Leadership, green innovation, and green creativity: a systematic review

ABSTRACT

Conceptual and empirical progress have failed to keep up with growing industry interest in leadership, green innovation, and green creativity in the service industries. The purpose of this study is to address this gap by reviewing the literature on the relationship between leadership and green innovation/creativity. A total of 65 studies indexed in the Scopus database are analyzed. A systematic review and thematic analysis are performed utilizing Leximancer mixed analysis software. Descriptive findings are provided under eight categories: (1) studies by journal, (2) by method, (3) by time, (4) by country, (5) correlations between leadership and green innovation/creativity, (6) commonly used scales of green innovation and creativity, (7) summary of moderators, and (8) summary of mediators between leadership and green innovation/creativity. The findings show that there is a growing interest in the causal relationships among leadership and green innovation/creativity, and that Asian countries dominate the study domain. This study proposes a taxonomy of mediators and moderators. A concept map illustrating the main themes and concepts is also presented, and the study concludes by offering an agenda for future research. This study contributes to a deep understanding of the mechanisms underlying green innovation/creativity in the service context as well as extending research on the leadership–green-innovation/creativity nexus.

摘要

概念和实证进展未能跟上服务行业对领导力、绿色创新和绿色创造力日益增长的行业兴趣。本研究的目的是通过回顾有关领导力与绿色创新/创造力之间关系的文献来解决这一差距。分析了在 Scopus 数据库中索引的总共 65 项研究。使用了 Leximancer 混合分析软件进行系统回顾和专题分析。描述性发现分为八类： (1) 期刊研究，(2) 方法，(3) 时间，(4) 国家，(5) 领导力与绿色创新/创造力之间的相关性，(6) 常用绿色创新和创造力的量表，（7）讨论版主的总结，和（8）领导力与绿色创新/创造力关系的中间人的总结。研究结果表明，人们对领导力与绿色创新/创造力之间的因果关系越来越感兴趣，并且亚洲国家主导了研究领域。本研究还提出了中间人和讨论版主的分类法。还提供了说明主要主题和概念的概念图，并通过提供未来研究的议程来结束研究。据作者所知，这是第一次系统分析，明确显示服务环境中领导力与绿色创新/创造力之间的联系。本研究有助于深入了解服务环境中绿色创新/创造力的潜在机制，并扩展对领导力-绿色创新/创造力关系的研究。

KEYWORDS:

• Leadership
• green innovation
• green creativity
• service industries

关键词:

• ：领导力、绿色创新、绿色创意、服务业

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).