Futures studies on the most influential and influenced factors affecting the promotion and enhancement of environmental protection culture in the governmental organizations of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Subject Areas : Promoting and improving the culture of environmental protection

hossein hamzavi ^{1 *} , Mohammad javad Kameli ² , Jamshid Salehi sadaghyani ³

1 - Master of Science in Organizational Behavior Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Human Resources, Faculty of Organizational Resources, University of Police Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Department of Industrial Management, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2024-10-06 Accepted : 2025-02-28 Published : 2025-07-01

Keywords: Environment, Environmental Protection Culture, Environmental Culture, Government Organizations, Futures Studies.,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research was to futures studies on the most influential and influenced factors affecting the promotion and enhancement of environmental protection culture in the governmental organizations of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In terms of method, the present study is based on structural interaction matrix analysis with a strategic future research approach and in terms of purpose, it is of a developmental-applied type. The statistical population of this study consists of 23 experts, including university professors and senior managers of government organizations in the Republic of Iran, using a purposeful method. The data of this study were collected through structured interviews and a qualitative questionnaire rated from zero to three according to the structural interaction matrix and analyzed with the MICMAC statistical software. The findings of this study showed that the factors of including environmental standards and requirements in the job descriptions of human resources, developing and implementing environmental guidelines in human and organizational resource management, encouraging and rewarding environmentally friendly behaviors in the organization, and utilizing clean and renewable technologies in organizational activities are influential factors (influence). The results of this study showed that promoting and enhancing the culture of environmental protection in government organizations in the Republic of Iran requires strengthening influential factors such as environmental requirements in human resources and clean technologies, supporting influential factors such as budget, infrastructure, and policymaking, and simultaneously utilizing independent factors such as transparency and interdepartmental cooperation in interaction with other components.

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