Social Sustainability Challenges and the Role of Middle Managers

Draganić, Aleksandra; Arefin, Nazmul

dc.date.accessioned	2021-02-12T11:20:32Z
dc.date.available	2021-02-12T11:20:32Z
dc.date.issued	2021-02
dc.identifier	doi:10.17170/kobra-202101182978
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12501
dc.description.sponsorship	Research and the print of this working paper was funded by the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ)	eng
dc.language.iso	eng	eng
dc.publisher	kassel university press
dc.rights	Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/	*
dc.subject	female-friendly work environment	eng
dc.subject	social sustainability	eng
dc.subject	long working hours	eng
dc.subject	occupational health and safety	eng
dc.subject	transnational industry	eng
dc.subject	mid-level manager	eng
dc.subject	sub-contracting company	eng
dc.subject.ddc	300
dc.title	Social Sustainability Challenges and the Role of Middle Managers	eng
dc.type	Working paper
dcterms.abstract	Over the last decades, the ready-made garment (RMG) industry in Bangladesh has experienced a remarkable economic growth becoming the backbone of the country’s economy. Nevertheless, the industry is still faced with unsustainable business practices that threaten to hinder the sector’s progress in the future. Among others, these include long working hours, unhealthy work environment, restricted ability of workers to organize, gender-based discrimination and shortage of skilled workforce, in particular mid-level managers. Hence, improvement of managerial knowledge and skills is seen as a necessity for the development of Bangladeshi RMG firms and introduction of sustainable business practices. According to available research, general obstacles like expat hiring, discrepancy in supply and demand between the educational and industrial sectors, stark male to female occupational segregation and limited training opportunities impede the position of mid-level managers in the Bangladesh RMG sector. In addition to this, our findings indicate that mid-level managers in the Bangladesh RMG sector lack strategic knowledge of social sustainability issues. Furthermore, we perceived that mid-level managers possess underdeveloped soft skills, lack a deeper understanding of gender-related topics and specific needs of the female workers. Lastly, there is a lack of incentives from the side of the top-level management and factory owners in terms of providing mid-level managers further training to acquire the skills necessary for better performance.	eng
dcterms.accessRights	open access
dcterms.creator	Draganić, Aleksandra
dcterms.creator	Arefin, Nazmul
dcterms.extent	40 Seiten
dcterms.isPartOf	ICDD Working Papers ;; No. 28	ger
dc.publisher.place	Kassel
dc.relation.isbn	978-3-7376-0766-7
dc.subject.swd	Bangladesch	ger
dc.subject.swd	Konfektion	ger
dc.subject.swd	Bekleidungsindustrie	ger
dc.subject.swd	Nachhaltigkeit	ger
dc.subject.swd	Arbeitsbedingungen	ger
dc.subject.swd	Mittleres Management	ger
dc.title.subtitle	Case of the Ready-Made Garment Industry in Bangladesh	eng
dc.type.version	publishedVersion
dcterms.source.series	ICDD Working Papers	ger
dcterms.source.volume	No. 28	ger
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kup.price	19,00
kup.series	ICDD Working Papers
kup.subject	Sozialwissenschaft
kup.typ	Monographie
kup.institution	FB 05 / Gesellschaftswissenschaften
kup.binding	Softcover
kup.size	DIN A4