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

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  • Muhammad Imran Qureshi

    (Faculty of Technology Management and Technopreneurship, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Jalan Hang Tuah Melaka 75300, Malaysia)

  • Rajah A/l Rasiah

    (Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, 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)

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.

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  • Muhammad Imran Qureshi & Rajah A/l Rasiah & Basheer M. Al-Ghazali & Maqsood Haider & Hanifah Jambari & Iswan & Sasmoko, 2019. "Modeling Work Practices under Socio-Technical Systems for Sustainable Manufacturing Performance," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(16), pages 1-19, August.
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