Purpose

This study aims to investigate the significance of an emerging concept – green talent management (TM) and its influence on employees’ innovative work behavior, together with the moderating roles of transformational leadership and artificial intelligence within the context of higher educational institutions.

Design/methodology/approach

Two hundred and thirty-five structured questionnaires were administered to the academic staff in five universities located in Northern Cyprus, and the data was analyzed using partial least square structural equation modeling with the aid of WarpPLS (7.0).

Findings

This study provides evidences that green hard and soft TM exerts significant influence on employees’ innovative work behavior. Similarly, transformational leadership and artificial intelligence were confirmed to have a significant impact on employees’ innovative work behavior. Moreover, the study found transformational leadership and artificial intelligence to significantly moderate the relationship between green hard TM and employees’ innovative work behavior.

Research limitations/implications

The study provides theoretical and managerial implications of findings that will assist the leaders in higher educational institutions in harnessing the potential of green TM in driving their employees’ innovative work behavior toward the achievement of sustainable competitive advantage in the market where they operate.

Originality/value

The attention of researchers in the recent time has been on the way to address the challenge facing organizational leaders on how to develop and retain employee that will contribute to the sustainability of their organization toward the achievement of sustainable competitive advantage in the market they operate. Meanwhile, the studies exploring these concerns are limited. In view of this, this study investigates the significance of an emerging concept – green talent management and its influence on employees’ innovative work behavior, together with the moderating roles of transformational leadership and artificial intelligence within the context of higher educational institutions.

中文翻译：

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绿色人才管理与员工创新工作行为：人工智能与变革型领导的作用

目的

本研究旨在探讨新兴概念——绿色人才管理 (TM) 的重要性及其对员工创新工作行为的影响，以及变革型领导和人工智能在高等教育机构背景下的调节作用。

设计/方法/方法

向北塞浦路斯五所大学的学术人员发放了 235 份结构化问卷，并借助 WarpPLS (7.0) 使用偏最小二乘结构方程模型分析数据。

发现

本研究提供了绿色软硬TM对员工创新工作行为产生显着影响的证据。同样，变革型领导和人工智能被证实对员工的创新工作行为产生重大影响。此外，研究发现变革型领导和人工智能显着调节绿色硬 TM 与员工创新工作行为之间的关系。

研究限制/影响

该研究提供了研究结果的理论和管理意义，这将有助于高等教育机构的领导者利用绿色 TM 的潜力来推动员工的创新工作行为，从而在他们经营的市场中实现可持续的竞争优势。

原创性/价值

最近，研究人员的注意力一直在解决组织领导者面临的挑战，即如何培养和留住员工，这将有助于他们组织的可持续性，从而在他们经营的市场中实现可持续的竞争优势。同时，探索这些问题的研究是有限的。有鉴于此，本研究探讨了新兴概念的重要性——绿色人才管理及其对员工创新工作行为的影响，以及变革型领导和人工智能在高等教育机构背景下的调节作用。