Investigating the impact of green human resources management on organizational sustainability with the mediating role of innovation and empowerment in social security organization of Yazd province
Subject Areas : Transformational Human Resources
Asghar Karimi khorrami
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(Assistant Professor of Accounting Department. Super mountain Islamic Azad university. Abarkoh, Iran)
Keywords: green human resources management, organizational sustainability, empowerment, innovation,
Abstract :
Background and purpose: Promoting organizational sustainability is an important issue, and examining the factors that affect this issue is the concern of today's managers. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of green human resources management on organizational sustainability with the mediating role of innovation and empowerment in social security organization of Yazd province. Research method: The present study is a descriptive-survey of correlational type. The statistical population was 990 employees of social security organization of Yazd province, based on Cochran's formula, 277 people were selected as the sample size. The content validity of the questionnaires and their reliability were confirmed using Cronbach's alpha. The structural equation modeling method was used to analyze the data. Findings: The results showed that green human resource management has an effect on organizational sustainability with a path coefficient of 0.364, and innovation and empowerment variables play a mediating role in the effect of green human resource management on organizational sustainability. Conclusion: The application of green human resources management in the social security organization can be implemented, and aspects such as innovation and employee empowerment should also be considered in order to achieve organizational sustainability in the workplace.
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