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Scientific Research and Development. Russian Journal of Project Management

RESISTANCE TO SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATIONS ORIGINATING IN THE LEGAL AND POLICY SPHERE: SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH Resistance to Sustainability Innovations Originating in the Legal and Policy Sphere: Socio-Psychological Approach

Published in Scientific Research and Development. Russian Journal of Project Management · Volume 5, Issue 2 · Pages 21–30 · Rubric: Psychosocial aspects of project management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12737/20513
Received: 17.06.2016 Accepted: 17.06.2016 Published: 17.06.2016 Language of publication: RUS
Authors
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O. Kutsenko
VL
Vladimir Poznyakov
KO
Konstantin Bagrationi
ABSTRACT
The article examines different types of political and legal innovation in the international legal space and the directly related to them socio-psychological processes influencing the level of resistance to such projects. The stages of political and legal innovation as well as the sustainability law types are highlighted in the article. Based on the literature review and analysis of cases strategies to overcome or reduce the level of resistance to such projects is being proposed.
KEYWORDS
sustainable development, international law, project management, change management, resistance to sustainability laws.
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Статья подготовлена при финансовой поддержке РГНФ (проект «Разработка и развитие интерактивной информационно-исследовательской базы данных «Социальная психология российского предпринимательства», № 15-06-12036).

The article was prepared with financial support from the Russian Foundation for the Humanities (project «Design and Development of Interactive Information and Research Database Social Psychology of Russian Entrepreneurship», No. 15-06-12036).

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