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Green Recruitment and Sustainability of Food and Beverage Manufacturing Industries in South-East, Nigeria

Uzodike, N. J; Prof. S.I Mbah

Abstract

This study investigated green recruitment and organizational sustainability of food and beverage manufacturing industries in South-east, Nigeria. Specifically, the study aimed to examine the relationship between green application and cultural sustainability; green interview and social sustainability; green selection and product sustainability of food and beverage manufacturing industries in South-east, Nigeria. Relevant conceptual, theoretical and empirical literatures were reviewed. The study was anchored on Dynamic Capabilities Theory. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. The study was carried out in South-East, Nigeria. The population of the study comprised 2090 employees of food and beverage manufacturing industries in South-east, Nigeria. The statistical formula devised by Borg and Gall was employed to determine the sample size of 408. The instrument used for the study was questionnaire. Face and content validity was adopted while, test re-test and Cronbach Alpha method was carried out to achieve reliability of the instrument. Simple percentage analysis was employed to answer the research questions Pearson product-moment correlation analysis was used in testing hypotheses. The result revealed that green application had a significant positive relationship with cultural sustainability; green interview had a significant positive relationship with social sustainability; green selection has a significant relationship with product sustainability; green training had a significant correlation with economic sustainability; green job description has a significant correlation with operational sustainability of food and beverage manufacturing industries and green job orientation has a significant positive relationship with environmental sustainability of food and beverage manufacturing industries in South-east, Nigeria. The study concluded that green recruitment had a significant positive relationship with organizational s

Keywords

Green ApplicationGreen InterviewGreen SelectionCultural Sustainability; Social Sustainability and Product Sustainability

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