Linking the employee voice to a more sustainable organisation: the case of Lithuania

• Autorzy: Čiarnienė Ramunė , Vienažindienė Milita , Adamonienė Rūta

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/emj-2021-0009

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

During the past years, sustainability has become an idea of organisational development. There is a growing trend to focus more not only on yield and economic profit but also on the care for the environment and contribution to the social balance, simultaneously delivering economic, social, and environmental benefits. This paper aims to determine how employee voice can lead to a more sustainable organisation by examining the gap between employee preferences and the current situation. The quantitative method in the form of a survey was used to examine the role of employee voice in the journey towards a more sustainable organisation across different sociodemographic characteristics. Four-hundred-and-twelve complete responses from Lithuanian employees representing different business and public sector organisations were used for analysis. The results of empirical research revealed a significant gap between the employee voice (importance of sustainable behaviour) regarding economic, social and environmental issues and the manifested corresponding sustainable behaviour. The largest interval in values of the employee voice and the current situation was determined in the groups of sustainable environmental behaviour and sustainable economic behaviour.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

employee voice; sustainability; sustainable organisation; sustainable behaviour

PL

głos pracownika; rozwój zrównoważony; zrównoważona organizacja; zrównoważone zachowanie

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Białostockiej
• Czasopismo: Engineering Management in Production and Services
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 13, no. 2
• Strony: 18--28
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 41 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Čiarnienė Ramunė

• Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6349-5352

autor

Vienažindienė Milita

• Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9894-6811

autor

Adamonienė Rūta

• Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7716-8093

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