123884 20260318135944.0 doi 10.3390/su15010628 sideral 132399 ART-2023-132399 eng López Concepción, Arelys (orcid)0000-0002-8918-9705 Social well-being for a sustainable future: the influence of trust in big business and banks on perceptions of technological development from a life satisfaction perspective in Latin America 2023 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Sustainable development is becoming increasingly important because it improves the quality of our lives. Businesses must focus beyond maximizing corporate economic profits, which are very important. They must internalize the fact that planning and governance-oriented strategies focused on promoting human health and well-being ensure a sustainable future. This study explores the influence exerted by trust in large companies and banks on the perception that technological development has on people’s life satisfaction. The research uses data from the World Value Survey (WVS) and the World Bank, contemplating six Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, in the period between 2012 and 2018. Our main results show that the lower the trust in institutions, the stronger the negative association with perceiving science and technology as making life easier, healthier and more comfortable in the near future. We also confirm that people who have very high levels of national pride tend to trust institutions. We also confirm that people who have very high levels of national pride tend to trust institutions. Finally, with this work, we contribute new empirical evidence to the current field of research on the influence of technological development on issues related to human beings, specifically in Latin America. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 3.3 2023 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 159 / 358 = 0.444 2023 Q2 T2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 66 / 182 = 0.363 2023 Q2 T2 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 58 / 91 = 0.637 2023 Q3 T2 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 58 / 91 = 0.637 2023 Q3 T2 0.672 2023 Geography, Planning and Development 2023 Q1 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 2023 Q2 Environmental Science (miscellaneous) 2023 Q2 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2023 Q2 Hardware and Architecture 2023 Q2 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2023 Q2 Computer Networks and Communications 2023 Q2 6.8 2023 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Gil Lacruz, Ana Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-7994-923X Saz Gil, Isabel Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-2807-3482 Bazán Monasterio, Víctor Universidad de Zaragoza 4012 650 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Direcc.Organiza.Empresas Área Organización de Empresas 5007 X Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Informát.Ingenie.Sistms. Proy. investigación HYA 15, 1 (2023), 628 [14 pp] Sustainability (Basel) Sustainability (Switzerland) 2071-1050 362272 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/123884/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2759282 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/123884/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:123884 articulos driver 2026-03-18-13:57:58 ARTICLE