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Ambidextrous leadership and sustainability performance: serial mediation effects of employees' green creativity and green product innovation

Chaolin Lyu (College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China)
Can Peng (College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China)
Ruixue Li (School of Accountancy, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan, China)
Xiaona Yang (School of Business, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China)
Dongqin Cao (College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China)

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

ISSN: 0143-7739

Article publication date: 3 November 2022

Issue publication date: 7 November 2022

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between ambidextrous leadership and sustainability performance. In addition, this study also discusses how ambidextrous leadership affects sustainability performance through employees' green creativity and green product innovation.

Design/methodology/approach

This study obtained research data from a questionnaire survey of 307 manufacturing enterprise leaders in China and used regression and bootstrap analysis to test the research hypotheses.

Findings

(1) Ambidextrous leadership positively influences sustainability performance. (2) Employees' green creativity mediates the relationship between ambidextrous leadership and sustainability performance. (3) Green product innovation also mediates the relationship between ambidextrous leadership and sustainability performance. (4) The intermediary chain constructed by employees' green creativity and green product innovation has serial mediation effects on the relationship between ambidextrous leadership and sustainability performance.

Originality/value

This study contributes to the literature on leadership and corporate sustainability by clarifying the relationship between ambidextrous leadership and sustainability performance. Meanwhile, this study reveals the influence mechanism of ambidextrous leadership on sustainability performance by analyzing the serial mediation effects of employees' green creativity and green product innovation.

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Acknowledgements

Funding: The study was funded by the National Social Science Fund of China (Award number: 22BGL104; 21BJL101) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Award number: 72102112).

Citation

Lyu, C., Peng, C., Li, R., Yang, X. and Cao, D. (2022), "Ambidextrous leadership and sustainability performance: serial mediation effects of employees' green creativity and green product innovation", Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 43 No. 8, pp. 1376-1394. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-01-2021-0037

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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