Purpose

The study explores the role of green human capital in the implementation of green logistics practices to build green competitiveness and achieve improved social performance and financial performance.

Design/methodology/approach

This study employs structured questionnaires to gather data from 152 managers from manufacturing small and medium enterprises in Ghana. The data are analyzed and the hypotheses are tested using the partial least square structural equation modeling.

Findings

The findings reveal that green human capital does have significant influence on financial performance. However, green human capital does not have significant influence on social performance and green competitiveness. Besides, green logistics practices significantly improve social performance, financial performance and green competitiveness. Green logistics practices mediate the relationship between green human capital and green competitiveness, social performance and financial performance. Hence, green human capital influences the successful implementation of green logistics practices, which results in building stronger green competitiveness and better social and financial performances.

Originality/value

This paper is among the dearth of studies that examine the role of green human capital in the implementation of sustainable supply chain practices. This study pioneers the exploration of the role of green human capital in the implementation of green logistics practices to improve social performance, financial performance and green competitiveness among manufacturing SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa. Besides, the study's findings expand literature by providing new insights into the effect between green logistics practices, financial performance, social performance and green competitiveness from Ghanaian SMEs.

中文翻译：

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绿色人力资本，绿色物流实践，绿色竞争力，社会绩效和财务绩效之间的关系

目的

该研究探讨了绿色人力资本在实施绿色物流实践中的作用，以建立绿色竞争力并改善社会绩效和财务绩效。

设计/方法/方法

这项研究采用结构化问卷，从加纳制造业中小型企业的152名经理那里收集数据。使用偏最小二乘结构方程模型分析数据并检验假设。

发现

研究结果表明，绿色人力资本确实对财务绩效产生重大影响。但是，绿色人力资本对社会绩效和绿色竞争力没有重大影响。此外，绿色物流实践显着改善了社会绩效，财务绩效和绿色竞争力。绿色物流实践调解了绿色人力资本与绿色竞争力，社会绩效和财务绩效之间的关系。因此，绿色人力资本影响绿色物流实践的成功实施，从而导致建立更强的绿色竞争力以及更好的社会和财务绩效。

创意/价值

本文缺乏研究绿色人力资本在实施可持续供应链实践中的作用的研究。这项研究探索了绿色人力资本在实施绿色物流实践中的作用，以改善撒哈拉以南非洲制造业中小型企业的社会绩效，财务绩效和绿色竞争力。此外，该研究结果通过对加纳中小型企业的绿色物流实践，财务绩效，社会绩效和绿色竞争力之间的关系提供了新的见解，从而扩展了文献。