Linking Intellectual Leadership Practices to Sustainability Outcomes: Moderated Mediation Effect of Employees’ Multifunctionality

Fangfang Zhao, Tae-Won Kang and Mingu Kang
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Fangfang Zhao: School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Tae-Won Kang: Department of Supply Chain and Logistics, College of Social Sciences, Kunsan National University, Gunsan 54150, Korea
Mingu Kang: School of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 7, 1-13

Abstract: This study aims to examine the indirect mechanism by which intellectual leadership practices influence sustainability outcomes. By using the multi-source data from 289 manufacturing firms around the world, regression and bootstrapping analysis are applied to test both the mediation and moderated mediation models. The findings show that environmental competitive advantage indirectly mediates the relationship between intellectual leadership practices and sustainability outcomes. In addition, the indirect mediating relationship is strengthened as the level of employees’ multifunctionality increases. By exploring the jointed effect of intellectual leadership practices and employees’ multifunctionality on sustainability outcomes, this study provides insights into how manufacturers effectively enhance the economic consequences of sustainability management.

Keywords: intellectual leadership practices; employees’ multifunctionality; environmental competitive advantage; sustainability outcomes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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