Towards a sustainable workforce: integrating workplace spirituality, green leadership, and employee adaptability for green creativity

Utilizing time-lagged data from 404 employees in the manufacturing sector of an underdeveloped country and grounded in the S–O-R theory, this paper adopts a holistic perspective to explore the synergies among workplace spirituality, green leadership, and employee adaptability, elucidating their collective impact on cultivating a sustainable and creative workforce. PLS-SEM analysis revealed noteworthy findings, confirming direct and indirect relationships between Green Leadership and Green Creativity. However, the moderating influence of Workplace Spirituality was not substantiated. These findings will help the literature to determine what factors can drive green creativity at the individual level that’s still largely unexplored, in particular WS and employee adaptability as key individual-level determinants. This research provides new insights into green leadership interaction and the actors behind sustainable workforce practices and advances existing knowledge of employee-directed environmental initiatives.