Effects of Green Human Resource Management on Innovation Performance through Green Innovation: Evidence from Northern Cyprus on Small Island Universities

Sirous Bahmani (), Panteha Farmanesh and Amir Hossein Khademolomoom
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Sirous Bahmani: Department of Business Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, Girne American University, Mersin 10, Girne 99300, Turkey
Panteha Farmanesh: Department of Business Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, Girne American University, Mersin 10, Girne 99300, Turkey
Amir Hossein Khademolomoom: Department of Business Administration, University of Mediterranean Karpasia, Mersin 10, Lefkosa 99010, Turkey

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-16

Abstract: The education sector has been severely affected by the global pandemic of COVID-19, and the need for improvement in its aftermath became a challenge for scholars and practitioners alike. The current research focuses on the role of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) initiatives as an independent variable that is innovation-centric, and improved innovation performance of education sector employees as the dependent variable. GHRM in the current context is described as focusing on environmental aspects within the processes and functions of work in a comprehensive manner that incorporates both resource/waste management and areas of development, as well as green behavior among members. Moreover, the mediating effect of green innovation on the aforementioned relationship and enhancing the role of environmental leadership are examined through a quantitative approach using purposive and convenience sampling techniques. Data from several universities across Northern Cyprus have been gathered with regard to the design, aims, and context of this study. With a total of 187 teachers and administrators from three different universities and using PLS-SEM for analysis, the results show that human resource departments in universities can play a major role in determining the extent of innovation performance within the organization. Green innovation as a mediator can improve the workplace environment, which can be significantly enhanced through an adequate leadership that supports such initiatives (i.e., environmental leadership). The current results can be beneficial for scholars (organizational psychology, innovation, and sustainable HRM), as well as decision-makers in the universities in Northern Cyprus as a small island.

Keywords: green human resource management; green innovation; environmental leadership; innovation performance; small island; university staff (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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