The role of human resource management strategies in the development of working women’s behaviours toward the use of renewable energy : company (a)‎ : as study case

Abstract EN

The solar energy industry has grown tremendously and is still growing and expanding its applications according to the iea’s statistics.

in Egypt the contract of engineering and consultation services for the first Egyptian station for generating solar thermal electricity has been signed in early october,2003.the capacity of this station is 127 mega watt with a yearly capacity 900 million kw/h (Abdul Hammeed, 2010).

the development of renewably energy technologies requires the cooperation between the relevant parties and the acceleration of the process of the human resources development and manufacturing systems (al-khayyat,2008).this technologies contributes to creation of comprehensive development and the utmost utilization of human resources that is capable of converting the development plans into practical reality (Zaydi, 2003; undp, 1995), whereby the human resources will make up for the scarcity of natural resources (Judah, 2010) through the strategic role of the management of human resources which emphasizes that individuals (men and women) are valuable resources and that they represent important and effective investment (mathis&jackson,2011:9).

The activation of the woman’s role in the integrated development process and giving her a greater responsibility in the decision positions, thus the activation of her role is a process that has many interacting many dimensions which adds new dimensions to the role of woman in terms of dealing with the shortage of natural resources and the management of renewable resources like the alternative energy (Zaydi, 2003).

but, to what extent, can the role of the human resources strategy affect the development of woman’s behavior in the rationalization of the consumption of renewable energy?” this paper focuses at enhancement and promotion of woman’s role and participation in the dissemination of renewable energy in the process of sustainable development purposes and the emphasis on role of Egyptian woman as a pressuring force to change the consumption patterns and habits and the minimization of pollution.

the study concentrates on women working in an Egyptian company as a case study which depends on the solar energy.

this paper aims to: 1) illustrate the role of working women and their participation in the expansion and application of the concept of renewable energy and the identification of types of behavior and the rationalization of consumption.

2) illustrate the effective strategies in the management of the natural resources and its impact on the development of working woman’s behavior to rationalize the consumption of renewable energy.

in order to achieve the above mentioned objectives, the study adopted the descriptive analytical method in which it starts by reviewing literature and then field research through conducting thorough interviews with research samples and then collecting and statistically analyzing data in order to verify the validity of the hypotheses of the study.