Shades of green and transformational leadership: Predicting employees' green creativity and green work engagement at work
As the tourism sector faces increasing pressure to reduce its environmental footprint, employees are emerging as vital agents of sustainable transformation. Employing the stimuli-organism-response (SOR) framework and data collected from 324 employees, this study investigates the psychological proces...
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| author | Shavneet Sharma Norah Albishri Hina Zafar Abhishek Bhushan Singhal Gurmeet Singh |
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| description | As the tourism sector faces increasing pressure to reduce its environmental footprint, employees are emerging as vital agents of sustainable transformation. Employing the stimuli-organism-response (SOR) framework and data collected from 324 employees, this study investigates the psychological processes underlying green work engagement. Covariance-based structural equation modeling revealed that both green attitudes and resource commitment are significant predictors of individual green values, which, in turn, are positively associated with green creativity and work engagement. Moreover, green creativity was found to mediate the relationship between individual green values and work engagement. In contrast, the moderating effects of green intrinsic motivation on these relationships were not supported. These findings extend the understanding of green organisational behaviour and sustainability in the hospitality and tourism context by revealing novel links among green attitudes, resource commitment, and leadership practices. It adds to the discourse on the roles of intrinsic motivation and individual green values in enhancing engaged and innovative environmental practices. These results offer valuable insights for policymakers, environmental researchers and industry practitioners looking to increase their sustainable performance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-24ca488cfe8e498cb1ed163da874d37c2025-08-23T04:47:18ZengElsevierActa Psychologica0001-69182025-09-0125910539310.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105393Shades of green and transformational leadership: Predicting employees' green creativity and green work engagement at workShavneet Sharma0Norah Albishri1Hina Zafar2Abhishek Bhushan Singhal3Gurmeet Singh4Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of The South Pacific, FijiDepartment of Management, College of Business Administration, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi ArabiaUniversity of Newcastle, Australia; Corresponding author.Institute of Management Studies (IMS) Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaKorea University Business School, Korea University, Seongbuk; Graduate School of Business, The University of The South Pacific, FijiAs the tourism sector faces increasing pressure to reduce its environmental footprint, employees are emerging as vital agents of sustainable transformation. Employing the stimuli-organism-response (SOR) framework and data collected from 324 employees, this study investigates the psychological processes underlying green work engagement. Covariance-based structural equation modeling revealed that both green attitudes and resource commitment are significant predictors of individual green values, which, in turn, are positively associated with green creativity and work engagement. Moreover, green creativity was found to mediate the relationship between individual green values and work engagement. In contrast, the moderating effects of green intrinsic motivation on these relationships were not supported. These findings extend the understanding of green organisational behaviour and sustainability in the hospitality and tourism context by revealing novel links among green attitudes, resource commitment, and leadership practices. It adds to the discourse on the roles of intrinsic motivation and individual green values in enhancing engaged and innovative environmental practices. These results offer valuable insights for policymakers, environmental researchers and industry practitioners looking to increase their sustainable performance.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825007061Green inclusive leadershipGreen attitudeResource commitmentIndividual green valueGreen creativityGreen engagement |
| spellingShingle | Shavneet Sharma Norah Albishri Hina Zafar Abhishek Bhushan Singhal Gurmeet Singh Shades of green and transformational leadership: Predicting employees' green creativity and green work engagement at work Acta Psychologica Green inclusive leadership Green attitude Resource commitment Individual green value Green creativity Green engagement |
| title | Shades of green and transformational leadership: Predicting employees' green creativity and green work engagement at work |
| title_full | Shades of green and transformational leadership: Predicting employees' green creativity and green work engagement at work |
| title_fullStr | Shades of green and transformational leadership: Predicting employees' green creativity and green work engagement at work |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shades of green and transformational leadership: Predicting employees' green creativity and green work engagement at work |
| title_short | Shades of green and transformational leadership: Predicting employees' green creativity and green work engagement at work |
| title_sort | shades of green and transformational leadership predicting employees green creativity and green work engagement at work |
| topic | Green inclusive leadership Green attitude Resource commitment Individual green value Green creativity Green engagement |
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