scholarly journals Linking Leaders’ Voluntary Workplace Green Behavior and Team Green Innovation: The Mediation Role of Team Green Efficacy

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 3404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenjing Cai ◽  
Chun Yang ◽  
Bart A. G. Bossink ◽  
Jingtao Fu
Keyword(s):  
Process Innovation ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Green Product Innovation ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Green Behavior ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
Time Lagged

Given the increasing significance of green innovation, scholars have identified environment-oriented leader behavior as a key antecedent of green innovation in firms. However, despite the fact that previous studies highlight all kinds of benefits of environment-oriented leaders’ voluntary workplace green behavior (VWGB) in and for firms, little is known about how these leaders’ VWGB could affect a firm team’s green product innovation as well as their process innovation. To narrow this research gap, this study theorizes and tests the effect of leaders’ VWGB on their team’s green innovation, as well as the mediation effect of team green efficacy belief on this relationship. Using a time-lagged research design, we collected data from 497 employees and 80 leaders in Chinese manufacturing firms. The results show that leaders’ VWGB directly affects both their team’s green product and process innovation, and facilitates the development of team green efficacy, which in turn stimulates team green innovation. This present study extends the multilevel phenomena by reinforcing the importance of leaders’ VWGB and team green efficacy on team-level green innovation, and provides practical implications on developing leadership for environmentally sustainable innovation.

Achieving green product and process innovation through green leadership and creative engagement in manufacturing

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saira Begum ◽  
Enjun Xia ◽  
Fayaz Ali ◽  
Usama Awan ◽  
Muhammad Ashfaq
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Creative Process ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Green Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process

PurposeThe aims of this study were three-fold: to determine the impact of green transformational leadership on creative process engagement, green product innovation and green process innovation; to examine the association of creative process engagement with green product and process innovation and to identify the mediating influence of creative process engagement in the association between green transformational leadership and green process and product innovation.Design/methodology/approachData was collected through a survey questionnaire from 291 middle- and lower-level managers and employees through simple random sampling in four high-tech manufacturing industries situated in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen in China. We examined the data through structural equation modeling using partial least squares to test the study hypotheses.FindingsThe findings unveiled that green transformational leadership and creative process engagement positively influence green product innovation and green process innovation. Similarly, green transformational leadership is positively linked with creative process engagement. The findings further revealed that creative process engagement mediates the impact of green transformational leadership on green process and product innovation. Hence, our findings provide strong support for the role of green transformational leadership and creative process engagement in improving green process and product innovation.Research limitations/implicationsOur sample is limited to China and collected from high-tech manufacturing industries.Practical implicationsDrawing on the componential theory of creativity, the authors suggest that organizational leaders, specifically those who practice green transformational leadership, should increase creative process engagement among subordinates, as it is a crucial intangible resource for green process and product innovation.Social implicationsWe suggest that a combination of green transformational leadership and creative process engagement improves green process and product innovation as well as the environmental performance of a business by eliminating all forms of hazardous material and waste.Originality/valueThis work is one of the earliest empirical studies to evaluate the influence of green transformational leadership on fostering green product and process innovation and the mediating impact of creative process engagement on the linkage among green transformational leadership, green product and process innovation within the manufacturing context.

scholarly journals Erratum: Albort-Morant, G., et al. Potential and Realized Absorptive Capacity as Complementary Drivers of Green Product and Process Innovation Performance. Sustainability 2018, 10, 381

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 223
Author(s):  
Gema Albort-Morant ◽  
Jörg Henseler ◽  
Gabriel Cepeda-Carrión ◽  
Antonio L. Leal-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
Realized Absorptive Capacity

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scholarly journals The Effect of Environmental Orientation on Green Innovation: Do Political Ties Matter?

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liwei Feng ◽  
Wenwen Zhao ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Yongtao Song
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Green Process ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
Environmental Orientation ◽  
Political Ties ◽  
Green Product Innovation ◽  
Green Process Innovation

Although the importance of environmental orientation has been recognized, how and under what conditions it influences green innovation is limited. To extend the research on green innovation, our research examines the impacts of two dimensions of environmental orientation on two types of green innovation, as well as the moderating role of political ties. Drawing upon stakeholder theory and resource-based view, we propose research hypotheses. We perform hierarchical regression analysis to validate the hypotheses that is based on survey data collected in 253 Chinese manufacturing companies. Our findings indicate that internal environmental orientation and external environmental orientation are positively linked with both green product innovation and green process innovation. The effect of internal environmental orientation on green process innovation is stronger than that of green product innovation. In addition, political ties strengthen the positive impacts of internal environmental orientation on green product innovation and green process innovation, while attenuating the positive impact of external environmental orientation on green process innovation. These findings contribute to theory and practice by enriching our understanding of how two dimensions of environmental orientation affect two types of green innovation.

scholarly journals Product and process innovation in manufacturing firms: a 30-year bibliometric analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 673-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giacomo Marzi ◽  
Marina Dabić ◽  
Tugrul Daim ◽  
Edwin Garces
Keyword(s):  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process
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