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Mission statement: a systematic review of the literature
Alegre Tort-Martorell, Inés
Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina
Guerrero, Adrián
Mas Machuca, Marta
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Empreses--Planificació
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Purpose: A mission statement is a widely used strategic tool that emphasises
an organisation’s uniqueness and identity. This article summarises and offers
a critical overview of the literature on mission statements, since its inception
in the early 1980s until today.
Methodology: Following a systematic literature review, 53 academic papers
published in top leading journals in the field that focused on the role of the
mission statement in organisations are presented and discussed.
Findings: Works dealing with mission statements can be classified into four
main areas: (1) mission statement development, (2) mission statement
components, (3) mission impact on employees, and (4) mission impact on
performance. The synthesis of this literature shows that mission statements
are widely used in practice but poorly researched in theory. Most articles in
the area adopt a managerial phenomenon-based strand, lacking a deep
theoretical foundation.
Contribution: This paper contributes to the existing literature in two main
ways. First, it provides a comprehensive and critical review of scholarly
research on mission statements. Second, it puts forward directions for future
research on this area.
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Alegre, Inés; Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina; Guerrero, Adrián; Mas-Machuca, Marta. «Mission statement: a systematic review of the literature». Proceedings of the III Research Workshop: Missions, leadership and sustainability. UIC, Barcelona: OmniaScience, 2018, p. 11-27. ISBN: 978-84-947996-1-7
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12328/1180
https://doi.org/10.3926/IIIRW18
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3rd Research Workshop: Missions, leadership and sustainability (UIC 2018 - Barcelona)
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