Date of Conferral

6-26-2025

Degree

Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.)

School

Management

Advisor

Gwendolyn Dooley

Abstract

Sustainability remains a challenge for technology manufacturers struggling to integrate environmental priorities into core operations. This issue is critical for technology manufacturing managers who must embed sustainability into organizational systems and decision-making processes to meet rising expectations from regulators, investors, and consumers. Grounded in transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry study is to identify and explore effective strategies used by technology manufacturing managers in the western region of the United States. The data collected from seven semistructured interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. The five themes that emerged were (a) leadership and company culture, (b) collaboration, inclusion, and diversity for innovation, (c) framing sustainability as business success, (d) community, ethical responsibility, and justice, and (e) stakeholder engagement and overcoming resistance. A primary recommendation for technology manufacturing managers is to expand investment in green training for internal stakeholders and multi-organizational collaboration among external stakeholders. The implications for positive social change include the potential for business leaders to promote sustainable practices that reduce unequal economic opportunity distribution and drive transformational change to improve the quality of life locally and globally.

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