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Environmental Transformational Leadership and Green Innovation in the Hotel Industry: Two Moderated Mediation Analyses

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  • Ibrahim A. Elshaer

    (Department of Management, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsaa 380, Saudi Arabia
    Hotel Studies Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt)

  • Manal A. Abdelrahman

    (Quantitative Method Department, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsaa 380, Saudi Arabia)

  • Alaa M. S. Azazz

    (Department of Tourism and Hospitality, Arts College, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsaa 380, Saudi Arabia
    Tourism Studies Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt)

  • Mahmaod Alrawad

    (Quantitative Method Department, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsaa 380, Saudi Arabia
    College of Business Administration and Economics, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Ma’an 71111, Jordan)

  • Sameh Fayyad

    (Hotel Studies Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt)

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the relationships between transformational environmental leadership (ETL), organizational citizenship behavior for the environment (OCBE), and green innovation (GI). At the same time, green perceived organizational support (GPOS) and promotion focus (PF) roles were examined as moderators. Integrating transformational leadership, ability-motivation-opportunity (AMO), social exchange, expectancy, and regulatory focus theories, a quantitative research-based methodology was adopted with structural equation modelling (SEM), and smart partial least squares (PLS) program to analyze the obtained data from 388 guest-contact employees. The results show that ETL positively affects OCBE; in return, OCBE mediated the association between ETL and GI. The results also approved the positive moderation effects of the GPOS and PF variables on the association between ETL and OCBE. In the context of the hotel industry, we discuss the implications that these results have for both research and practice.

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  • Ibrahim A. Elshaer & Manal A. Abdelrahman & Alaa M. S. Azazz & Mahmaod Alrawad & Sameh Fayyad, 2022. "Environmental Transformational Leadership and Green Innovation in the Hotel Industry: Two Moderated Mediation Analyses," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(24), pages 1-15, December.
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