Designing a model of green human resource management based on information technology (Case study: government organizations of Kerman city)

Along with the transformation and changes of human life due to the growth of technology, one of the most important challenges of the present century is environmental problems. The awareness of government organizations, as one of the main sectors of society, of the factors affecting the application of green human resource management, with the aim of reducing the negative effects on the environment, the role of information technology during this process, is of an utmost importance. Therefore, the present research was conducted in order to present a green human resource management model based on information technology in the government organizations of Kerman city in 1401. In terms of its purpose, this study is exploratory with a qualitative grounded-theory approach. The interviewees were 14 expert human resource managers and senior managers of government organizations in Kerman city, who were selected by purposive non-probability sampling method. Data collection was done through in-depth semi-structured interviews and data analysis was conducted through the stages of grounded theory including open, axial and selective coding with the help of MAXQDA 2018 software. In open and axial coding stages, 65 concepts and 16 categories were identified and the link between these categories was determined. Finally, in the stage of selective coding, all the themes identified in the form of causal, intervening, contextual, strategies, and consequences around the central phenomenon led to the formation of the research paradigm model.