Mediating Role of Training in Enhancing Awareness of SDGs, Economic, Environmental and Social Performance

Madiha Shafique Dar, Safia Bano and Jameel Ahmed

Sustainable Business and Society in Emerging Economies, 2020, vol. 2, issue 2, 41-50

Abstract: This paper aims to identify how awareness of SDGs affects sustainable performance and how training can assist to enhance the economic, environmental, and social performance of employees. The research study is conducted in a public sector institute with a population of 331 employees. Among 269 respondents participated in the survey. The data is analyzed using SPSS and Smart PLS. The result showed a significant relationship among the variables. The awareness of SDGs proved to be positively related to the social, economic, and environmental performance of the employees. Moreover, training also positively mediates the relationship between SDGs awareness and sustainable performance. The paper promotes public institutions to contribute their utmost efforts in achieving SDGs and create learning development experiences that assist employees to preserve cutting-edge knowledge and perform at their best.

Keywords: Sustainable Development Goals; Training; Sustainable Performance; Economic Performance; Environmental Performance; Social Performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.26710/sbsee.v2i2.1615

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