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MEDIATING EFFECT OF GREEN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT GHRM AND ORGANIZATIONAL AGILITY OA ON FIRM ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE FEP BY APPLYING QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH APPROACH

06 Pages : 67-83

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).06      10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).06      Published : Jun 2023

Mediating Effect of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) and Organizational Agility (OA) On Firm Environmental Performance (FEP): By Applying Quantitative Research Approach

    The current study seeks to investigate the influence of Environmentally Specific Transformational Leadership (ESTL) with the mediating effect of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) and Organizational Agility (OA) On Firm Environmental Performance (FEP) by applying a quantitative research approach to collect and analyze the data and its results. A quantitative research design will be used, and a survey questionnaire comprised of 40 items from which 11 items for demographic questions and 29 items measuring the impact of Environmentally Specific Transformational Leadership, Organizational Agility Firm hypothesized Environmentally Specific Transformational Leadership has an impact on Firm Environmental Performance via Green Human Resource Management and Organizational Agility. The research framework is seen under the light of Resource Based View theory (RBV) and Transformational Leadership theory. The finding may be able to help organizations better understand the role of leaders in making efforts for environmental performance and better-equipping organizations with agility.

    Firm Environmental Performance, Green Human Resource Management, Organizational Agility, Environmentally Specific Transformational Leadership
    (1) Ghulam Murtaza Lahbar
    Assistant Professor, Benazir School of Business, Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (2) Dahshilla Junejo
    Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, Sindh University Mirpurkhas Campus, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (3) Azeem Akhtar Bhatti
    Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, Sindh University, Laar Campus Badin, Sindh, Pakistan.
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    APA : Lahbar, G. M., Junejo, D., & Bhatti, A. A. (2023). Mediating Effect of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) and Organizational Agility (OA) On Firm Environmental Performance (FEP): By Applying Quantitative Research Approach. Global Economics Review, VIII(II), 67-83. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).06
    CHICAGO : Lahbar, Ghulam Murtaza, Dahshilla Junejo, and Azeem Akhtar Bhatti. 2023. "Mediating Effect of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) and Organizational Agility (OA) On Firm Environmental Performance (FEP): By Applying Quantitative Research Approach." Global Economics Review, VIII (II): 67-83 doi: 10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).06
    HARVARD : LAHBAR, G. M., JUNEJO, D. & BHATTI, A. A. 2023. Mediating Effect of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) and Organizational Agility (OA) On Firm Environmental Performance (FEP): By Applying Quantitative Research Approach. Global Economics Review, VIII, 67-83.
    MHRA : Lahbar, Ghulam Murtaza, Dahshilla Junejo, and Azeem Akhtar Bhatti. 2023. "Mediating Effect of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) and Organizational Agility (OA) On Firm Environmental Performance (FEP): By Applying Quantitative Research Approach." Global Economics Review, VIII: 67-83
    MLA : Lahbar, Ghulam Murtaza, Dahshilla Junejo, and Azeem Akhtar Bhatti. "Mediating Effect of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) and Organizational Agility (OA) On Firm Environmental Performance (FEP): By Applying Quantitative Research Approach." Global Economics Review, VIII.II (2023): 67-83 Print.
    OXFORD : Lahbar, Ghulam Murtaza, Junejo, Dahshilla, and Bhatti, Azeem Akhtar (2023), "Mediating Effect of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) and Organizational Agility (OA) On Firm Environmental Performance (FEP): By Applying Quantitative Research Approach", Global Economics Review, VIII (II), 67-83
    TURABIAN : Lahbar, Ghulam Murtaza, Dahshilla Junejo, and Azeem Akhtar Bhatti. "Mediating Effect of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) and Organizational Agility (OA) On Firm Environmental Performance (FEP): By Applying Quantitative Research Approach." Global Economics Review VIII, no. II (2023): 67-83. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).06