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strategies and ethical behaviour form part of critical organisational processes. Social responsibility advocates embed sustainability practices throughout society. However, there is no exact detail on how far an organisation will be accountable to wider stakeholders. **Table 2** compares the perspective, strategic orientation and fundamental aspects of the five seminal frameworks of sustainable leadership.



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*The Nature of Sustainable Leadership: Pitfalls, Insights and New Model DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108833*


#### **Table 2.**

*Comparison of sustainable leadership frameworks.*

### **4.1 Identifying pitfalls and insights using constant comparison technique**

After selecting the six frameworks of sustainable leadership, codes representing pitfalls and insights were delineated from these frameworks and models using open coding and constant comparison to develop broader categories.

Initially, the focus was on coding hidden or unsuspected challenges, omissions or potential difficulties, which can easily scupper any unsuspecting leader trying to engage or reinforce sustainable leadership using a particular framework. After that, the focus shifted to insights—the critical and underlying aspects of sustainability evident in a framework that can help solve new problems or give a deeper understanding. In this review, insight was used loosely to mean a pattern, which enhances an understanding of a specific cause and effect within a particular context. Insights capture commonalities regarding patterns of the 'whys' behind the behaviour and actions to exercise effective, sustainable leadership.

Each identified pitfall and insight was constantly compared with others already identified to form broad categories, which were 'mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive' (MECE) to avoid overlaps. Similar pitfalls and insights that emerged and developed into broader categories were given conceptual labels. These labels are used to depict results reported in the next section.
