Linking leader expectations to employee green creativity: the critical roles of green intellectual stimulation and capital

作者：Jian Peng, Qi Nie, Nan Hou · 发表于：Journal of Intellectual Capital · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1108/jic-06-2024-0172 · 被引用次数：4

PurposeThis research proposes that leader expectations for green creativity promote employee green creativity, as they guide leaders to provide green intellectual stimulation to employees. This relationship exists only when organizations provide sufficient green intellectual capital.Design/methodology/approachWe obtained survey data from 241 employees and their leaders over three waves and conducted regression analyses.FindingsLeader expectations for green creativity evoke leader green intellectual stimulation, which increases employee green creativity. Green intellectual capital strengthens the link between leader green intellectual stimulation and employee green creativity as well as the indirect linkage between leader expectations for green creativity and employee green creativity through leader green intellectual stimulation.Practical implicationsThis research provides valuable insights into key strategies that organizations and leaders can use to promote employee green creativity, such as expressing expectations, facilitating intellectual stimulation, and providing intellectual capital.Originality/valueThis research advances the literature on leadership and employee green creativity by integrating Pygmalion theory and green intellectual capital theory.