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Green project management practices, green knowledge acquisition and sustainable competitive advantage: empirical evidence

Mehwish Malik (Department of Business Strategy and Innovation, Griffith Business School, Gold Coast Campus, Southport, Australia)
Murad Ali (Department of Leadership and Human Resource Management, Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
Hengky Latan (Department of Economics and Statistics, FTD Institute, Ambon, Indonesia and Department of Statistics, HLC Consulting, Semarang, Indonesia)
Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour (Department of Information Systems, Supply Chain Management and Decision Support, NEOMA Business School, Rouen, France)

Journal of Knowledge Management

ISSN: 1367-3270

Article publication date: 8 February 2023

Issue publication date: 20 October 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to envisage the impact of green project management (GPM) practices on sustainable competitive advantage (SCA). Moreover, this study also accessed the mediating role of green knowledge acquisition (GKA) as a mechanism between GPM and SCA.

Design/methodology/approach

Using a quantitative field survey, the data were collected from the multi-sector manufacturing enterprises (n = 265) in Pakistan. The measurement and structural model were tested through Analysis of Moment Structure by conducting a covariance structure analysis.

Findings

The findings suggest that GPM practices are positively related to SCA. In addition to this direct effect, GKA play a significant role in explaining the associations between GPM practices and SCA. The findings bring essential insights for the enterprises, policymakers, practitioners and project managers to promote GPM practices for low-carbon projects to achieve SCA.

Research limitations/implications

The data used in this study is cross-sectional in nature. The geographic location is limited to firms in Pakistan, while well-validated subjective measures are used to make the survey more convenient for participants.

Practical implications

The practitioners in general, while project managers in particular, are recommended to implement GPM practices and GKA to achieve high performance of SCA.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the first studies to examine GPM practices and its effect on SCA directly and via GKA in a single model.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the editors and anonymous reviewers for providing helpful comments and suggestions which led to an improvement of the article.

Citation

Malik, M., Ali, M., Latan, H. and Chiappetta Jabbour, C.J. (2023), "Green project management practices, green knowledge acquisition and sustainable competitive advantage: empirical evidence", Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 27 No. 9, pp. 2350-2375. https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-06-2022-0466

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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