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The Mediating Effect of Green Human Resources Management on the Relationship between Organizational Sustainability and Innovative Behavior: An Application in Turkey

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  • Ergün Kara

    (Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Osmaniye 80000, Turkey)

  • Melda Akbaba

    (Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Catering Services, Vocational School of Tourism and Hotel Management, Kilis 7 Aralık University, Kilis 79000, Turkey)

  • Emre Yakut

    (Department of Management Information System, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Osmaniye 80000, Turkey)

  • Makbule Hürmet Çetinel

    (Department of Lojistics Management, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Uşak University, Uşak 64000, Turkey)

  • Mehmet Mert Pasli

    (Department of Tourism Management, Bulancak Kadir Karabaş School of Applied Sciences, Giresun University, Giresun 28300, Turkey)

Abstract

With globalization, it is required to support the innovative behaviors of employees as a driving force in order for organizations to increase their market share, provide competitive advantage and ensure organizational sustainability. The purpose of this study is to establish the intermediary role of green human resources management in the relationship between employees’ innovative behavior and organizational sustainability in the tourism sector. Data collection was achieved by conducting a survey of 615 hotel employees who work in accommodation establishments which are located in the city of Muğla (Turkey). In the scope of this study, validity and reliability analysis of the measurement scales were conducted and SmartPLS software was applied to implement a variance-based structural equation model. Within this framework, the research primarily discussed the variables among the relationship of organizational sustainability, IB, and green human resources management, and hypotheses were formed. A mediation test was conducted by selecting the bootstrap method in order to test the indirect effect that employees have on the perception of innovative behavior. The result of the study shows organizational sustainability has a significantly positive effect on innovative behavior and green human resources management, and also it emerged that green human resources management has a partial mediating effect on the success of organizational Sustainability on innovative behavior. Findings of the research state that whilst it is anticipated that the study can contribute to the literature theoretically and practically, a variety of proposals have been put forward for the benefit of future studies and operators to use.

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  • Ergün Kara & Melda Akbaba & Emre Yakut & Makbule Hürmet Çetinel & Mehmet Mert Pasli, 2023. "The Mediating Effect of Green Human Resources Management on the Relationship between Organizational Sustainability and Innovative Behavior: An Application in Turkey," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-16, January.
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