Geography and Human Relationships

Geography and Human Relationships

The role of green human resources management in realizing sustainable urban development (case study: Kermanshah city)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Shahab Mohammad zadeh 1
Zahra Momeni Gilaneh 2
1 University of Tehran, Faculty of Geography, Tehran, Iran
2 Urban Planning Graduate, Qazvin Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran
10.22034/gahr.2022.362349.1747
Abstract
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of green human resource management in realizing sustainable urban development in Kermanshah. This study is practical in terms of objective and descriptive-analytical method. The statistical population of this study includes all citizens of Kermanshah (N=946651). The sample size (N=384) was selected using stratified random sampling method. Research tools consisted of two questionnaires: Green human resource management and sustainable urban development (social, economic, environmental). Validity of the questionnaire was confirmed using formal and structural validity and its reliability was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha for the whole questionnaire by 0/81. Data were analyzed using regression test in SPSS software. . Overall, green human resource management had effect on urban sustainable development in Kermanshah. At a significant level of 0.001 green human resource management has significant positive impact on economic development, at a significant level of 0.000 green human resource management, and at a significant level of 0.003 green human resource management had a significant positive impact on environmental development.
Keywords
Green human resource management
in sustainable urban development
economic development
social development
environmental development

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Geography and Human Relationships
Volume 5, Issue 4 - Serial Number 20
Winter 2023
Pages 506-515

  • Receive Date 15 September 2022
  • Accept Date 28 September 2022