Green Development Management Studies

Green Development Management Studies

Analysis of the effect of green human resource management and corporate social responsibility on sustainable performance with an emphasis on the mediating role of organizational citizenship behavior in an environment-oriented approach towards the dev

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Peyman Akbari 1
Mostaffa Shayegh 2
1 Assistant of Professor, Department of Public Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Master of Public Management, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran
10.22077/jgmd.2023.6079.1017
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of GHRM and CSR on sustainable performance with emphasis on the mediating role of OCBE. The present research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of nature and method. The statistical population of the research was the employees of Alloy Steel Company of Yazd province (150 people) who were selected by Cochran's formula and through simple random sampling (108 people). The data collection tool was questionnaires. The validity and reliability of the questionnaires indicate that the measurement tools have good validity and reliability. The results, showed that GHRM on OCBE and sustainable performance have a moderate, direct and significant effect and effect, respectively. Has a weak, direct and indirect, and significant, CSR of OCBE and sustainable performance have a weak, direct and significant effect and a weak, direct, indirect and significant effect, respectively, as well as OCBE on performance Stable has a direct, indirect and strong effect. Finally, organizational citizenship behavior can play a mediating role in the impact of GHRM on sustainable performance as well as CSR and sustainable performance. Despite the design model, it can be expected that the company can increase the level of GHRM and CSR in order to increase its sustainable performance, and if it wants to have more impact on it, it should be able to consider the changing role of OCBE.
Keywords
green human resource management
corporate social responsibility
sustainable performance
organizational citizenship behavior towards Environment
approach towards the development of Iran Alloy Steel Company
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Green Development Management Studies
Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 4
November 2023
Pages 41-66

  • Receive Date 05 October 2022
  • Revise Date 02 February 2023
  • Accept Date 10 February 2023