The role of sustainable human resource management in enhancing organizational innovation: A field study in the Iraqi industrial sector

Abstract

The present study aims to examine the relationship between sustainable human resource management and organizational innovation through a field study in the Iraqi industrial sector. To achieve this objective, it was necessary to address the research problem, which lies in the weak implementation of sustainability in human resource management, negatively impacting organizational innovation in the studied sector. Addressing this issue required conducting field visits to various Iraqi industrial sectors to identify the strengths and weaknesses related to the study’s subject. Accordingly, a questionnaire was designed using a five-point Likert scale and distributed to a sample of 354 employees across different sectors. After data collection, statistical analysis was performed using SPSS and AMOS software. The results indicated a significant impact of sustainable human resource management in all its dimensions on organizational innovation in the Iraqi industrial sector. Based on these findings, several recommendations were proposed, the most important of which are: improving the sustainability of human resources and linking it to innovation indicators to enhance employee motivation, as well as expanding the adoption of modern technology as a key driver of organizational innovation.