Investigating the relationship between green management and economic performance, environmental performance and social performance (a study of companies active in the petrochemical industry)

Subject Areas : Financial Markets and Institutions

reza jalalianlarki ¹ , Belqis Bavarsad ² , saber alizadeh ³

1 - Management Department, Masjed Soleiman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Masjed Soleiman, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Management, Shahid Chamran Univercity of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Masjed-Soleiman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Masjed-Soleiman, Iran

Received: 2021-06-04 Accepted : 2021-12-12 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: performance, Petrochemical Industry, green human resource management, Green Supply Chain Management, Green Management,

Abstract :

Green management as a modern management method in the organization by creating a proper policy environment, recommends control and use of green technologies on the inputs and outputs of the organization. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between green management and economic performance, environmental performance and social performance. Because the petrochemical industry creates a very dangerous type of pollution due to its feed and product, which seriously harms human health and environmental health, the research method is analytical survey. The statistical population of the study includes 16 petrochemical companies in Khuzestan province. Using Cochran's formula, 190 managers, supervisors and employees were selected by stratified sampling. A questionnaire was used to collect data, the reliability of which was assessed by Cronbach's alpha method and the combined method and its validity was evaluated by the mean variance extracted. The results obtained using structural analysis method showed that green management has a significant positive relationship with economic performance, environmental performance and social performance and the intensity of the relationship between green management and environmental performance is more than the other two dimensions of sustainable performance.

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