Environmental Performance Implications of Green Talent Management Strategies: Evidence From a Developing Economy

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Authors: Gilbert Anyowuo Okyere, Henry Kofi Mensah, Felicity Asiedu‐Appiah, Ahmed Agyapong, Emmanuel Affum‐Osei
Cited by: 3
References: 83

Abstract

ABSTRACT Although prior research documents the performance implications of green practices, scholarship has not yet adequately specified how green talent management (TM), including its soft and hard dimensions, translates into firms' environmental performance. Drawing on the Natural Resource‐Based View, we theorize that green TM embeds environmental values, skills, and routines in the workforce, thereby strengthening capability development and enabling innovation‐oriented environmental action. We develop and test a moderated mediation model that explains both the mechanism and the boundary condition through which green TM influences environmental performance. Using survey data from 303 transport and logistics firms in a developing country, we find that green TM is positively associated with environmental performance indirectly via enviropreneurship. We also show that this indirect effect is stronger when managers commit greater resources to environmental strategies. These findings advance NRBV‐based explanations of human‐capability pathways to environmental outcomes and offer actionable guidance for transport and logistics firms seeking to improve environmental performance through targeted green TM strategies.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Human Resource and Talent Management Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Environmental Sustainability in Business

Publication details

Journal / source
Thunderbird International Business Review
Publisher
Wiley
Publication date
5 February 2026
Language
EN