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Decent Work as a Necessary Condition for Sustainable Well-Being. A Tale of Pi(i)gs and Farmers

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  • Antonio Ariza-Montes

    (Department of Management, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, 14004 Córdoba, Spain
    Facultad de Administración y Negocios, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, 425 Santiago, Chile)

  • Gabriele Giorgi

    (Department of Human Sciences, Università Europea di Roma, 00169 Rome, Italy)

  • Felipe Hernández-Perlines

    (Department of Business Administration, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain)

  • Javier Fiz-Perez

    (Department of Human Sciences, Università Europea di Roma, 00169 Rome, Italy)

Abstract

This article analyzes with a holistic and systematic approach the state of working conditions in the European labor market after the crisis, as well as their effects on worker well-being. For this, a distinction will be made between the southern countries most affected, namely Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain (Piigs), and the northern countries that are, a priori, less damaged by the crisis (Farmers). The samples integrate 7867 workers from the five Piigs countries (36.2%) and 13,894 from the 10 Farmers countries (63.8%). The results have broadly confirmed the research purposes and they established that ensuring well-being is the key to sustainability, growth, and success for workers, groups, and organizations.

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  • Antonio Ariza-Montes & Gabriele Giorgi & Felipe Hernández-Perlines & Javier Fiz-Perez, 2019. "Decent Work as a Necessary Condition for Sustainable Well-Being. A Tale of Pi(i)gs and Farmers," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-19, February.
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