The effect of green knowledge management on green innovation and sustainable development with the mediating role of green organizational culture

The present research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effects of green knowledge management on green innovation and sustainable development with the mediating role of green organizational culture. The study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correctional in terms of data collection procedure. The statistical population includes all the managers of industries in Shahrekord industrial town, numbering 651 people, 253 of whom were selected as sample of the study through stratified random sampling method using Cochran's sampling formula. The research tools were the standard questionnaire of green knowledge management, the standard questionnaire of green innovation, the standard questionnaire of sustainable development, and the standard questionnaire of green organizational culture, the validity of which were examined and confirmed based on content validity using the opinions of experts, face validity using the views of a few precipitants from statistical population, and construct validity. On the other hand, the reliability of the questionnaires using Cronbach's alpha method was estimated as (0.90), (0.80), (0.80), and (0.90), respectively. The analysis of the research data was done at two descriptive and inferential levels using the structural equation model (partial least squares). The findings showed that green knowledge management has a positive and significant effect on green innovation, with the coefficient of 0.63. Moreover, green knowledge management has a positive and significant effect on sustainable development, with the coefficient of 0.62. Finally, green organizational culture mediates the relationship between green knowledge management and green innovation and sustainable development.