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Influence of team spiritual leadership on team green innovation performance from the perspective of social information processing

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Faced with severe ecological problems and increasingly strict environmental regulations, green innovation is the preferred way for enterprises to cope with environmental pressure and gain market competitiveness under the condition of limited resources. From a perspective of the team and based on social information processing theory, this study constructs a moderated mediation model of the influence of team spiritual leadership on team green innovation performance with team task uncertainty and pro-environmental team climate as boundary conditions and green team identity as the mediator. The results shows that team spiritual leadership could promote team green innovation performance through enhancing team members’ green team identity (95%CI [0.0820, 0.3565]). When team task uncertainty is high, team members tend to seek help from team spiritual leadership, and the influence of team spiritual leadership on green team identity is stronger (β = 0.180, p < 0.01). When pro-environmental team climate is high, team members are more likely to transform the green visions, faith and altruistic love conveyed by spiritual leaders into green team identity, that is, the influence of spiritual leadership on green team identity is stronger (β = 0.176, p < 0.01). This paper reveals the spiritual dynamic mechanism of enhancing team green innovation performance, providing ideas for promoting sustainable development of enterprises.

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Liu, Y., Wang, Y., Zhang, F. et al. Influence of team spiritual leadership on team green innovation performance from the perspective of social information processing. Curr Psychol 42, 25671–25682 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03672-0

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