Investigating the Factors Affecting Strategic Green Human Resource Management in the Dairy Industry

Subject Areas : Human resources management)

Alireza Mikaeeli ¹ , Abbasali Rastgar ² , Davood Feiz ³ , Hossein Damghanian ⁴

1 - Ph.D. candidate in Human Resource Management, Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.
3 - Professor, Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran
4 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

Received: 2021-08-11 Accepted : 2021-09-25 Published : 2022-09-23

Keywords: Management, Dairy Industry, Green Human Resources,

Abstract :

This research seeks to investigate the factors affecting strategic green human resource management in manufacturing dairy products. The statistical population included 413 senior executives of 59 manufacturers of dairy products who were members of the Iranian Dairy Industry Association in 1399. To estimate the sample size, a stratified random sampling method and the Cochran formula were employed. The sample included 212 people. The data collection instruments included a structured green human resource management questionnaire based on Jabor (2010) and both in-person and phone interviews. The data were analyzed using SPSS software version 23 at two descriptive and inferential levels. In the inferential level, Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests, Pearson correlation, regression analysis and Friedman were used.The findings show that internal factors (82.7%) are more effective than environmental factors (79.8%) on green human resource management in the dairy industry. Also, it was found that the strategies for improvement and maintenance and maintenance of attraction and output strategies are effective in the management of green human resources in the dairy industry. Additionally, there was a significant and positive correlation between the four internal factors (technical, organizational, cultural and market) and human resource strategies in the dairy industry. The most important factor affecting the management of green human resources in the dairy industry was found to be organizational factors. The findings of the present study can function as a practical guide to fulfill strategic green human resource management in the dairy industry for senior executives in this industry.

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