求解决这些困境,例如将个人理想嵌入日常工作中,在公司和社区之间的界面上调动他们的位置,并创造性地将自己的方法拼凑到社区参与中。因此,我们的研究结果表明,企业社区参与专业人士应该被理解和分析为具有自身权利的参与者,而不仅仅是公司领导力的延伸。(iii) 如何在没有实践框架的情况下交付成果。我们进一步发现,他们通过一系列措施积极寻求解决这些困境,例如将个人理想嵌入日常工作中,在公司和社区之间的界面上调动他们的位置,并创造性地将自己的方法拼凑到社区参与中。因此,我们的研究结果表明,企业社区参与专业人士应该被理解和分析为具有自身权利的参与者,而不仅仅是公司领导力的延伸。(iii) 如何在没有实践框架的情况下交付成果。我们进一步发现,他们通过一系列措施积极寻求解决这些困境,例如将个人理想嵌入日常工作中,在公司和社区之间的界面上调动他们的位置,并创造性地将自己的方法拼凑到社区参与中。因此,我们的研究结果表明,企业社区参与专业人士应该被理解和分析为具有自身权利的参与者,而不仅仅是公司领导力的延伸。并创造性地拼凑出他们自己的社区参与方法。因此,我们的研究结果表明,企业社区参与专业人士应该被理解和分析为具有自身权利的参与者,而不仅仅是公司领导力的延伸。并创造性地拼凑出他们自己的社区参与方法。因此,我们的研究结果表明,企业社区参与专业人士应该被理解和分析为具有自身权利的参与者,而不仅仅是公司领导力的延伸。

更新日期:2021-08-20
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