Investigating the role of environmental awareness on green human resource management with the mediating role of employees' green behaviors and green innovation and explaining the moderating role of servant leadership (employees of active petrochemical companies in South Pars region)

Environmental awareness is defined as the level of people's information about environmental issues and the effective factors in its expansion and knowledge of how to behave to improve problems. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of environmental awareness on green human resource management with the mediating role of employees' green behaviors and green innovation and the moderation of servant leadership.

The research is a descriptive survey in terms of practical purpose and in terms of data collection. The statistical population was 8000 employees of active petrochemical companies in South Pars region and the statistical sample was 370 people. Cronbach's alpha method was used to obtain the reliability of research variables. Partial least squares method (Smart pls) was used to measure the fit of the research conceptual model and hypotheses.

The result of the research shows that environmental awareness has a significant effect on the green behavior of employees, green innovation and green human resource management. The green behavior of employees has a significant effect on the management of green human resources; But the effect of green innovation on green human resource management was not confirmed. The green behavior of employees plays a mediating role between green human resource management and environmental awareness; But the mediating role of green innovation and moderator of servant leadership between green human resource management and environmental awareness was not confirmed.

Research innovation:

The investigated research helps the managers to put the process of selection, recruitment and green training on the agenda and to strengthen the awareness of human resources in the environmental field and by using the mediator role of green behavior of employees, green innovation and moderator of leadership. Servant, help to form an environment-friendly environment.