Proposing a Green Human Resource Management Model on the Basis of Human Resource Management

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 عضو هیات علمی پژوهشگاه حوزه و دانشگاه

2 کارشناس ارشد مدیریت اجرایی، گروه مدیریت، دانشگاه پیام نور، تهران، ایران

3 دانشجوی دکتری مدیریت دولتی، دانشکده مدیریت و حسابداری، دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی، تهران، ایران

4 استادیار گروه مدیریت، دانشکده اقتصاد و مدیریت، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، شیراز، ایران ( نویسنده مسئول)

Abstract

Green human resource management is the most important component of green management which has attracted the attention of many HRM researchers recently. This research is aimed at designing a structural model of human resource management based on human resource management systems. It is being proposed for the first time in the literature of human resource management. This applied research follows a descriptive-survey method. It is a cross-sectional research in terms of time. A combination of a structured questionnaire on green human resources management and a researcher-made questionnaire on human resource management systems was used for data collection. The reliability of the instruments was tested through convergent method, and the validity was calculated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The statistical population of this research contains all managers of Fars Power Distribution Company (120 members). The sample included 92 people selected according to Cochran formula based on stratified random sampling. The research hypotheses were tested through structural equation modeling with SmartPLS software. The results indicated that the effectiveness of predictive variables for implementing green human resources management can be ranked in the following way: maintenance, compensation, performance management and human resource development. The relationship between these systems and the management of green human resources turned out to be significant.

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Journal of Research in Human Resources Management
Volume 10, Issue 1 - Serial Number 31
serial no.31
June 2018
Pages 77-104

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  • Receive Date: 08 October 2017
  • Revise Date: 05 January 2018
  • Accept Date: 14 April 2018

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