The influence of green inclusive leadership on green creativity: a moderated mediation model

ABSTRACT

Empirical research that offers nuanced insights into the antecedents of green creativity in the hospitality industry is scant. Therefore, this research focuses on the antecedents of employee-level green creativity, which have received limited attention. Based on Social exchange theory and Social information processing theory, this study proposes a conceptual model that includes inclusive leadership, organizational citizenship behavior towards the environment, climate for a green initiative, and green creativity. Data were obtained from 386 hotel employees to test the proposed model. The obtained data were analyzed with AMOS 21 and SPSS 24 programs. The findings show that green inclusive leadership has a positive effect on green creativity and organizational citizenship behavior towards the environment plays a mediating role in this relationship. Additionally, the findings indicate that the climate for the green initiative has a moderated mediation effect. Finally, both theoretical and practical implications for both the hospitality literature and practitioners are discussed.

摘要

对酒店业绿色创意的前因提供细致入微见解的实证研究很少. 因此, 本研究的重点是员工层面绿色创造力的前因，而这一前因受到的关注有限. 基于社会交换理论和社会信息处理理论，本研究提出了一个概念模型，包括包容性领导、组织公民对环境的行为、绿色倡议的气候和绿色创造力. 从386名酒店员工身上获得数据，以测试所提出的模型. 用AMOS 21和SPSS 24软件对所得数据进行分析. 研究结果表明，绿色包容性领导对绿色创造力有正向影响，组织公民对环境的行为在这种关系中起中介作用. 此外，研究结果表明，绿色倡议的气候具有适度的调解作用. 最后，讨论了对酒店文学和从业者的理论和实践意义.

KEYWORDS:

• Green inclusive leadership
• green creativity
• organizational citizenship behavior toward the environment
• climate for green initiative
• hospitality organizations

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).