Identifying Green Management Components in Shiraz Public Hospitals

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Reyhaneh Mosallanejad ¹ , Hamdollah Manzari Tavakoli ^{2 *} , Shahin Sharafi ³ , Navid Fatehi Rad ⁴ , Sanjar Salajegheh ⁵

1 - Department of Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran
5 - Associate Professor, Department of Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

Received: 2023-11-02 Accepted : 2024-02-17 Published : 2024-08-26

Keywords: green management, mixed method, public hospitals,

Abstract :

Due to the importance of green management in healthcare organizations, the present study was carried out to identify the components of green management in Shiraz public hospitals. The current research is applied and exploratory. The working method in the qualitative part included the basic context and also included structural equation modeling in the quantitative part. The research community was the employees of the administrative department of Shiraz public hospitals during the research implementation. The sample of the qualitative part included 14 people using a targeted method and the quantitative part included 320 people with simple random sampling. The data collection tool included semi-structured interviews and a researcher-made scale of factors related to green management. The research in the qualitative part was analyzed through coding based on Strauss' study and in the quantitative part by SPSS26 and AMOS24 software. Finally, the components identified in the qualitative section were categorized into (1 major theme) and sub-themes (4 themes) into operational concepts (20 concepts). according to the respondents, the components of work ethics can have a positive and significant effect on the establishment of green management in hospitals. As a result, managers are advised to pay attention to the role of the obtained components and also the central importance of work ethics to promote green management.

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