Yang Liqin, Liu Haibing
School of Economics and Management, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, China.
Evergrade School of Management, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Jun 29;13:951861. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.951861. eCollection 2022.
To enhance environmental protection and sustainable development, green innovation (GI) is an inevitable choice for enterprises. This study incorporates social identity theory and social learning theory to explore the impact of ethical leadership on employee GI behavior. In addition, this study also examines the mediating effects of green organizational identity (GOI) and the moderating role of strategic flexibility (SF). Using the structural equation modeling, an empirical survey was conducted among 300 Chinese manufacturing companies. The study found that ethical leadership (EL) positively affects employees' GI behavior (EGIB). It also positively impacts the GOI, which led to EGIB. In addition, the study also confirmed that GOI played a mediating role in the relationship between EL and EGIB. The results further indicated that SF positively enhanced the effect of GOI on EGIB. The findings have important contributions to theory and practice in the current research context.
为加强环境保护与可持续发展，绿色创新（GI）是企业的必然选择。本研究纳入社会认同理论和社会学习理论，以探讨道德领导对员工绿色创新行为的影响。此外，本研究还考察了绿色组织认同（GOI）的中介作用以及战略灵活性（SF）的调节作用。运用结构方程模型，对300家中国制造业企业进行了实证调查。研究发现，道德领导（EL）对员工的绿色创新行为（EGIB）有积极影响。它对绿色组织认同也有积极影响，进而导致员工的绿色创新行为。此外，研究还证实绿色组织认同在道德领导与员工绿色创新行为的关系中起中介作用。结果进一步表明，战略灵活性正向增强了绿色组织认同对员工绿色创新行为的影响。这些研究结果在当前研究背景下对理论和实践具有重要贡献。
