Schmidt Lara, Bohnet-Joschko Sabine
Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany.
PLoS One. 2025 May 16;20(5):e0312661. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312661. eCollection 2025.
Hospitals emit large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions during healthcare delivery due to their extensive resource utilization and substantial waste generation. By implementing climate actions, hospitals can significantly contribute to climate protection in healthcare. This paper delves into the climate protection efforts of German hospitals, with a specific focus on the emergent strategies of hospital administrative leaders and the employee engagement within the framework of Stakeholder Theory. The investigation is based on primary data from an online survey of hospital administrative leaders in German hospitals. Employing a hierarchical cluster analysis, the study identifies four distinct clusters of hospitals. These clusters vary significantly in their organization and communication strategies regarding climate protection and allocation of responsibilities, indicating that German hospitals prioritize climate protection to varying degrees. The findings suggest that employee engagement depends on how hospital administrative leaders organize and communicate the topic of climate protection in their institutions. The study underscores the importance of strategic leadership for climate protection in hospitals.
由于资源利用广泛且产生大量废物，医院在医疗服务过程中会排放大量温室气体。通过采取气候行动，医院可以为医疗领域的气候保护做出重大贡献。本文深入探讨了德国医院的气候保护工作，特别关注医院行政领导的应急策略以及利益相关者理论框架内的员工参与度。该调查基于对德国医院行政领导的在线调查所获得的原始数据。通过层次聚类分析，该研究确定了四类不同的医院。这些医院在气候保护的组织和沟通策略以及责任分配方面存在显著差异，这表明德国医院在气候保护方面的重视程度各不相同。研究结果表明，员工的参与度取决于医院行政领导在其机构中如何组织和传达气候保护主题。该研究强调了战略领导力对医院气候保护的重要性。
