“The Impact of the Organizational DNA on Social Sustainability Performance through Green Training as a Mediating Variable: A Study on the Private Steel Industrial Companies in Egypt”

Abstract

This study investigates the influence of Organizational DNA (ODNA) on Social Sustainability Performance (SSP) through the mediating role of Green Training (GT) within Egypt’s private steel industry. The research aims to provide an in-depth understanding of how an organization is structural, cultural, and strategic elements contribute to sustainable social outcomes when aligned with environmentally oriented training initiatives. Data were collected via a structured questionnaire distributed to employees in several private steel companies across Egypt, with responses analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to test the proposed hypotheses. The findings reveal that ODNA significantly and positively affects both GT and SSP. Moreover, GT plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between ODNA and SSP, emphasizing the necessity of integrating sustainability-driven training within organizational DNA frameworks. The study contributes theoretically by linking ODNA to social sustainability through an environmental human resource practice, and practically by guiding industrial firms toward adopting sustainable workforce development strategies.