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Leadership styles, team innovative behavior, and new green product development performance

Cai Li (School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China)
Majid Murad (School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China)
Sheikh Farhan Ashraf (School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China)
Wang Jiatong (School of International Business, Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages, Shaoxing, China)

Management Decision

ISSN: 0025-1747

Article publication date: 28 June 2024

Issue publication date: 5 December 2024

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Abstract

Purpose

Employee’s innovative behavior as a team allows the organization to achieve its goals; however, team green creativity requires transformational and entrepreneurial leader support. Therefore, the study explores the impact of green transformational and entrepreneurial leadership on team innovative behavior and green new product development with the mediating role of team green creativity.

Design/methodology/approach

A survey was conducted to collect data from 455 employees working in the hospitality industry via a self-administered questionnaire, and hypotheses were analyzed using the partial least squares structural equation modeling PLS-SEM technique using Smart-PLS 4.0.

Findings

The results indicate that green transformational and entrepreneurial leadership styles positively and significantly affect team innovative behavior and new green product development performance. Furthermore, findings show that team green creativity partially mediates the relationship between green transformational and entrepreneurial leadership on team innovative behavior, and new green product development performance.

Research limitations/implications

The results of this study provide insights to hospitality professionals pursuing the improvement of team innovative behavior and new green product development performance through team green creativity and leadership styles.

Practical implications

This study is useful for organizations that target new green product development performance and establish higher green innovative behavior cohesively among its team members through these robust leadership styles.

Originality/value

This study is the first attempt to provide a valuable contribution to the growing field of green leadership styles on team innovative behavior and new green product development performance through team green creativity.

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Acknowledgements

Majid Murad postdoctoral research fund by Jiangsu University, China.

Citation

Li, C., Murad, M., Ashraf, S.F. and Jiatong, W. (2024), "Leadership styles, team innovative behavior, and new green product development performance", Management Decision, Vol. 62 No. 10, pp. 3208-3234. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-06-2023-0935

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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