Musaddag Elrayah Assistant Professor, Department of Management, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia.
Email: melrayah@kfu.edu.sa
Ooi Chee Keong School of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Business and Law, Taylor’s University Malaysia.
Email: cheekeong.ooi@taylors.edu.my
Musaddag Elrayah Assistant Professor, Department of Management, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia.
Email: melrayah@kfu.edu.sa

Abstract:

The persistent escalation of emissions emanating from the manufacturing industry gives rise to inefficiencies in environmental sustainability. This underscores the imperative incorporation of green technological innovation and leadership strategies to enhance environmental performance. This predicament is notably prevalent in the manufacturing sector of Saudi Arabia. Consequently, the current investigation centres on evaluating the influence of "green intellectual capital (GIC), green management innovation (GMI), green technology innovation (GTI), and green transformational leadership (GTL)" on a firm's environmental performance (EP). The study further integrates the mediating role of green self-efficacy (GSE) and the moderating effect of green empowerment (GE). Utilizing a quantitative approach, data were collected from 210 employees in the Saudi Arabian manufacturing sector through surveys, and subsequent statistical analyses were conducted. The findings of this study reveal that GIC, GMI, and GTL exert a significant impact on EP. In contrast, GTI demonstrates an insignificant influence on EP. However, the mediating role of GSE is deemed significant, and GE exhibits a noteworthy moderating effect in the relationship between GSE and EP. This study not only contributes empirically but also provides theoretical and practical implications, offering valuable insights to enhance environmental performance within the manufacturing sector under consideration.

Keywords:Green Technology Innovation; Environmental Performance; Green Management Innovation; Green Self-Efficacy; Green Transformational Leadership; Green Empowermen.