Dimensiones para la sostenibilidad organizacional en instituciones de educación superior: revisión sistemática de la literatura
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sostenibilidad organizacional, educación superior, gobernanza sostenible, gestión universitaria, desarrollo sostenibleResumen
La sostenibilidad organizacional en las últimas décadas ha logrado consolidarse como una estrategia para la transformación de la educación superior, siendo variados los enfoques conceptuales que permiten el desarrollo sostenible en la actualidad por lo cual, el objetivo central de este estudio fue identificar las dimensiones de sostenibilidad organizacional en la educación superior a través de una revisión sistemática de la literatura como un marco conceptual integral que sirva de referencia para futuras investigaciones. El estudio se desarrolló mediante el análisis de 40 artículos indexados en la base de datos de la Web of Science (WoS) publicados entre el 2020-2026, se identificaron cinco dimensiones: gobernanza y liderazgo sostenible, gestión organizacional para la sostenibilidad, innovación y transformación digital, gestión del desempeño sostenible e integración institucional de la sostenibilidad, en donde la gobernanza y el liderazgo sostenible es una de las dimensiones identificadas con mayor respaldo en la literatura, lo que destaca el papel que tiene la alta dirección en la incorporación de la sostenibilidad en la planificación institucional, así también, se evidencia gran interés por la transformación digital, gestión del conocimiento, evaluación de desempeño y la integración transversal de la sostenibilidad en las funciones sustantivas de las IES.
Palabras claves: sostenibilidad organizacional, educación superior, gobernanza sostenible, gestión universitaria, desarrollo sostenible.
ABSTRACT
In recent decades, organizational sustainability has established itself as a strategy for transforming higher education, supported by diverse conceptual approaches to sustainable development. Consequently, the primary objective of this study was to identify the dimensions of organizational sustainability in higher education through a systematic literature review to create a comprehensive conceptual framework that serves as a reference for future research. The study involved analyzing 40 articles indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) database and published between 2020 and 2026. Five dimensions were identified: governance and sustainable leadership, organizational management for sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, sustainable performance management, and the institutional integration of sustainability. Governance and sustainable leadership emerged as the dimension with the strongest support in the literature, highlighting the role of senior management in incorporating sustainability into institutional planning; additionally, significant interest was observed regarding digital transformation, knowledge management, performance assessment, and the cross-cutting integration of sustainability into the core functions of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).
Keywords: organizational sustainability, higher education, sustainable governance, university management, sustainable development.
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Fecha de recepción: 09 de abril de 2026.
Fecha de aceptación: 11 de junio de 2026.
Fecha de publicación: 20 de julio de 2026.
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