Management Studies in Development and Evolution

Recognizing themes of human resource management with a green leadership approach

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Ali Algharrawialsuwaid 1
Sayyed Mohsen Allameh 2
Tayebeh Amirkhani 3

1 Ph.D.Student, Department of Management, Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/jmsd.2024.75789.4377
Abstract
Green leadership is a new approach that has entered the field of human resource management with the importance of finding the environmental category in sustainable development. This issue mainly deals with the motivational and guiding aspects of human resources towards environmental care and the development of green culture, Based on this, the current research was conducted with the aim of identifying the themes of human resource management with a green leadership approach in the textile and leather industries of Baghdad with a qualitative strategy. The research method was thematic analysis . The data collection tool was a semi-structured and in-depth interview, which was analyzed using open and axial coding. The research community was (university expert professors related to the subject of human resources and green leadership, entrepreneurs and managers of the textile and leather industry in Baghdad), Returning to interviewees and external auditors was used for validation. The results showed that human resource management with a green leadership approach as a comprehensive theme includes 6 themes of effective communication, environmental skills, green organization, sustainable development, green leadership and green motivation with 37 components in the form of basic themes.

Keywords

"textile and leather industries of Baghdad."
"human resources management"
" green leadership"
"thematic analysis"
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Management Studies in Development and Evolution
Volume 33, Issue 112
Summer 2024
Pages 221-252

  • Receive Date 10 October 2023
  • Revise Date 07 December 2023
  • Accept Date 03 January 2024

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