Developing a Model for Green Human Resource Management in Line with Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Municipalities in Hormozgan Province
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Green Human Resource Management, Sustainable Development, Hormozgan MunicipalityAbstract
As influential institutions in urban development, municipalities have faced serious environmental challenges in recent years. Despite increasing emphasis on green approaches in national policies, municipalities in Hormozgan Province still lack a coherent model for establishing green human resource management based on sustainable development. Aiming to fill this theoretical and practical gap, this study sought to design and validate a green human resource management model in these organizations.
The research employed an exploratory mixed،methods design in two qualitative and quantitative phases. The statistical population included mayors, managers, and human resource experts. In the qualitative phase, 12 participants were selected through purposive sampling for semi،structured interviews, and in the quantitative phase, 212 participants were selected through simple random sampling to complete a researcher،made questionnaire. Validity and reliability in the qualitative phase were ensured using credibility, transferability, confirmability, and dependability criteria, and in the quantitative phase, they were confirmed by Cronbach's alpha and construct validity.
Qualitative findings led to the identification of 22 components forming the paradigmatic model of the research. Quantitative results also indicated that the status of the components in Hormozgan municipalities was above the theoretical mean, with "green energy saving" having the highest factor loading (0.72) and "green social culture" the lowest (0.40) in the model. This model can provide a basis for redesigning human resource systems with an emphasis on environmental sustainability.
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