Green HRM and Servant Leadership: Driving Competitive Advantage and Environmental Performance in Higher Education

The fast-changing landscape of organizations is driving a move toward environmental performance. Higher education now prioritizes sustainability. This study examines the moderating role environmentally specific servant leadership (ESSL) from resource-based view (RBV) and conservation resources (COR) theories to understand how green human resource management (GHRM) practices affect performance competitive advantage in Saudi Arabian higher institutions (HEIs). introduces an innovative variable’s structure that has never been implemented education. A random sampling method was used survey 408 faculty non-faculty members 58 institutions. Two direct one interaction PLS-SEM models tested framework associated hypotheses using AMOS SPSS. Significant positive relationships are demonstrated among GHRM, performance, advantage. Furthermore, ESSL had significant effect on relationship between GHRM whereas there negative Both theoretical practical implications, as well various suggestions for future research, provided.