The Role of Sustainable Human Resources in Achieving Green Behaviors for Employees - An Applied Study of the Opinions of a Sample of Workers in the Kufa Cement Factory
Keywords:
sustainable human resources, green behaviors of employeesAbstract
This research aims to know the role that sustainable human resources practices play in promoting green behaviors of employees. To achieve the objectives of the research, the relationship and influence between the dimensions of sustainable human resources practices, represented by (employee selection, employee participation, and employee empowerment) was studied on the dimensions of employees’ green behaviors, represented by ( Sustainable action, conservation behaviors, avoiding harm, influencing others, taking initiative). The methodology dealt with a group of paragraphs, the most important of which is the research problem, the content of which is that there have been increasing interests and developments recently in the sustainable human resources system. In light of this, a hypothetical diagram was built that embodies the relationship between the variables in question, and a set of main and sub-hypotheses emerged from it. In order to achieve the aforementioned research goal and answer the research questions and test the validity of its hypotheses, the study relied mainly on (the questionnaire), which is the main tool for collecting data and information, and by adopting the descriptive approach. Because of that, a random sample was chosen, representing the research community working in the Kufa Cement Factory in the Kufa Governorate. Najaf Al-Ashraf, 325 questionnaires were actually distributed, and the valid questionnaires for analysis were 286 questionnaires after excluding the abnormal and invalid questionnaires. After evaluating and testing the credibility and stability of the research measurement tools, data analysis and hypotheses testing were conducted using advanced statistical tools and analysis using statistical programs (SPSS. Ver. 26.) and (AMOS. V. 25). Several conclusions were revealed, the most important of which is the presence of a statistically significant effect between... Between the sustainability of human resources and the green behaviors of employees, and this explains that increasing interest in the sustainability of human resources leads to enhancing green behaviors of employees. The study recommended several recommendations, the most important of which is urging the management of the Kufa Cement Plant to pay attention to employee participation, as it has a role in promoting green behaviors for employees by providing a safe and comfortable work environment that allows them to express their opinions and suggestions and listen to their problems.
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