INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF LEAN SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY ON SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE
Keywords:
Lean Social Sustainability, Social Sustainability Performance, Sustainability, Automotive Manufacturing Firms, MNCsAbstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of lean social sustainability practices in MNCs running businesses in the automotive manufacturing sector on social sustainability performance. A quantitative survey methodology was adopted to collect data by using a questionnaire from 406 MNCs’ workers in the automotive manufacturing sector. The quantitative study was analyzed with the technique of structural equation modeling (SEM) for verification and confirmation of an acceptable model fit with empirical data using the indices that were used as the criteria for evaluation. Overall, the construct validity investigated by exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated acceptable model fit indices. The findings indicate that lean social sustainability practice, composed of three dimensions: work force, information transparency, and community contribution, has positive effects on a social sustainability firm’s performance. In terms of social sustainability, the most influential dimensions are, in order of importance, information transparency, community contribution, and work force dimension. The implications of the findings and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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