Exploring Learners' Expectations of Sustainability Objectives and Organizational Change: The Case of Gender Reporting Training

Sustainability reporting (SR) practices at higher education institutions (HEIs) appear fragmented and underutilized. Research is needed to persuade HEIs adopt SR standards, explaining the advantages of achieving sustainability objectives realizing organizational change. Only a few research studies have investigated how employees can be trained on this affect implementation. This explores training for employees, focusing gender (GR) as means achieve realize Among United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), equality (GE) emerges relevant topic investigate, also in context, with current being limited. Through survey among Italian who attended GR course, study investigates effects learning outcomes respondents' expected achievement change after The whether perceived barriers realization results support impact Conversely, do not enters debate about contributes literature providing practical implications organizations that intend implement such showing their advantages.