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 Volume 11, Issue 2 (February 2024), Pages: 128-144

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 Original Research Paper

Cultivating sustainable innovation: The role of environmental leadership in improving innovation performance

 Author(s): 

 Khalid H. Alshammari *

 Affiliation(s):

 Department of Management and Information Systems, University of Ha'il, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia

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  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6533-9377

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2024.02.015

 Abstract

This study explores the complex connections between green innovation, environmental leadership, innovation climate, and innovation performance in organizations within Saudi Arabia's industrial sectors. The research aims to uncover the detailed interactions among these factors and highlight their importance in a region known for its environmental challenges and industrial significance. A detailed survey involving 251 participants was conducted, and the data was analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The study investigates how innovation climate mediates the relationship between green innovation and innovation performance and how environmental leadership modifies this relationship. The findings emphasize the critical role of green innovation and show a positive link between innovation performance and innovation climate. Environmental leadership is identified as crucial in enhancing the positive effects of green innovation on performance. However, an unexpected negative relationship between innovation climate and innovation performance was found, indicating that more research is needed in this area. These results are significant for organizational leaders who are trying to manage sustainability, leadership, and innovation amidst changing environmental and economic conditions.

 © 2024 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Green innovation, Environmental leadership, Innovation climate, Innovation performance, Structural equation modeling

 Article history

 Received 19 September 2023, Received in revised form 3 January 2024, Accepted 29 January 2024

 Acknowledgment 

No Acknowledgment.

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Alshammari KH (2024). Cultivating sustainable innovation: The role of environmental leadership in improving innovation performance. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 11(2): 128-144

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