Public sector organisations (PSOs) such as municipalities, regulatory bodies, and public utilities are key actors in sustainability transitions. However, the conceptualisation of their transformative capacity is underdeveloped, as several strands of literature pay attention to the topic but remain disjointed. The article takes stock of the literature, reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of the main approaches. Building from there, the article proposes a higher-order holistic conceptual framework based on three constitutive elements: roles, resources, and abilities. We conceptualise the transformative capacity of a public sector organisation as the interaction between its roles, resources, and abilities in the enactment of its transformative agency. This framework offers a granular analytical approach for future empirical studies, acknowledging the diversity of PSOs and sustainability transitions pathways. It also offers practical clues for more targeted efforts to build transformative capacity in PSOs, which is crucial for accelerating transitions.

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公共部门组织在可持续发展转型中的变革能力


市政当局、监管机构和公用事业等公共部门组织 (PSO) 是可持续发展转型的关键参与者。然而，他们的变革能力的概念化还不够成熟，因为有几种文献关注了这个主题，但仍然脱节。本文对文献进行了盘点，回顾了主要方法的优点和缺点。在此基础上，本文提出了一个基于角色、资源和能力三个构成要素的高阶整体概念框架。我们将公共部门组织的变革能力概念化为其在制定变革机构过程中的角色、资源和能力之间的相互作用。该框架为未来的实证研究提供了一种精细的分析方法，承认 PSO 和可持续性转型路径的多样性。它还为更有针对性地努力建设公共服务组织的变革能力提供了实用线索，这对于加速转型至关重要。