Green leadership and innovation: catalysts for environmental performance in Italian manufacturing

Muhammad Junaid Ahsan
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Abstract

Purpose

This quantitative study, rooted in the resource-based view (RBV) theory, aims to investigate the relationships among green transformational leadership, green process innovation, employee environmental beliefs and firm environmental performance in Italian manufacturing companies. This study unfolds a nuanced narrative of how strategic green transformational leadership, coupled with environmentally conscious processes, can synergistically enhance an organization's overall environmental performance.

Design/methodology/approach

The multi-item survey questionnaire used in this study was distributed to leaders in a diverse sample of Italian companies. A total of 296 valid responses were obtained from the surveys. The collected data were analysed using statistical methods such as correlation, confirmatory factor and structural equation modelling using SPSS software.

Findings

The direct influence of green transformational leadership on firm environmental performance is supported. It also confirms the positive impact of green process innovation on environmental outcomes. It identifies green process innovation as a mediator between green transformational leadership and firm environmental performance, and employee environmental beliefs moderate the link between green transformational leadership and firm environmental performance.

Research limitations/implications

This research contributes by advancing understanding within the RBV framework by elucidating the specific mechanisms through which green transformational leadership programs promote green process innovation, enhance environmental performance for organizational success, achieve sustainability goals and foster collaboration and stakeholder engagement.

Practical implications

This study emphasizes the significance of establishing green leadership programs, encouraging green process innovation and systematically monitoring environmental performance to accomplish organizational success and sustainability goals.

Originality/value

This study presents a novel and original examination by integrating the RBV theory on the relationships between green transformational leadership, green process innovation and firm environmental performance, shedding new light on the role of employee environmental beliefs.

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绿色领导力与创新:意大利制造业环境绩效的催化剂
目的 本定量研究以基于资源的观点(RBV)理论为基础,旨在探讨意大利制造企业中绿色转型领导力、绿色流程创新、员工环境信念和企业环境绩效之间的关系。本研究对战略性绿色转型领导力如何与具有环保意识的流程相结合,从而协同提升组织的整体环境绩效进行了细致入微的阐述。调查共获得 296 份有效答复。研究结果绿色变革型领导力对企业环境绩效的直接影响得到了支持。研究还证实了绿色流程创新对环境绩效的积极影响。研究局限/启示本研究阐明了绿色变革型领导力项目促进绿色流程创新、提高环境绩效以取得组织成功、实现可持续发展目标以及促进合作和利益相关者参与的具体机制,有助于推进对 RBV 框架的理解。实践意义本研究强调了建立绿色领导力项目、鼓励绿色流程创新和系统监测环境绩效对实现组织成功和可持续发展目标的重要意义。 原创性/价值本研究通过整合 RBV 理论,对绿色变革型领导力、绿色流程创新和企业环境绩效之间的关系进行了新颖而独创的研究,为员工环境信念的作用提供了新的启示。
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期刊介绍: The IJOA welcomes papers that draw on, but not exclusively: ■Organization theory ■Organization behaviour ■Organization development ■Organizational learning ■Strategic and change management ■People in organizational contexts including human resource management and human resource development ■Business and its interrelationship with society ■Ethics and morals, spirituality
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