Provide a Model for Organizational Bullying Preventing to Develop Green Functions

Subject Areas : مدیریت ، برنامه ریزی و آموزش محیط زیست

Mohammadmehdi Khodaverdi ¹ , Mohammadbagher Gorji ² , Majid Nasiri ³ , Abdolghani Rastgar ⁴

1 - PhD Student of Management, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Management, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran. *(Corresponding Authors)
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Azadshahr Faculty of Humanities, Gonbad Kavous, Iran.

Received: 2021-10-17 Accepted : 2022-04-06 Published : 2023-10-23

Keywords: Organizational Bullying Preventing, Develop Green Functions, Environmental Conflict Control,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Environmental changes in the last decade have led to a change in the nature of organizations and their functions. Therefore, due to their social responsibility to society and stakeholders, organizations try to develop the organization in the environment by changing theories such as organizational behavior. The purpose of this is provide a model for preventing bullying in the organization to develop green functions. Material and Methodology: This research is developmental in terms of methodology based on the result and is hybrid in terms of data type. In the qualitative part of the research, through meta-combined and Delphi analyzes, an attempt was made to first examine the components of bullying prevention of the organization for the development of green functions and then to determine their theoretical adequacy based on Delphi analysis. In the quantitative part of the research, an attempt was made to prioritize the approved components of the qualitative part during the process of analyzing the comprehensive interpretive structural model in order to determine the most effective ones. The target population in this study in the qualitative part included 15 management specialists at the university level and in the quantitative part were 30 human resources managers of the Martyr and Veterans Affairs Foundation of the three provinces of Semnan, Karaj and Tehran.   Findings: The results showed that the component of prevention of discrimination and conflict with the aim of the effectiveness of green functions becomes the most effective factor in preventing bullying of the organization for the development of green functions. Discussion and Conclusion: The results show that conflict control gives employees more motivation to develop behaviors in line with green functions and causes them to accept roles beyond the assigned roles in the field of organization with the peace of mind created in the organizational environment. Based on that, to help make the organization more sustainable in the green field.

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