EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF GREEN BEHAVIOUR ON ORGANIZATIONAL GREEN PERFORMANCE: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF GREEN TRAINING PROGRAMS AND GREEN COMPENSATION IN VIETNAM’S ENERGY SECTOR

Authors

  • Sahilali Saiyed Department of Business Administration, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan
  • Mustaqim Roshid Department of Management Studies, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8517-6336
  • Vimal Kumar Department of Information Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7179-3878
  • Quoc-Hieu Phan Department of Business Administration, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2478/eoik-2025-0055

Keywords:

Green Behaviour, Organizational Green Performance, Green Training Programs, Green Compensation, Energy Sector

Abstract

The research investigates how green behaviour affects organizational green performance in the Vietnamese energy sector by analysing green training programs and green compensation practices as potential mediation elements. The sample of 826 respondents from energy-based organizations shows that green behaviour produces substantial positive effects on organizational green performance through analysis with Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling. The results demonstrate that green compensation practices establish an essential intermediary bridge by uniting employee rewards with sustainability targets to boost the power of green conduct towards organizational success. Green training programs do not demonstrate a notable impact on mediation thus requiring evaluation of their present design and execution methods. The research demonstrates that reward systems represent vital driving forces behind sustainable actions and it provides practical lesson plans for training enhancements. The study enhances knowledge about how green human resource management approaches help organizations achieve sustainability objectives.

Author Biographies

Mustaqim Roshid, Department of Management Studies, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh

 

 

Vimal Kumar, Department of Information Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan

Is top one percent scientist in the world 

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