M.A. Thesis:

Investigating the Relationship between Perceived Job Performance of Employees, Organizational Identification and Environmental Supporting Behaviors

The participation of employees in environmentally friendly behaviors is very important for the prosperity of the steel industry and the improvement of employee performance. Environmental protection behaviors of employees are often voluntary behaviors for the benefit of actors other than employees. Therefore, the main purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between employees' perceived job performance, organizational identification and employees' environmental protection behaviors. Based on the purpose, this research is applied and in terms of data collection, it is a descriptive survey research. The statistical population of this research, all the employees, experts and managers of different departments of Pars Folad Sabzevar Company in the year 1400, which is equal to 700 people, and based on this, the sample size was equal to 285 people, who were available, were selected. The data was collected using a questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed; Also, in order to check the normality of the data, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used. To test the hypotheses, the structural equation modeling method was used using SmartPLS software. A total of 285 questionnaires were distributed and collected among employees; The results of data analysis showed that the perceived job performance has a positive and significant relationship with employees' pro-environmental behaviors and organizational identification. Also, organizational identification has a positive and significant relationship with employees' pro-environmental behaviors. Finally, the research results showed that organizational identification mediates the relationship between perceived job performance and employees' pro-environmental behaviors.

Keywords: Environmental Behaviors, Organizational Identification, Perceived Job Performance, Steel Industry