ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Organizational Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1565408
The Influence of Supportive Leadership on Hospitality Employees' Green Innovative Work Behavior: The Mediating Role of Innovative Climate and Psychological Empowerment
Provisionally accepted
- 1Shandong Xiehe University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- 2King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia
- 3Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China
- 4Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
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Highlighting the implications of supportive leadership, the research examines the role of supportive leadership in predicting employee green and innovative work behaviors. The study also analyzes the mediating effect of innovative climate and psychological empowerment on the relationship between supportive leadership and green innovative work behavior. The data was gathered from full-time workers and managers employed at hotels in Saudi Arabia and analyzed using SPSS and AMOS. A study was conducted on a sample comprising 372 dyads of workers and their immediate supervisors. The findings indicated that supportive leadership had a favorable correlation with green innovative work behavior, which was mediated by innovative climate and psychological empowerment among hotel employees. This study enhances the Green Innovative Work Behaviour theory by identifying key psychological and organizational factors that motivate employees to engage in environmentally friendly activities within the hospitality industry. This research offers theoretical insights, practical applications, and suggestions for hospitality industry management.
Keywords: Green innovative work behavior, Supportive leadership, psychological empowerment, Innovative climate, Hospitality and tourism, Saudi Arabia
Received: 23 Jan 2025; Accepted: 07 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Jameel, Sahito, Guo, Hussain, Kanwel and Khan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Wenjing Guo, Shandong Xiehe University, Jinan, 250109, Shandong, China
Shahida Kanwel, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu Province, China
Sania Khan, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
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