Evaluating the Impact of Environmental Education, Social Responsibility, and Ecological Involvement on the Effectiveness of Green Human Resource Management in the Ministry of Energy Through a Sustainable Development Lens

Asgari, Peymaneh; Goodarzi, Nahal

doi:10.22034/eiap.2025.229960

Evaluating the Impact of Environmental Education, Social Responsibility, and Ecological Involvement on the Effectiveness of Green Human Resource Management in the Ministry of Energy Through a Sustainable Development Lens

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Peymaneh Asgari ¹

Nahal Goodarzi ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

² PhD Student, Department of Project and Construction Management, Faculty of Architecture, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

10.22034/eiap.2025.229960

Abstract

One effective approach to achieving sustainable development is through the green training of human resources. This study was conducted to assess the influence of green education, social competence, and green participation on the green performance of human resources. It is practical in purpose and descriptive in methodology, employing a survey type. The research population consists of administrative staff from the Ministry of Energy, with a sample size of 132 participants determined through Cochran's formula using simple random sampling. The data was gathered using a standard questionnaire developed by Tan Pam, which has been validated for reliability and accuracy. The analysis was performed using the PLS structural equation method. Research findings indicated a significant positive relationship between green education and green HRM performance, with a significance coefficient of 2.536. Additionally, social competency demonstrated a positive and significant impact on green HRM performance, with a significance coefficient of 2.706, while green job participation also had a positive and significant effect, with a coefficient of 2.468. Furthermore, social adequacy, with a standard coefficient of 0.309, and green job participation, with a coefficient of 0.217, illustrated their roles as moderators and communicators regarding the influence of green education on green HRM performance. The findings suggest that social adequacy has a greater influence than participation in this process.

Keywords

Green education

Social adequacy

Green participation

Green HRM performance

Sustainable development

Subjects

environmental education

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