Family Business as a Bearer of Social Sustainability in Multinationals-Case of Slovakia
| Autor: | Monika Hudáková, Mária Urbánová, Jana Kozáková, Boris Rumanko |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Slovakia
multinational companies 020209 energy Geography Planning and Development Social sustainability Subsidiary TJ807-830 Sample (statistics) 02 engineering and technology Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 social sustainability Renewable energy sources 0502 economics and business 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering gender Slovak GE1-350 Marketing family business corporate social responsibility Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment 05 social sciences language.human_language Environmental sciences Variable (computer science) Multinational corporation Sustainability language Corporate social responsibility Business 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 7747, p 7747 (2021) Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 14 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | Social sustainability is slowly becoming a more important aspect of a company’s management, particularly in the case of multinational companies with an international network of subsidiaries placed in diverse cultural and social environments. The concept of social sustainability is strongly connected with a considerable number of stakeholders, compared to the environmental and economic aspects of sustainability. The nature of activities under the social pillar of corporate responsibility connects social sustainability with family business, which aims at the principles of social solidarity, equality and ethics. This article uniquely analyzes selected aspects of social sustainability on a sample of 201 Slovak subsidiaries of foreign multinationals and finds differences between family and nonfamily ones. Surprisingly, the conducted research proved that the examined family businesses cannot be considered as bearers of social sustainability in Slovakia, since, in many aspects, the nonfamily businesses implemented the monitored aspects in larger measures, and there were only two factors that turned out to be significant, according to the type of business ownership. Equal opportunities in the workplace were the only variable, due to which significant differences were seen, according to the factor of a family business and the factor of employees’ gender simultaneously, which makes it a crucial variable. The conducted study fills the gap in explanation of interconnections between social sustainability, family business and equal gender opportunities, which makes it unique not just in Slovak conditions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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