Exploring the Impact of Mindful Leadership on Employee Green Creativity in Manufacturing Firms: A Social Information Processing Perspective
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. Mindful Leadership and Employee Green Creativity
2.2. Mediating Effects of Moral Reflectiveness
2.3. Mediating Effects of Environmental Passion
2.4. The Serial Mediating Role of Moral Reflectiveness and Environmental Passion in the Relationship between Mindful Leadership and Employee Green Creativity
3. Methods
3.1. Participants and Procedure
3.2. Measurement
4. Results
4.1. Analytical Strategy and Preliminary Analysis
4.2. Descriptive Statistics
4.3. Hypothesis Testing
5. Discussion
5.1. Theoretical Implications
5.2. Practical Implications
6. Limitations and Future Research
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Item | Category | Frequency | % |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 123 | 57.21% |
Female | 92 | 42.79% | |
Age | 21–30 | 62 | 28.84% |
31–40 | 78 | 36.28% | |
41–50 | 43 | 20.00% | |
51 years or more | 32 | 14.88% | |
Education | Under junior college | 51 | 23.72% |
Junior college | 83 | 38.60% | |
Undergraduate | 71 | 33.02% | |
Master’s or above | 10 | 4.65% | |
Job Tenure | 5 years or fewer | 57 | 26.51% |
5–10 | 48 | 22.33% | |
10–15 | 64 | 29.77% | |
15 years or more | 46 | 21.40% |
Combination | χ2 | df | CFI | TLI | RMSEA | SRMR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Four-factor model: ML, MR, EP, EGC | 480.92 | 293 | 0.95 | 0.94 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
First three-factor model: ML + MR, EP, EGC | 799.38 | 296 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.09 | 0.12 |
Second three-factor model: ML, MR + EP, EGC | 710.80 | 296 | 0.88 | 0.87 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
Third three-factor model: ML, MR, EP + EGC | 635.82 | 296 | 0.90 | 0.89 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
Mean | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Gender | 0.57 | 0.50 | - | ||||||
2. Age | 2.21 | 1.02 | −0.04 | ||||||
3. Education | 2.19 | 0.85 | −0.73 ** | −0.03 | |||||
4. Job tenure | 2.46 | 1.10 | −0.08 | 0.75 ** | 0.03 | ||||
5. Mindful leadership | 4.09 | 0.60 | −0.18 ** | 0.13 * | 0.14 * | 0.19 ** | |||
6. Moral reflectiveness | 3.63 | 1.10 | −0.13 | −0.17 * | 0.15 * | −0.11 | 0.16 * | ||
7. Environmental passion | 3.87 | 0.74 | −0.14 * | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.38 ** | 0.34 ** | |
8. Employee green creativity | 4.09 | 0.65 | −0.39 ** | −0.01 | 0.46 ** | 0.08 | 0.41 ** | 0.41 ** | 0.43 ** |
Moral Reflectiveness | Employee Green Creativity | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | |
Control variables | |||||
Gender | −0.07 | −0.05 | −0.11 | −0.06 | −0.05 |
Age | −0.19 | −0.18 | −0.10 | −0.10 | −0.05 |
Education | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.38 *** | 0.36 *** | 0.34 *** |
Job tenure | 0.01 | −0.02 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.08 |
Independent variable | |||||
Mindful leadership | 0.16 * | 0.35 *** | 0.30 *** | ||
Mediator | |||||
Moral reflectiveness | 0.30 *** | ||||
R2 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.34 | 0.42 |
Adjusted R2 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.32 | 0.41 |
F | 2.83 * | 3.44 * | 15.28 *** | 21.50 *** | 25.49 *** |
ΔR2 | 0.05 * | 0.03 * | 0.23 *** | 0.11 *** | 0.08 *** |
Environmental Passion | Employee Green Creativity | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | |
Control variables | |||||
Gender | −0.12 | −0.07 | −0.11 | −0.06 | −0.04 |
Age | −0.09 | −0.09 | −0.10 | −0.10 | −0.08 |
Education | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.38 *** | 0.36 *** | 0.36 *** |
Job tenure | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
Independent variable | |||||
Mindful leadership | 0.36 *** | 0.35 *** | 0.24 *** | ||
Mediator | |||||
Environmental passion | 0.29 *** | ||||
R2 | 0.04 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.34 | 0.41 |
Adjusted R2 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.32 | 0.39 |
F | 2.05 | 7.86 *** | 15.28 *** | 21.50 *** | 24.19 *** |
ΔR2 | 0.04 | 0.12 *** | 0.23 *** | 0.11 *** | 0.07 *** |
Model | Bootstrapping Results | 95% Confidence Interval | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Point Estimate | Boot SE | Boot LLCI | Boot ULCI | |
Total effects | 0.376 | 0.062 | 0.253 | 0.500 |
Total direct effects | 0.251 | 0.061 | 0.131 | 0.371 |
Total indirect effects | 0.125 | 0.045 | 0.049 | 0.228 |
ML-MR-EGC | 0.042 | 0.025 | 0.001 | 0.104 |
ML-MR-EGC | 0.072 | 0.038 | 0.001 | 0.156 |
ML-MR-EP-EGC | 0.011 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.030 |
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Sun, B.; Xi, Y. Exploring the Impact of Mindful Leadership on Employee Green Creativity in Manufacturing Firms: A Social Information Processing Perspective. Behav. Sci. 2024, 14, 712. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14080712
Sun B, Xi Y. Exploring the Impact of Mindful Leadership on Employee Green Creativity in Manufacturing Firms: A Social Information Processing Perspective. Behavioral Sciences. 2024; 14(8):712. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14080712
Chicago/Turabian StyleSun, Baiqing, and Yuze Xi. 2024. "Exploring the Impact of Mindful Leadership on Employee Green Creativity in Manufacturing Firms: A Social Information Processing Perspective" Behavioral Sciences 14, no. 8: 712. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14080712