The Sustainable Production and Well-Being of Employees as a Derivative of the Concept of Sustainable Production

• Published in: Sustainability Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 465
• Main Authors: Niewiadomski, Przemysław, Stachowiak, Agnieszka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2024
• Subjects: Beliefs, opinions and attitudes; Employees; Farm machinery; Innovations; Manufacturing; Psychological aspects; Sustainable development; Workers; Poland
• ISSN: 2071-1050; 2071-1050
• DOI: 10.3390/su16010465

The main purpose of this work is to indicate the effects of the implementation of the concept of sustainable production from the perspective of the employee’s well-being. The subject of the research was manufacturers operating in the agricultural technical means of transport sector (production of parts and subassemblies). The research leads to the identification of benefits from the well-being of employees resulting from the implementation of the concept of sustainable production, described in the literature, that should be included in the evaluation model in the analysed sector (research question 1). Moreover, it enables the recognition of benefits resulting from the well-being of employees in the surveyed enterprises (level of fulfilment) and shortcomings highlighted by the companies surveyed in the category of benefits resulting from the well-being of employees (low level of fulfilment). The results of this work are the list of benefits structured into categories and assessed by the representatives of agricultural means of transport manufacturers. The list is useful from both academic and utilitarian perspectives.