Does green transformational leadership reinforce green creativity? The mediating roles of green organizational culture and green mindfulness

PurposeUtilising componential theory of creativity the study aims to examines the roles of green transformational leadership, organizational culture and green mindfulness as antecedents of green creativity.Design/methodology/approachA three-wave data collection method was used to collect data from the 304 hotel employees belonging to hotels located in the tourist's location of India. The study used PROCESS macro to test the hypothesized model.FindingsThe results found a significant serial mediating effect of green organizational culture and green mindfulness for strengthening the association between green transformational leadership and green creativity.Practical implicationsThe study establishes that a transformational leadership can bring about a much-needed green turnaround and thus makes significant practical contribution. As customers are becoming environmentally conscious, the industry can translate the green practices and motivate their subordinates by exhibiting the environmentally conscious behaviour and exhibit the same in their actions at work.Originality/valueThe current research work expands the body of literature on green transformational leadership and green creativity nexus in tourism and hospitality industry by exploring the boundary condition that increases the strength of this relationship.