Organizational Climate and Human Talent Management in Public Companies in the Transportation Sector

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  • María Fernanda Moya Puente Universidad de Guayaquil Author
  • Cesar Gabriel Barrionuevo De la Rosa University of Guayaquil image/svg+xml Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.57188/rieca.2026.002

Keywords:

Organizational climate; human talent management; public sector.

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between organizational climate and human talent management in public transport sector companies, with the objective of determining the extent to which employees' perceptions of the work environment predict the effectiveness of talent management processes. A quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional approach was adopted, with a sample of 291 employees surveyed using structured Likert-scale questionnaires. SPSS software was used for data analysis, applying descriptive statistics, the Friedman test, simple linear regression, and ANOVA. The results showed that organizational climate explains 76.1% of the variability in human talent management (R² = 0.761; F = 918.284; p < 0.001), with a very strong positive correlation (R = 0.872) and a near-unit regression coefficient (B = 0.979). Among the dimensions of organizational climate, leadership and interpersonal relationships emerged as strengths (M = 4.18), while recognition was the most critical dimension (M = 3.97). In human talent management, retention and satisfaction represented the greatest strength (M = 3.99), whereas talent planning recorded the lowest mean (M = 3.88). Performance evaluation was the dimension with the greatest explanatory power (F = 79.690). It is concluded that both variables are closely linked and that their integrated management is essential for institutional strengthening.

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Author Biographies

  • María Fernanda Moya Puente, Universidad de Guayaquil

    María Fernanda Moya Puente holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resources and Marketing from the University of Guayaquil (SENESCYT: 1006-10-716281) and a degree in Economics with a concentration in Business Management from Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral — ESPOL (SENESCYT: 1021-02-316891). She currently serves as a Full-Time Associate Professor TC1 in the Faculty of Administrative Sciences at the University of Guayaquil, a position she has held since November 2015, and is pursuing a PhD in Public and Private Planning at the National University of Tumbes, Peru (October 2023 – September 2026). Her research lines focus on business administration, human resources, marketing, and socioeconomic development. Among her recent publications are articles indexed in Revista de Ciencias Sociales (DOI: 10.31876/rcs.v31i3.44287), Revista Episteme & Praxis (DOI: 10.62451/rep.v3i3.137), and Revista Tejedora (DOI: 10.56124/tj.v8i19.029). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5824-9939.

  • Cesar Gabriel Barrionuevo De la Rosa, University of Guayaquil

    César Gabriel Barrionuevo De La Rosa holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in International Business and a degree in Computerized Administrative Systems Engineering, both from the University of Guayaquil (SENESCYT: 1006-15-8606016 and 1006-09-904577). He is a full-time university professor with more than 16 years of experience in the Faculty of Administrative Sciences at the University of Guayaquil, where he currently serves as Associate Professor 2 in the Managerial Information Management program and as Accreditation Coordinator. He has held institutional academic management positions, including General Coordinator of Academic Training (2019–2025) and Coordinator of the Graduation Committee (2015–present), and has supervised and reviewed more than 50 undergraduate and master’s degree theses. He is co-author of scientific publications in indexed journals and academic books in the fields of administration, information systems, and human talent management, with consistently high teaching performance evaluations above 97/100. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3876-6859.

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2026-05-31

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Organizational Climate and Human Talent Management in Public Companies in the Transportation Sector. (2026). Revista Internacional De Economía, Contabilidad, Y Administración, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.57188/rieca.2026.002