By Associate Professor Melissa Edwards

Journal articles

Leslie J; Brown PJ; Pratt S; Edwards M, 2025, 'Design principles for city waste reduction: Addressing gaps in public reporting for zero waste', Cleaner Waste Systems, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clwas.2025.100326

Lyon F; Stubbs W; Dahlmann F; Edwards M, 2025, 'From “business as usual” to sustainable “purpose-driven business”: Challenges facing the purpose ecosystem in the United Kingdom and Australia', Business and Society Review, 130, pp. 198 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/basr.12341

Logue D; Edwards M; McAllister G, 2025, 'Hybridity in Non-profits: Innovating for Social Value Creation', Journal of Management Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joms.13179

Suggett DJ; Edwards M; Cotton D; Hein M; Camp EF, 2023, 'An integrative framework for sustainable coral reef restoration', One Earth, 6, pp. 666 - 681, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.05.007

Darcy S; Maxwell H; Edwards M; Almond B, 2023, 'Disability inclusion in beach precincts: beach for all abilities–a community development approach through a social relational model of disability lens', Sport Management Review, 26, pp. 1 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2022.2059998

Williams T; Edwards M; Angus-Leppan T; Benn S, 2021, 'Making sense of sustainability work: A narrative approach', Australian Journal of Management, 46, pp. 740 - 760, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0312896220978447

Edwards M; Brown P; Benn S; Bajada C; Perey R; Cotton D; Jarvis W; Menzies G; McGregor I; Waite K, 2020, 'Developing sustainability learning in business school curricula–productive boundary objects and participatory processes', Environmental Education Research, 26, pp. 253 - 274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2019.1696948

Edwards M; Benn S; Perey R, 2020, 'Exploring the Social Dimension of Business Models for Circularity', Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020, pp. 15268 - 15268, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2020.15268abstract

Williams T; Edwards M; Angus-Leppan T, 2019, 'Making Sense of Sustainability Work', Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019, pp. 13985 - 13985, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2019.13985abstract

Benn S; Edwards M, 2019, 'Corporate Sustainability In A Fragile Planet', , pp. 640 - 664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198737063.013.26

Sulkowski AJ; Edwards M; Freeman RE, 2018, 'Shake Your Stakeholder: Firms Leading Engagement to Cocreate Sustainable Value', Organization and Environment, 31, pp. 223 - 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1086026617722129

Perey R; Benn S; Agarwal R; Edwards M, 2018, 'The place of waste: Changing business value for the circular economy', Business Strategy and the Environment, 27, pp. 631 - 642, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bse.2068

Edwards M; Stubbs W; Starik M, 2018, 'How do B Corps interact with their stakeholders to scale up their B-impact?', Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018, pp. 10476 - 10476, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2018.10476abstract

Bagley CE; Donaldson TJ; Edwards M; Nelson JS; Snapp M; Useem M, 2018, 'Legal Lacunae & Governance Solutions Related to Human Well-Being', Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018, pp. 12350 - 12350, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2018.12350symposium

Edwards M; Angus-Leppan T; Benn S, 2017, 'Learning Through Contestation: When are Boundary Objects Productive for Sustainability?', Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017, pp. 11454 - 11454, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2017.11454abstract

Edwards M; Onyx J; Maxwell H; Darcy S; Bullen P; Sherker S, 2015, 'A Conceptual Model of Social Impact as Active Citizenship', Voluntas, 26, pp. 1529 - 1549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9480-z

Edwards M; Benn S, 2015, 'Transdisciplinarity by Interdisciplinary Integration: A Proactive Sustainability Education Case.', Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015, pp. 11660 - 11660, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2015.11660abstract

Darcy S; Maxwell H; Edwards M; Onyx J; Sherker S, 2014, 'More than a sport and volunteer organisation: Investigating social capital development in a sporting organisation', Sport Management Review, 17, pp. 395 - 406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2014.01.003

Maxwell H; Edwards M; Stronach M; Brown V, 2014, 'A ‘fair go’ on Australian beaches', Annals of Leisure Research, 17, pp. 476 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2014.964274

Darcy S; Maxwell H; Edwards M; Onyx J; Sherker S, 2014, 'More than a sport and volunteer organisation: Investigating social capital development in a sporting organisation', Sport Management Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2014.01.003

Edwards M; Sulkowski AJ, 2014, 'Shaking Stakeholders to Leverage a Firm’s Unique Capacity in Issue Networks', Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society, 25, pp. 129 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/iabsproc20142516

Edwards M; Baker E, 2013, 'Construction in human interaction dynamics: Organizing mechanisms, strategic ambiguity and interpretive dominance', Emergence Complexity and Organization, 15, pp. 21 - 36

Benn S; Edwards M; Angus-Leppan T, 2013, 'Organizational Learning and the Sustainability Community of Practice: The Role of Boundary Objects', Organization and Environment, 26, pp. 184 - 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1086026613489559

Benn S; Edwards M; Baker E, 2013, 'Learning and Change in Social Networks: New Insights for the 4I Learning Framework', Academy of Management Proceedings, 2013, pp. 10759 - 10759, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2013.10759abstract

Edwards M; Burridge N; Yerbury H, 2013, 'Translating Public Policy: Enhancing the Applicability of Social Impact Techniques for Grassroots Community Groups', COSMOPOLITAN CIVIL SOCIETIES-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL, 5, pp. 29 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ccs.v5i2.3319

Edwards M; Onyx J; Maxwell H; Darcy S, 2012, 'Meso level Social Impact: Meaningful Indicators of Community Contribution', COSMOPOLITAN CIVIL SOCIETIES-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL, 4, pp. 18 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ccs.v4i3.2576

Edwards M; Baker E; Onyx J, 2012, 'Organizing Dynamics in Grassroots Networks: Social Spaces as Sites of Emergence', Academy of Management Proceedings, 2012, pp. 12231 - 12231, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2012.12231abstract

Baker E; Onyx J; Edwards M, 2011, 'Emergence, social capital and entrepreneurship: Understanding networks from the inside', Emergence Complexity and Organization, 13, pp. 21 - 38

Onyx J; Ho C; Edwards M; Burridge N; Yerbury H, 2011, 'Scaling Up Connections: Everyday Cosmopolitanism, Complexity Theory & Social Capital', COSMOPOLITAN CIVIL SOCIETIES-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL, 3, pp. 47 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ccs.v3i3.2180

Onyx J; Edwards M, 2010, 'Community Networks and the Nature of Emergence in Civil Society', COSMOPOLITAN CIVIL SOCIETIES-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL, 2, pp. 1 - 20

Onyx J; Edwards M; Bullen P, 2007, 'The intersection of social capital and power: An application to rural communities', Rural Society, 17, pp. 215 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/rsj.351.17.3.215

Edwards M; Onyx J, 2007, 'Social Capital and Sustainability in a Community under Threat', LOCAL ENVIRONMENT, 12, pp. 17 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13549830601098206

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