• A Study of Employee Welfare Leading to Corporate Sustainability in Garments Industries of Bangladesh

    Author(s):
    Mansura Nusrat, Mohammad Solaiman
    Editor(s):
    Alim Al Ayub Ahmed (see profile)
    Date:
    2016
    Group(s):
    Archives, Asian Business Review, Business Management, Literature and Economics, Scholarly Communication
    Item Type:
    Article
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/bfwv-w164
    Abstract:
    Employee welfare is an area of social welfare, which covers a broad field of Corporate Sustainability and connotes a state of well-being, happiness, satisfaction, conservation and development of human resources. Evidences from contemporary literature suggest that employee welfare contributes to the sustainability of the business significantly. This paper is based on descriptive and inferential research. This study has tried to measure the extent to which the garments industries in Chittagong city of Bangladesh are providing their employees (plant level) with welfare facilities. The findings of this study suggests that most of the sample farms offer welfare benefits to their employees and such benefits have improved the productivity and sustainability of the business. The study also opens avenue for further research in this field considering employee welfare reporting as a tool for corporate sustainability in the developing counties.
    Metadata:
    xml
    Published as:
    Journal article     Show details
    Pub. DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.18034/abr.v6i1.19
    Publisher:
    Asian Business Consortium
    Pub. Date:
    2016
    Journal:
    Asian Business Review
    Volume:
    6
    Issue:
    1
    Page Range:
    7 - 14
    ISSN:
    2304-2613, 2305-8730
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    4 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
    Share this:

    Downloads

    Item Name: pdf abr-13.1-doi.pdf
      Download View in browser
    Activity: Downloads: 318

    Back to Deposits