Leadership for sustainability: fostering organizational learning to achieve radical
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Leadership for sustainability: fostering organizational learning to achieve radicalDate
2023Publisher
EmeraldBibliographic citation
Domínguez-Escrig, E. and Mallén-Broch, F.F. (2023), "Leadership for sustainability: fostering organizational learning to achieve radical innovations", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 26 No. 2, pp. 309-330. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-03-2021-0151Type
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Abstract
Purpose – While concerns about the social and environmental impact that result from business activity continue
to grow, a stream of research consolidates to understand the mechanisms that can favor more sustainable ... [+]
Purpose – While concerns about the social and environmental impact that result from business activity continue
to grow, a stream of research consolidates to understand the mechanisms that can favor more sustainable
companies. The present study tries to expand the knowledge of the antecedents of radical innovation by analyzing
the effects of alternative and understudied constructs. Grounded on stewardship and organizational learning
theories, this paper analyzes how leaders that are concerned with sustainability and the social impact of their
companies may boost this type of innovation by facilitating an organizational context that promotes
experimentation, dialog, participative decision-making, risk-taking and interaction with the external environment.
Design/methodology/approach – Through structural equation modeling, the study provides empirical
evidence of the positive effect of stewardship leader behavior on radical innovation, using organizational
learning capability as an explanatory variable.
Findings – Results suggest that organizational learning capability fully mediates the relationship between
stewardship leader behavior and radical innovation.
Research limitations/implications – This research focuses on a sample frame of Spanish companies with
recognized excellence in human resources management.
Practical implications – In the context of a growing interest in sustainable development, and concern for the
consequences of economic and business activities, this study highlights the role played by stewardship leader
behavior to foster radical innovation and organizational learning capability which, in turn, represent essential
tools to compete in a globalized and turbulent context.
Originality/value – To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first empirical study that analyzes the mediating
effect of organizational learning capability in the relationship between stewardship leader behavior and radical
innovation. This paper contributes to the understanding of how stewardship leader behavior affects radical
innovation and the key role played by organizational learning capability [-]
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European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 26 No. 2.2023Funder Name
Universitat Jaume I | Generalitat Valenciana
Project code
UJI-B2019-04 | UJI-A2019-22 | GV/2020/169
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