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Green candidate selection for organizational environmental management

Peter Adjei-Bamfo (Department of Public Administration and Health Services Management, University of Ghana Business School, Accra, Ghana)
Bernard Bempong (Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK)
Jane Osei (Department of Public Administration and Health Services Management, University of Ghana Business School, Accra, Ghana)
Simonov Kusi-Sarpong (Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK)

International Journal of Manpower

ISSN: 0143-7720

Article publication date: 13 January 2020

Issue publication date: 21 November 2020

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new typological environmentally sustainable human resources management evaluation framework to aid green candidate selection process for environmental management in developing economy local government agencies.

Design/methodology/approach

Presenting the narrative of developing economies local government context, this paper conducts an extensive review of relevant literature on green human resources management (GHRM) and green recruitment and selection.

Findings

Drawing on Siyambalapitiya et al. (2018) and the resource-based theory (RBT), the paper proposes and discusses an evaluation framework for guiding organizations’ green candidate selection process. The framework comprises of seven stages which begins with “training recruiters on green candidate assessment” to “making selection decision and inducting selected candidate” on organization’s environmental management policies and practices, and its green values.

Research limitations/implications

Application of the proposed framework has implications for enhancing organizations’ efficiency, reducing cost, eliminating environment waste, as well as fostering green culture among employees. This paper also extends the strand of RBT by explaining how organizations could assess and select job applicants with significant intangible capability such as environmental management skills, knowledge and values to foster its competitive urge and sustainability.

Originality/value

This paper makes two main contribution to the GHRM literature. First, the paper proposes a new typological environmentally sustainable human resources management evaluation framework. Secondly, the paper focuses the framework on developing economies and local government organizations context, something that is currently non-existent.

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Citation

Adjei-Bamfo, P., Bempong, B., Osei, J. and Kusi-Sarpong, S. (2020), "Green candidate selection for organizational environmental management", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 41 No. 7, pp. 1081-1096. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-10-2019-0480

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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