Modeling Work Practices under Socio-Technical Systems for Sustainable Manufacturing Performance

Muhammad Imran Qureshi, Rajah Rasiah, Basheer M. Al-Ghazali, Maqsood Haider, Hanifah Jambari, Iswan and Sasmoko
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Muhammad Imran Qureshi: Faculty of Technology Management and Technopreneurship, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Jalan Hang Tuah Melaka 75300, Malaysia
Basheer M. Al-Ghazali: Department of Business Administration, Dammam Community College, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 34464, Saudi Arabia
Maqsood Haider: Department of Management Sciences, FATA University, F.R. Kohat 25500, Pakistan
Hanifah Jambari: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Skudai, Johor 81310, Malaysia
Iswan: Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Jakarta, Jakarta 17112, Indonesia
Sasmoko: Primary Teacher Education Department, Faculty of Humanities and Research Interest Group in Educational Technology, Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta 11530, Indonesia

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 16, 1-19

Abstract: In light of the overwhelming consumption of resources by the manufacturing sector, this paper examined three key subsystems that are critical in greening the sector. Whereas the extant literature has focused on technological development to reduce environmental damage, it has not analyzed profoundly how manufacturing processes can be greened effectively. Hence, using carefully gathered data of 299 respondents and structural equation modeling, this paper sought to investigate the mediating effect of social, environmental, and technical subsystems on the relationship between management support and sustainable manufacturing performance. The results show that management support has a positive relationship with sustainable manufacturing performance ( p < 0.005), while social, environmental, and technical subsystems partially mediate this relationship. Hence, efforts must be taken to encourage management of manufacturing firms to support sustainable management performance, while at the same time supporting them to introduce innovative social, environmental, and technical practices.

Keywords: management support; environment; technical work practices; socio-technical systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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