The influence of exploitative leadership on hospitality employees’ green innovative behavior: a moderated mediation model

Zhining Wang*, Shuang Ren, Doren Chadee, Chuanwei Sun

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Abstract

Growing awareness of environmental sustainability in the hospitality sector has made employee green innovative behavior an important element of their establishment's performance. Drawing from ego depletion theory, this paper aims to study how and when exploitative leadership influences hospitality employees’ green innovative behavior. We collected data from 467 full-time hospitality employees and their direct leaders in 96 teams, and examined a cross-level moderated mediation model employing multilevel path analysis. The results showed that exploitative leadership in the hospitality sector negatively associates with hospitality employees’ green innovative behavior, mediated by their emotional exhaustion. The results further showed that perceived organizational support moderates the influence of exploitative leadership on emotional exhaustion and subsequent green innovative behavior. Implications for theory and practice in the hospitality sector are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number103058
Number of pages10
JournalInternational Journal of Hospitality Management
Volume99
Early online date04 Sept 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01 Oct 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Emotional exhaustion
  • Exploitative leadership
  • Green innovative behavior
  • Perceived organizational support

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
  • Strategy and Management

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