The Impact of the Trend Towards Applying Green Economy Standards and Its Impact on Sustainable Development from the Point of View of Project Managers for Municipalities

Abstract

The current study aimed to identify the impact of the trend towards applying green economy standards and its impact on sustainable development from the point of view of project managers for municipalities. The study consisted of (90) municipal project managers in Jordan. The results of the study showed that the mean were high for the all domains of the study, "the importance of moving towards the application of green economy standards from the point of view of project managers for municipalities." “the obstacles of moving towards the application of green economy standards from the point of view of project managers for municipalities”, “the requirements of moving towards the application of green economy standards from the point of view of project managers for municipalities”, and” “the attitudes of project managers in municipalities towards implementing green economy standards” the results also showed that there were no significant differences in the mean of total domains of the study according to gender variable. Also there was no significant difference of the first domain "the importance of moving towards the application of green economy standards" based on years of experience variable, but there was a significant difference in the means of second domain "the obstacles of moving towards the application of green economy standards”, and third domain “in favor of (5 – less 10 years) category, and in the requirements of moving towards the application of green economy standards” in favor of (20 years and more) category, and in the fourth domain "the attitudes of project managers in municipalities towards implementing green economy standards" according to years of experience variable, in favor of (20 years and more) category. As the results showed there was not a significant difference in the means of second domain "the obstacles of moving towards the application of green economy standards, and the third domain "the requirements of moving towards the application of green economy standards" and the forthcoming domain "the attitudes of project managers in municipalities towards implementing green economy standards" according to qualification variable, but there was a significant difference in the means of first domain "the importance of moving towards the application of green economy standards" according to variable qualification in favor of (doctor) category. In light of the results of the study, the researcher recommended the necessity of inviting municipal project managers from the public and private sectors to cooperate and to make investment in the green economy a successful way to preserve natural resources and create opportunities to create wealth and jobs.

Keywords: green economy, sustainable development, project managers for municipalities.

DOI: 10.7176/CER/14-1-03

Publication date: February 28^th 2022