Introducing a Green Agile Workforce

Somaieh Alavi, Seyedmehdi Mirmohammadsadeghi

Abstract


Nowadays, with the increase in business complexity of and competition, organizations are looking to agility of business. In addition, the increasing negative effects of environmental damages on human quality of life have led organizations to pay special attention to environmental issues in addition to agility. The prerequisite for achieving organizational agility with an emphasis on achieving environmental standards is the presence of the green agile workforce that besides enjoying agility characteristics, has environmental concerns. The present study attempts to introduce the green agile workforce’ behaviors.


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Agile Workforce, Green Workforce, Green agile workforce

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