Maitlo Qamaruddin, Wang Xiuting, Jingdong Yan, Lashari Ishfaque Ahmed, Faraz Naveed Ahmad, Hajaro Nazim Hussain
Department of Business Administration, Sukkur IBA University, Sukkur, Pakistan.
School of Management, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Mar 14;13:686373. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.686373. eCollection 2022.
None of the studies published in the extant literature has discussed the role of green innovation climate and green autonomy concerning green creativity and this study aims to offer these two novel constructs. By introducing the componential theory of creativity, this study explores green transformational leadership (GTL), green innovation climate, and green autonomy as antecedents of green creativity. The authors employed structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze survey-based data collected from automotive firms in China. Data were collected from employee-supervisor working in the automotive industry located in Liaoning province, China. The findings reveal that GTL directly and indirectly via green innovation climate partially mediates the green creativity of employees in China. Moreover, green autonomy moderates the relationship between green innovation climate and green creativity. This pivotal contribution suggests that automotive business enterprises should develop GTL to nurture a green innovation climate and offer green autonomy for the green creativity of employees. The above antecedents of green creativity may enable business firms to gain a competitive advantage by innovating green products and practices.
现有文献中发表的研究均未讨论绿色创新氛围和绿色自主性在绿色创造力方面的作用，本研究旨在提出这两个新颖的构念。通过引入创造力的成分理论，本研究探讨了绿色变革型领导（GTL）、绿色创新氛围和绿色自主性作为绿色创造力的前因。作者采用结构方程模型（SEM）来分析从中国汽车企业收集的基于调查的数据。数据收集自中国辽宁省汽车行业的员工-主管。研究结果表明，GTL直接并通过绿色创新氛围间接部分中介了中国员工的绿色创造力。此外，绿色自主性调节了绿色创新氛围与绿色创造力之间的关系。这一关键贡献表明，汽车企业应发展GTL以培育绿色创新氛围，并为员工的绿色创造力提供绿色自主性。绿色创造力的上述前因可能使商业公司通过创新绿色产品和实践获得竞争优势。
