Abstract
Ecological environment issues put forward higher requirements for enterprises to undertake environmental responsibility. Therefore, how to encourage employees’ green innovation behavior (EGIB) is of great significance for enterprises to practice green development. Based on the social exchange theory, this study constructs a moderating mediation model to explain the influence of environmentally specific transformational leadership (ESTL) on EGIB, in which green organization identity (GOI) and environmental commitment (EC) are used as mediators and the supervisor’s organizational embodiment (SOE) is used as a moderator. Data collected from 297 employees of the manufacturing industry in China are used for empirical analysis. Results show that (a) ESTL positively affects EGIB, (b) both GOI and EC mediate the positive relationship between ESTL and EGIB, (c) the path of GOI—EC mediates the positive relationship between ESTL and EGIB, and (d) SOE positively moderates the indirect effect of ESTL on EGIB through GOI and EC, and SOE moderates the indirect effect of ESTL on EGIB through the path of GOI—EC. Theoretical contributions, practical implications, and future research are also discussed.
Highlights
Academic Editor: CarlosIncreased environmental pressures from society and the market in recent times, as well as modern regulations and laws, have enhanced enterprises’ awareness of handling environmental issues, including the manufacturing industry—one of the main bodies of the real economy
To sum up, based on the social exchange theory, this study explores the mechanism of environmentally specific transformational leadership (ESTL) on employees’ green innovation behavior (EGIB) in which green organization identity (GOI) and environmental commitment (EC) are used as mediators and s organizational embodiment (SOE) is used as a moderator
GOI mediates the relationship between ESTL and EGIB
Summary
Increased environmental pressures from society and the market in recent times, as well as modern regulations and laws, have enhanced enterprises’ awareness of handling environmental issues, including the manufacturing industry—one of the main bodies of the real economy. Some studies have confirmed that ESTL influences team pro-environmental behaviors through green human resource management practices at the team level [17], the research on how and when ESTL affects EGIB is not sufficient. To fill in the preceding gaps, this study introduces both employees’ green organization identity (GOI) and employees’ environmental commitment (EC) as mediators to explore how ESTL affects ECIB. As employees’ GOI is enhanced, it will lead to employees’ EC which enables employees to exhibit green innovation behaviors at work [21]. To sum up, based on the social exchange theory, this study explores the mechanism of ESTL on EGIB in which GOI and EC are used as mediators and SOE is used as a moderator. This study broadens the boundary condition of the influence of ESTL on EGIB
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