Green Human Resource Management and Environmental Behavior of Employees The Role of the Mediator of the Green Psychological Climate
Subject Areas :mojtaba farrokhi 1 * , سید محسن علامه 2 , امیری امیری 3
1 - Ragheb Esfahani non-profit higher education institute
2 - University of Esfahan
3 - University of Lorestan
Keywords: Green Human Resource Management, Green Psychological Climate, Environmental Behavior of Employees,
Abstract :
Green human resource management has become an important issue in organizations. Green human resource management is effective for improving employees' environmental behavior. The purpose of this study is the effect of green human resource management on the environmental behavior of employees with the mediator role of green environment. The research method is applied and descriptive-survey in terms of the purpose and method of data collection. The statistical population consists of employees and managers of Isfahan Bank Maskan branches. The volume of the sample was determined based on Morgan's table and sampling was done by simple random method. A questionnaire was used to collect data. Convergent, divergent and content validity methods were used to measure validity, and Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability were used to determine the reliability of the questionnaire. Structural equation method was used to check the hypotheses. The results of the research showed that green human resource management has a positive and significant effect on environmental behavior. In the investigation of the mediating role of green grass in the impact of green human resource management on the environmental behavior of employees, it was confirmed. Also, the results of this study show that green human resource management has an effect on green psychological climate and green psychological climate on environmental behaviors.
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