The effect of green human resource management on employees' green behaviors: The mediating role of environmental awareness and the moderating role of servant leadership

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Assistant Professor, Public Management Department, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

2 Master of Public Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

10.22080/shrm.2023.4408

Abstract

The purpose of this research is the effect of GHRM and environmental awareness on employees' green behaviors: emphasizing the moderating role of servant leadership. The current research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of nature and method. The statistical population was the employees (150) of Yasuj Province Customs Department who were selected by simple random method using Cochran's 108 formula. The data collection tool was a questionnaire that had good validity and reliability. The results of the hypotheses showed that GHRM has an effect on the environmental awareness and GBE, environmental awareness has an effect on the GBE, and environmental awareness can play a mediating role in the influence of GHRM on behavior. Finally, servant leadership can play a weak moderating role in the influence of GHRM on environmental awareness and GHRM on the GBE. Despite the design model, it can be expected that the said department can pay enough attention to the green behaviors of the employees in order to advance its goals. Therefore, it should be able to consider the level of GHRM in order to promote the GBE, so that they can increase the level of EA of employees. Also, he should be able not to reduce the level of leadership of his employees in order to improve the level of GHRM in order to increase EA and GBE, because it will have irreparable effects on the body of the organization both in the long term and in the short term.

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Journal of Sustainable Human Resource Management
Volume 5, Issue 9 - Serial Number 9
August 2023
Pages 123-105

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