Encouraging Behavior Research Articles

Striking a balance: health behaviour changes in Chinese spouses of people with dementia to manage dementia risk: a qualitative study

BackgroundMultiple studies have shown that spouses of people with dementia (PwD) are two to six times more likely to develop dementia compared to the general population. Encouraging healthy behaviours and addressing modifiable risk factors could potentially prevent or delay up to 40% of dementia cases. However, little is known about how health behaviours change when a spouse assumes the role of primary caregiver. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the shared lived experience of spousal caregivers of PwD, focusing on identifying the trajectory and key events of that shape health behaviour changes after their partner’s diagnosis. These findings seek to inform strategies for adopting and sustaining healthy behaviours among spousal caregivers.MethodA qualitative descriptive study was conducted. Using maximum variation and purposive sampling, 20 spouses of PwD who exhibited two or more risk factors were recruited for semistructured interviews. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic analysis.ResultsWe found that in traditional Chinese culture health behaviour changes for spouses and people with dementia coping with the challenges of dementia occurred in two directions; (a) priming-leaping-coping: becoming a “smart” caregiver and (b) struggling-trudging-silence: the process by which the self is “swallowed.”ConclusionThis study highlights how caregiving experiences influence spouses’ health behaviors and dementia prevention, particularly in the Chinese context. The findings underscore the challenges of balancing caregiving with self-care. Culturally tailored, family-centered interventions are needed to support both caregivers and their long-term well-being.

Cooperation Dynamics in Multiagent Systems: Modeling Vehicular Cooperation through Game Theory

<div>Cooperation lies at the core of multiagent systems (MAS) and multiagent reinforcement learning (MARL), where agents must navigate between individual interests and collective benefits. Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), like collision avoidance systems and adaptive cruise control, exemplify agents striving to optimize personal and collective outcomes in multiagent environments. The study focuses on strategies aimed at fostering cooperation with the aid of game-theoretic scenarios, particularly the iterated prisoner’s dilemma, where agents aim to optimize personal and group outcomes. Existing cooperative strategies, such as tit-for-tat and win-stay lose-shift, while effective in certain contexts, often struggle with scalability and adaptability in dynamic, large-scale environments. The research investigates these limitations and proposes modifications to align individual gains with collective rewards, addressing real-world dilemmas in distributed systems. By analyzing existing cooperative strategies, the research investigates their effectiveness in encouraging group-oriented behavior in repeated games. It suggests modifications to align individual gains with collective rewards, addressing real-world dilemmas in distributed systems. Furthermore, it extends to scenarios with exponentially growing agent populations (<i>N</i> → +∞), addressing computational challenges using mean-field game theory to establish equilibrium solutions and reward structures tailored for infinitely large agent sets. Practical insights are provided by adapting simulation algorithms to create scenarios conducive to cooperation for group rewards. Additionally, the research advocates for incorporating vehicular behavior as a metric to assess the induction of cooperation, bridging theoretical constructs with real-world applications.</div>

Exploring the Impact of Eco-Friendly Leadership and Motivation on Sustainable Workplace Culture and Environmental Effectiveness to Support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)

Objective: This study investigates the effects of Green Transformational Leadership, Green Intrinsic Motivation, and Green Extrinsic Motivation on pro-environmental workplace behaviors in Bandung City, Indonesia's creative economy. It is in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Theoretical Framework: This study is founded on the ideas of environmental performance, workplace pro-environmental behaviors, green transformational leadership, and green motivation (both intrinsic and extrinsic), all of which support sustainable practices in line with the SDGs. Method: Utilizing a survey approach, this research targets employees in the creative industry's fashion sector in Bandung City, Indonesia, encompassing sub-sectors like fashion, knitting, footwear, and accessories. The study aims to involve 312 willing participants and employs Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Covariance-Based Structural Equation Modeling (CB-SEM) methodologies. Results and Discussion: The report indicates that green transformational leadership, green intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, workplace pro-environmental behaviors, and environmental performance are all highly correlated. This draws attention to the study's contribution to the SDGs. Research Implications: While acknowledging limitations such as sector-specific generalizability and potential biases in data collection methods, this study highlights the need to expand respondent samples across industries to enhance the applicability of findings and promote sustainable practices in alignment with the SDGs. Originality/Value: This study enhances the existing body of knowledge by examining the relationship between green transformational leadership, green intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, workplace pro-environmental behaviors, and environmental performance within Bandung City's creative industry. It emphasizes how crucial motivation and leadership are to encouraging eco-friendly behavior and enhancing environmental performance, which supports the SDGs.

Are Nutrition Literacy and Sustainable Dietary Habits Associated with Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Developmental Risks?

Objective This study aimed to examine the association of nutritional literacy levels and sustainable nutritional behaviors with the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in the Turkish adult population. Methods Sociodemographic information, disease history, nutritional habits, and physical activity levels of 3146 volunteer individuals (male = 1590, female = 1556) between the ages of 40–75 were collected using a questionnaire form and face-to-face interviews. The sustainable nutritional behaviors of the participants were evaluated using Turkish validated scales for Sustainable and Healthy Eating Behavior (SHE) and nutritional literacy levels with the Evaluation Instrument of Nutrition Literacy on Adults (EINLA). Cardiovascular disease risks of the participants were assessed with the Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) Risk Estimator program and the Heart Score (SCORE) scale and type-2 diabetes risk with the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC). Each participant’s 24-h food consumption record was obtained using the retrospective recall method. Results It was determined that ASCVD and SCORE levels were significantly higher in males compared to females. It was observed that individuals with lower cardiovascular and diabetes risk scores had higher educational levels, and the risks increased significantly with age (p < 0.05). Anthropometric measurements such as body mass index, and waist hip circumference were significantly higher in those with higher cardiovascular and diabetes risk scores. Furthermore, in individuals with higher SCORE and FINDRISC levels, SHE and EINLA scores were significantly lower (p < 0.05). It was also observed that SCORE and diabetes risk scores increased with higher energy and macronutrient intakes. Conclusion The risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes was associated with sustainable nutritional behaviors and nutritional literacy. It may be suggested that increasing nutritional literacy and encouraging sustainable nutritional behaviors may be effective strategies in the management and reduction of the prevalence of certain chronic diseases. KEY TEACHING POINTS Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are two major chronic conditions that can be managed and treated through proper nutrition. Increased nutritional literacy levels and sustainable dietary habits may result in reduced risk of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Nutritionists should assess the patients’ nutrition literacy levels and implement sustainable, health-focused nutrition education programs to enhance their understanding of nutrition.

From Knowledge to Action: Exploring Green Intellectual Capital’s Role in Sustainable Organizational Performance for Millennials

In today’s competitive landscape, the role of Green Intellectual Capital in driving Sustainable Organizational Performance is receiving increasing attention. Organizations are under pressure to adopt sustainable practices, so exploring the influence of intellectual capital on performance is important. This study aims to examine the effect of Green Intellectual Capital consisting of Green Human Capital, Green Relational Capital and Green Structural Capital on Sustainable Organizational Performance, with Green Innovation Behavior as a mediating variable and Perceived Green Organizational Support as a moderating factor. The research design used was quantitative involving 200 millennial managers and the data was analysed using Partial Least Squares (PLS). The results show that to achieve sustainable organizational performance, millennial managers need to focus their efforts on improving Green Structural Capital and encouraging Green Innovation Behavior. In addition, the development of Gren Human Capital and Green Relational Capital should be geared towards increasing Green Innovation as a pathway to achieving sustainability goals. Perceived Green Organizational Support is not enough to strengthen the relationship of innovation and performance, so a more holistic approach in promoting sustainability across the organization is needed. The novelty of this research lies in its focus on millennial managers and the complex interconnectedness of different components of Green Intellectual Capital. The findings suggest that organizations should prioritize increasing Green Structural Capital and encouraging Green Innovation Behaviors. Future research should explore other moderating factors, such as leadership style, to deepen understanding of the conditions that amplify the impact of green innovation on sustainable performance.

Exploring personality correlates of falsification of COVID-19 lateral flow tests through vignettes.

Regular testing using rapid antigen lateral flow tests (LFTs) was an important prevention strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, falsification of home LFTs was a concern. Using a large quota-representative sample of adults (n = 1295) in England, we conducted a vignette survey consisting of four hypothetical scenarios of LFT falsification behaviours (FBs) to examine whether prosocial personality traits were associated with attitudes towards and intentions for falsifying home LFTs during the pandemic. Results show that higher levels of affective empathy for people vulnerable to COVID-19 and Honesty-Humility from the HEXACO model of Personality are associated with non-acceptability of LFT FBs and intentions to not engage with them. However, affective empathy explained more of the variation compared to the facet-level measures of Honesty-Humility for both attitude and intention. Public health communications aimed at encouraging personal protective behaviours should consider the role of empathy and prosocial messages.

Examining Relationship Between Green Human Resource Management Practices, Green Performance, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior at Tour Operators

Objectives: Sustainable tactics can be implemented through GHRM practices, which are intended to foster pro-environmental behaviors and values among employees. Methods: In addition to allowing employees to participate in eco-initiatives for the sustainability of the organization, GHRM should permit employees to practice pro-environmental values. This study develops and tests the direct and interactive relationship between green performance, organizational citizenship behavior (OCBE), and green human resource management (GHRM) practices, drawing on the Ability-Motivation-Opportunity theory. Findings: A mixed methodology will be used, with qualitative research into particular cases coming after a survey of several tour operator employees to test the research hypotheses. Green values, also known as pro-environmental, refer to societal or personal views about the importance of the natural environment's health and how humans should treat and perceive it. Conclusion: GHRM should suggest training programs that effectively develop environmental knowledge, values, awareness, and attitudes in order to be an effective implement in encouraging pro-environmental behavior or employee green. There is a significant gap in the literature on the greening of the tourism industry because, despite the significant contribution that green human resource management makes to organizational citizenship behavior for green performance, few published studies have examined this important contemporary topic.

Servant leadership, meaningfulness and flow: an upward spiral

ABSTRACT Using the Broaden and Build theory, this study examines the relationship between servant leadership and flow and the mechanisms through which the relationship takes place (i.e. meaningfulness, empowerment, and sleep quality). A diary study was conducted in 2021 among 175 employees in three companies in China who completed two daily surveys for five days, one in the morning and one in the evening. While this design precludes causal inferences, the results show that people’s sense of meaningfulness is enhanced through servant leadership, which encourages a positive spiral that makes one more perceptive to a leader’s encouraging behavior, contributing to a greater experience of empowerment and flow. The study finds that servant leadership positively influences sleep quality, which is related to more psychological empowerment. This study expands our understanding of the impact of servant leadership on employees’ well-being and the interconnections among servant leadership, meaningfulness, empowerment, sleep quality, and flow.

Matching Is Best: Enhancing Effects of Future Orientation and Construal Level on Green Consumption.

The 2024 Report on the Work of the Chinese Government promotes trade in consumer goods and green consumption. Therefore, better understanding is needed of consumer attitudes and behaviors toward environmental protection and sustainable development. The relationships among future orientation, construal level, and green consumption were explored using a delayed-effect design to conduct two surveys at one-month intervals with 160 participants (100 women and 60 men). The results showed that (1) future orientation positively predicted green consumption intention and green consumption behavior, and (2) the construal level significantly moderated the influence of future orientation on green consumption. Specifically, a high construal level and high future orientation predicted the greatest green consumption intention, green consumption behavior, and green consumption decisions, while at a high construal level, future orientation positively predicted green consumption intention and behavior, with a greater tendency to purchase environmentally friendly rather than hedonic products. At a low construal level, future orientation had no significant effect on green consumption intention, behavior, and intention to purchase environmentally friendly products. This study is important for promoting public awareness of the importance of green consumption and encouraging green consumption behaviors to achieve the goals of sustainable development and protect the environment and social well-being.

Encouraging water-saving behavior during a "Moment of Change": the efficacy of implementation intentions on water conservation during the transition to university.

Water saving behavior is of substantial importance in climate change mitigation and resilience, including reducing time spent in the shower. However, water use is, for many, a strong habit, and, as such, incorporating new water saving behaviors into one's domestic routines may be unsuccessful. In this study, we consider the extent to which a composite behavior change intervention (of water-saving information, implementation intention formation, and monitoring using a shower timer) is effective in reducing the domestic water consumption of new university students who have recently moved into university accommodation. We focus on aspects of the habit discontinuity hypothesis, namely that a natural moment of change facilitates behavior change by weaking existing habits. The intervention was found to be effective, increasing the frequency of self-reported water-saving behavior over behavior measured in a control group. However, shower times, and water usage (measured at the residential level), were not affected by the intervention, and strength of existing habits, readiness to change water behavior, and recency of starting university were each not significantly associated with the effectiveness of the intervention. However, all participants (irrespective of intervention) increased water-saving behavior and reduced shower time during the study, with residential water usage being less for residences with more participating students. Contrary to expectations, the timing of the intervention did not show a clear effect upon the efficacy of the intervention. We discuss these findings with respect to moments of change and habit discontinuity theory as well as implications for practical behavior change interventions.

Recycling Behavior amid Disruptions

This study highlights key variables affecting Lebanese recycling behavior while revealing the mediation role of intention, and the moderation role that government and appropriate infrastructure might play in encouraging eco-friendly behaviors. Quantitative data collected from 317 respondents were analyzed with the structural equation modeling, using SPSS/AMOS. Findings reveal that attitude, social norms, and awareness affect behavior directly and indirectly through intention, leading to active recycling behaviors, thus highlighting the intention’s partial mediation role. This is not the case for perceived behavioral control. The moderators’ roles are also found insignificant on the intentions/behaviors relationship. Since findings did not fully support the theory of planned behavior adopted for recycling behaviors, the theory’s validation seems to be contingent on the context in which it is being tested, especially in a developing, financially collapsed country. Findings imply that the waste management market should be liberalized, anytime trust in a corrupted government is lost.

Climate Change Perception, Climate Change Anxiety, &amp; Pro-environmental Behaviors of Tertiary Students

The Philippines is one of the most climate change-vulnerable countries in the world. As the climate crisis pose physical and mental threats, it is crucial to understand the factors affecting environmental behavior. However, local studies on the role of Psychology in encouraging pro-environmental behaviors (PEB) appear to be few in the Philippines. This study was designed to determine the level and the predictive ability of climate change perception (CCP) and climate change anxiety (CCA) on PEB. A stepwise regression analysis was used on data collected from 430 stratified randomly sampled tertiary students in Bacolod city, Philippines who completed the Climate Change Perception Scale, Climate Change Anxiety Scale, and Pro-environmental Behavior Scale. Results showed that the parsimonious model that include climate change anxiety (t=13.585, p=.000) and climate change perception (t=6.409, p=.000) significantly predicted pro-environmental behaviors F(1, 426) = 115.284, p &lt; .001, adj. R2 = .349. Further, findings indicate that 34.9% of the variance in the pro-environmental behaviors can be explained by the model. In conclusion, when tertiary students experience higher levels of climate change anxiety and perceive climate change as a significant threat, they are more likely to engage in pro-environmental behaviors. Results suggest a need for further research in determining other factors that predict PEB. This study contributes to the scarce literature on Environmental Psychology in the country.

The power of prompts: Encouraging children to think about fairness promotes the costly rejection of unfairness.

Children in the United States have an early-emerging understanding that resources should be divided fairly among agents, yet their behavior does not begin to reflect this understanding until later in development. Why does this gap between knowledge and behavior exist, and how can we close it? Here, we tested the role of explicit prompts in closing the gap, asking whether prompting 4- to 9-year-olds to make fair decisions would promote the costly rejection of unfairness in the Inequity Game. Children were presented with either advantageous (more for actor, less for recipient) or disadvantageous (less for actor, more for recipient) allocations and assigned to one of three experimental conditions: Fairness Prompt, Autonomous Prompt, or Baseline. Prompt condition had a strong effect on advantageous but not disadvantageous inequity aversion. Indeed, a simple fairness prompt was enough to reveal advantageous inequity aversion at 5 years of age, roughly 2 years before it was seen in children in the Autonomous Prompt or Baseline conditions. This study points to the promise of simple prompts as a powerful means of encouraging costly fair behavior in childhood. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

When the "Matchmaker" Does Not Have Your Interest at Heart: Perceived Algorithmic Harms, Folk Theories, and Users' Counter-Strategies on Tinder

On online platforms, algorithms help us build and manage our relationships. However, their invisible interventions might also pose harm to these connections. Dating platforms offer a prime example where, despite extensive research on human-inflicted harm, the potential harm from the algorithms themselves, and user strategies for mitigating them, remains largely unexplored. In our analysis of 7,043 reviews and interviews with 30 Tinder users, we unveiled how users perceive algorithmic harm as damaging self-esteem, sabotaging potential relationships, encouraging antisocial behavior, and misrepresenting or marginalizing certain identities. We introduce a new algorithmic folk theory, the "conflict of interest" theory, perceived to perpetuate these harms. This theory encapsulates users' sense of a contradiction between the dating platform's promise of finding the perfect partner (leading to discontinued use of Tinder) and its commercial interest in retaining users to increase revenue. Users suspected various algorithmic processes pursuant to this theory, such as (a) throttling profile visibility, (b) manipulating users' matches, and (c) recommending large quantities of profiles that will not lead to matches. They also described various strategies in resistance or defense of these suspected algorithmic processes, such as engaging in counter-intuitive behaviour to disrupt the unfavorable algorithmic processes or leveraging location based filtering for match variety and safety. We conclude by discussing how the perceived algorithmic harms can inform the development of new algorithmic implementations that balance both user and company interests.

Effects and Mechanisms of TikTok Use on Self-Rated Health of Older Adults in China During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mediation Analysis.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, TikTok emerged as a significant app for entertainment and information acquisition for the general public, gradually extending its reach to the older population. Digital technology, exemplified by TikTok, has become an indispensable part of older adults' lives. However, while prior studies have extensively focused on the impact of internet use on older adults' health, research on the impact of TikTok during the COVID-19 pandemic remains insufficient. Utilizing data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) 2020, this study explored the impact of TikTok use on older adults' self-rated health and its underlying mechanisms through multiple regression and mediation analysis. The study found that (1) TikTok use had a significant positive effect on the self-rated health of older adults; (2) while TikTok use increased the exercise frequency of older adults, exercise frequency did not affect their self-rated health; and (3) TikTok use boosted older adults' protein intake, contributing substantially to their self-rated health, accounting for 38.7% of the total effect. It is advisable to actively promote the popularity of short video apps such as TikTok among older adults, as they serve as an effective tool for disseminating health information and encouraging healthier lifestyles and behaviors.

Synergizing Organizational Values and Psychological Capital for Wellbeing: Insights from Sri Lankan Public Administration

The role of human cognitive processes and constructs such as psychological capital (PsyCap), wellbeing, and values in encouraging positive behavior has been extensively examined in the existing body of knowledge, especially capturing the attention of scholars and practitioners in the domains of management and organization studies. However, how these concepts interactively create positive behavior is rarely taken into consideration in scholarly discussions. Thus, the present paper aims to explore how the values professed by an organization (i.e. espoused values) could lead employees towards positive behaviors through PsyCap and wellbeing. The research setting is Sri Lankan public administrative organization (SLPAO) and the study participants are top-level managers. This study takes an interpretivist approach with a qualitative inquiry by employing a series of in-depth interviews and organizational documents, where the initial findings on espoused values of SLPAO were then subjected to a secondary qualitative framework analysis based on the theoretical lenses of CHOSE and PERMA models of PsyCap and well-being. The findings of the present study show that the public administrators’ perceived espoused values carry reflections of wellbeing and encompass the dimensions of PsyCap. Accordingly, positive emotions are reflected by the values independence and humanity &amp; morality; engagement by service boundedness and duty consciousness; positive relations by fairness &amp; justice and concern on employees; meaning by public inter-est and effectiveness; and accomplishment by efficiency, expertise and formality &amp; order. The findings clearly highlight how the espoused values become a source of PsyCap, encompassing hope and optimism while also tending to the collective well-being, and thereby enhancing positive behaviors overall. The findings suggest the potential application of PsyCap and well-being to leverage espoused values as a precursor of positive behavior among public servants. Nonetheless, the study emphasizes the necessity for further scholarly endeavors to explore the intricate connections between organizational values, PsyCap, wellbeing, and positive organizational behavior.

Understanding the Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A Study on Offenders.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is well known for its effectiveness in addressing psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and borderline personality disorder, often used alongside medication. CBT is used more often in the criminal justice system to help rehabilitate offenders by targeting cognitive distortions affecting their social and decision-making abilities. These maladaptive behaviours and sense of entitlement can result from distortions, which CBT works to address by restructuring thought patterns and encouraging adaptive behaviours. In general, CBT is a crucial method for decreasing repeat offences and dealing with mental health problems within the legal system. CBT has demonstrated encouraging outcomes in decreasing reoffending rates in both youths and adults, aiding criminals in acquiring abilities to successfully re-enter society. Although it has replaced traditional rehabilitative services such as education and occupational therapy, its success highlights its importance in offender rehabilitation programmes. Nevertheless, inmates are frequently required to participate, causing doubts about their willingness to engage voluntarily.

Powering Pro-Environment Behavior: The Impact of Unlocking Reward Strategy on Pro-Environmental Behavior

Global environmental challenges threaten both sustainable societal development and daily human life. As these issues intensify, promoting pro-environmental behaviors has become a key research priority. While reward strategies have been proven effective in encouraging such behaviors, most research has focused on the content of rewards, leaving the method of reward delivery underexplored. This study investigates the effects of an unlocking reward strategy on pro-environmental behavior, grounded in the Goal-Setting Theory, while also exploring the psychological mechanisms and boundary conditions that influence these effects. Three studies were conducted to test the hypotheses. Study 1 demonstrated that the unlocking reward strategy (compared to direct rewards) significantly increased pro-environmental behaviors. Study 2 showed that self-efficacy mediates this effect, as the unlocking reward strategy enhances self-efficacy, which in turn promotes pro-environmental behaviors. Study 3 revealed that commitment serves as a crucial moderator, amplifying the positive impact of the unlocking reward strategy. This research not only broadens the scope of reward strategy literature but also elucidates key drivers of pro-environmental behavior, offering practical insights for marketers, policymakers, and organizations aiming to foster sustainable practices.

Model analysis of private teachers' innovative work behavior improvement after the COVID-19 pandemic

After the COVID-19 pandemic, educational organizations' learning process experienced significant changes, especially related to innovative work behavior. It is undeniable that building innovative work behavior requires strong self-efficacy and organizational commitment and is supported by conducive workplace happiness. This research aims to analyze models for improving the innovative work behavior of private teachers after the COVID-19 pandemic based on self-efficacy, organizational commitment, and workplace happiness. The research model is oriented towards a quantitative causality approach. Data was collected online using a Google form, and a sample of 100 teachers was obtained. Using a purposive sampling formula, the foundation for sample determination is geared toward a non-probability sampling strategy. Instrument tests, normality tests, regression tests, correlation tests, hypothesis tests, and coefficient of determination were all utilized in data analysis. The results of the study demonstrate that innovative work behavior is highly influenced by workplace happiness, organizational commitment, and self-efficacy. According to the study's conclusions, encouraging creative work behavior requires teachers to have the confidence to do so. Furthermore, the psychological state of educators has a significant impact on their ability to generate novel and creative ideas.

Work life balance and pro environmenal behavior on sustainability

This study investigates the impact of work-life balance (WLB) and pro-environmental behavior (PEB) on sustainability outcomes in Indonesia's manufacturing sector. As sustainability becomes increasingly important within industrial settings, understanding the role of human-centric factors like WLB and PEB can offer unique insights into achieving sustainable practices. Data were collected from 278 employees across the top four manufacturing companies in Indonesia. Using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) via LISREL, the study demonstrates that both WLB and PEB significantly contribute to perceived sustainability outcomes. The results indicate that employees who experience a healthy work-life balance are more likely to engage in behaviors that support environmental initiatives, ultimately enhancing organizational sustainability. These findings suggest that promoting a supportive work environment and encouraging eco-friendly behaviors can facilitate sustainable business practices. The study’s implications highlight the importance of integrating employee well-being into sustainability strategies within manufacturing industries, providing actionable recommendations for managers and policymakers aiming to foster sustainable development.