2026 Volume 25 Issue 2 Pages 29-52
In the field of management studies, there has been growing interest in sustainability and well-being; however, systematic research that organizes the relationship between these two concepts remains limited. The purpose of this study is to clarify the research trends on sustainability and well-being in the field of management, to interactively analyze how the two concepts have been addressed and the types of relationships that have been assumed between them, and to derive future research agendas. To achieve this, a systematic literature review was conducted on 33 relevant articles published in the top 50 journals selected by the Financial Times (FT50). The methodologies and research subjects of each paper were extracted and compared, and the articles were classified into five research streams. In addition, the conceptualizations of sustainability and well-being were examined across these streams. This study makes an academic contribution by structuring the previously fragmented discussions on the relationship between the two concepts and by presenting future research challenges and directions.
