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Organizational Sustainability and Quality of Life

Achieving quality of life and better sustainable performance (SP) is essential to address the sustainable development goals (SDGs) included in the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, in order to improve the life and well-being of all persons. The literature reveals a lack of consensus regarding the concept of quality of life. At the same time, studies on the impact of quality of life on sustainable and environmental performance, still present inconsistent results; and this also occurs when observing the moderator or mediator effect of lean management practices on quality of working life (QWL). To address these caveats, this topical collection aims to make available original studies about the impact of QWL on sustainable and environmental performance; and to identify innovative lean tools directed to improving quality of life at the organizational level. Thus, in the scope of this topical collection, new contributions are welcome, addressing related issues with the following topics:

(i) Strategic action lines and operational indicators that can be used to quantify and monitor QWL, and sustainable and environmental performance;

(ii) Multidimensional and organizational assessment of QWL applied to different types of organizations (e.g. public, private, public-private, social, civic, etc.);

(iii) Evaluation of QWL in situations of drastic change and risk in organizational patterns of working routines;

(iv) Analysis of the current scenario, tendencies and future strategies of lean management practices oriented towards improved QWL and sustainable and environmental performance.

The keywords are:

Corporate Sustainability; Environmental Performance; Lean Management; Organizational Performance; Sustainable Performance; Organizational Resilience; Quality of Life; Quality of Working Life.

Editors

  • João Leitão

    João Leitão, Associate Professor of Economics with Habilitation, University of Beira Interior, Portugal. PhD in Economics, UBI. Habilitation in Technological Change and Entrepreneurship, IST, University of Lisbon, Portugal. Research fellow at the NECE, Research Unit in Business Sciences, UBI. Associate researcher at the CEG-IST - Centre for Management Studies of Instituto Superior Técnico & the ICS, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, University of Lisbon.

  • Dina Batista Pereira

    Dr. Dina Batista Pereira, University of Beira Interior, Portugal. Manager of the UBImedical, Business Incubator, PhD in Industrial Management and Engineering, UBI. Research fellow at the CEG-IST - Centre for Management Studies of Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, and associate researcher at the NECE, Research Center in Business Sciences, UBI, Portugal.

  • Vítor Ferreira Moutinho

    Dr. Vítor Ferreira Moutinho, University of Beira Interior, Portugal Assistant Professor of Economics, UBI. PhD in Energy Systems and Climate Change, University of Aveiro. Associate researcher at the NECE, Research Center in Business Sciences, UBI, Portugal.

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