The Role of Green Human Resources Management in Achieving Organizational Sustainability an Analytical Study of The Opinions of Administrative Leaders In A Sample of Oil and Gas Producing Companies in The Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Authors

  • Beston Muhammed Qadir Department of Oil, Gas and Energy Management, College of Business, Charmo University Chamchamal, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
  • Range M. Nori Department of Banking & Financial Sciences – College of Administration and Economics University of Zakho, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
  • Daroon Faridun Abdulla Department of Business Management, College of Administration and Economics University of Sulaymaniyah, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23918/ejmss.V3i3p1

Keywords:

Green Human Resources Management, Organizational Sustainability, Oil and Gas Producing Companies, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Abstract

The aim of the study is to figure out the role of Green Human Resources Management through (green recruitment and selection, green training and development, green performance management, green rewards and compensation, green Orientation and green health and safety management) in achieving Organizational Sustainability by its dimension (Economic, Social, Environmental and Ethical) in Oil and Gas producer Companies in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The research problem is to figure out many questions about the correlation and regression between the research's variables. The main question of the research is to seek information about figuring out the level of the variables of the current study as well as figuring the role of GHRM in achieving organizational sustainability in the field of oil and gas management in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The descriptive analytical approach was adopted in describing the study's variables and dimensions then analyzed the relationship between independent variable (Green Human Resources Management) and the dependent variable generational Sustainability. The research is being conducted on oil and gas production companies that work in KRG, as well as the oil and gas fields in which production continues and under the authority of the Kurdistan Regional Government become part of the research. Keywords: Green Human Resources Management, Organizational Sustainability, Oil and Gas Producing Companies, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

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Qadir , B. M., Nori, R. M., & Abdulla, D. F. (2022). The Role of Green Human Resources Management in Achieving Organizational Sustainability an Analytical Study of The Opinions of Administrative Leaders In A Sample of Oil and Gas Producing Companies in The Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Eurasian Journal of Management & Social Sciences - Open Access, 3(3), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.23918/ejmss.V3i3p1

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