The Effect of Green Human Resource Management on Employee Environmental Behavior by Considering the Modifying Role of Individual Green Values ​​and Service Culture

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Ragheb Isfahani Non-Governmental Higher Education Institute

2 PhD in Organizational Behavior Management, Lorestan University

3 Assistant Professor, Management Department, Al-Mahdi Mehr Non-Governmental, Higher Education Institute, Isfahan

Abstract

The success of organizational initiatives for environmental sustainability depends on the environmental behavior of employees. One of the major challenges is ensuring that environmental sustainability is properly integrated into human resource policies. Green human resource management has emerged from organizations involved in environmental protection and environmental biosecurity activities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of green HRM activities and service culture on environmental behavior of employees considering the moderating role of individual green values. The data were collected from 100 employees of Isfahan Municipality. The results show that green HRM practices have a positive effect on employees' environmental behaviors, and the biosphere's values moderates the relationship between training and green thumb on employee environmentally friendly behavior and the relationship between green performance management and employee environmental behavior. But the relationship of green employment selection has no moderating effect on employee environmental behavior. Also, service culture has only moderated the relationship between green employment and environmental behavior of employees and has not moderated other relationships.

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Journal of Sustainable Human Resource Management
Volume 2, Issue 2
June 2020
Pages 137-157

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