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To determine how knowledge-oriented leadership influences triple-bottom-line sustainable performance through the mediating effects of Sustainable Development Goals, worker responsibility, and worker competence, while testing the moderating role of green intellectual capital.

September 17, 2026Strategy and Leadership

From knowledge-oriented leadership to triple-bottom-line outcomes: the mediating role of sustainable development goals, knowledge-worker responsibility, and competence

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JCJoao Jose CossaHarbin Institute of Technology JJJin JiafeiHarbin Institute of Technology QDQaiser Mohi Ud DinHarbin Engineering University

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Survey study reveals that knowledge-oriented leadership enhances sustainable performance in enterprise employees through green goals and competence, highlighting the value of intellectual capital.

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To determine how knowledge-oriented leadership influences triple-bottom-line sustainable performance through the mediating effects of Sustainable Development Goals, worker responsibility, and worker competence, while testing the moderating role of green intellectual capital.
Surveyed 413 employees from small and medium-sized enterprises across the manufacturing and technology sectors in China using a cross-sectional design.
Analyzed structural relationships, mediating pathways, and moderating effects using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM).
Knowledge-oriented leadership demonstrated no direct effect on sustainable performance, acting exclusively through indirect organizational pathways.
Alignment with Sustainable Development Goals, knowledge workers' social responsibility, and knowledge workers' competence significantly mediated the relationship between leadership and sustainable performance.
Green intellectual capital positively moderated the link between knowledge-oriented leadership and sustainable performance while reinforcing the indirect pathway through Sustainable Development Goals.

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Cossa et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aabb6d85f706d05830e58ba https://doi.org/10.1108/sl-02-2026-0049

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Survey study reveals that knowledge-oriented leadership enhances sustainable performance in enterprise employees through green goals and competence, highlighting the value of intellectual capital.

From knowledge-oriented leadership to triple-bottom-line outcomes: the mediating role of sustainable development goals, knowledge-worker responsibility, and competence

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From knowledge-oriented leadership to triple-bottom-line outcomes: the mediating role of sustainable development goals, knowledge-worker responsibility, and competence

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