Social sustainability challenges and the role of middle managers : case of the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh
Aleksandra Draganić and Nazmul Arefin
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.
Year of publication: |
02/2021
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Authors: | Draganić, Aleksandra ; Arefin, Nazmul |
Publisher: |
Kassel, Germany : kassel university press |
Subject: | Bekleidungsindustrie | Clothing industry | Nachhaltige Entwicklung | Sustainable development | Branchenentwicklung | Sector development | Arbeitsbedingungen | Working conditions | Mittleres Management | Middle management | Bangladesch | Bangladesh |
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Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (circa 46 Seiten) Illustrationen |
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Series: | ICDD working papers. - Kassel : Kassel Univ. Press, ZDB-ID 2814950-6. - Vol. no. 28 (February 2021) |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper |
Language: | English |
ISBN: | 978-3-7376-0766-7 |
Other identifiers: | 10.17170/kobra-202101182978 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012608978
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