A conceptual framework on finding the nexus between sustainability and desired outcomes for smart cities – the moderating role of green leadership

IF 3 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2023-07-10 DOI:10.1108/ijtc-12-2021-0238

G. Amoako, T. Obuobisa-Darko, K. Dartey-Baah, Genevieve Sedalo

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Purpose This paper aims to focus on the nexus between sustainability and desired outcomes for smart cities. The main focus is on how green leadership influences the relationship between smart and sustainable activities and stakeholder management. Design/methodology/approach The work is essentially a non-empirical review of the literature to develop a conceptual model to be tested in a subsequent study. Findings The findings indicate that smart cities and their sustainability activities can drive desired outcomes through green leadership. Also, green leadership has an indirect relationship with the desired outcomes of smart cities; hence, managers in the tourism and hospitality industries should cultivate their green leadership style to assist smart cities in accomplishing their goals. Research limitations/implications This research is conceptual, and the proposed model will need to be evaluated to be more valid. Furthermore, the model is restricted to the tourist and hospitality industry, limiting the generalization and application of the findings to that area. Furthermore, because sustainability activities and smart city leadership differ by region or country, the proposed model will be suitable for more developed economies with more developed sustainability policies. Practical implications This paper makes a novel theoretical contribution by using stakeholder management as a mediating variable and green leadership as a moderating variable concurrently. Originality/value This model suggests that smart and sustainability activities of cities can lead to desired outcomes for smart cities through effective stakeholder management and green leadership.

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寻找可持续发展与智能城市预期结果之间关系的概念框架——绿色领导的调节作用

本文旨在关注智慧城市的可持续性与预期结果之间的关系。主要关注的是绿色领导如何影响智能和可持续活动与利益相关者管理之间的关系。设计/方法/方法这项工作本质上是对文献的非实证审查，以开发一个概念模型，以便在随后的研究中进行测试。研究结果表明，智慧城市及其可持续发展活动可以通过绿色领导推动预期的结果。此外，绿色领导与智慧城市的预期结果存在间接关系;因此，旅游业和酒店业的管理者应该培养他们的绿色领导风格，以帮助智慧城市实现他们的目标。研究局限性/意义本研究是概念性的，所提出的模型需要进行评估以更加有效。此外，该模型仅限于旅游和酒店业，限制了研究结果在该领域的推广和应用。此外，由于可持续发展活动和智慧城市领导力因地区或国家而异，因此所提出的模型将适用于具有更发达的可持续发展政策的更发达的经济体。本文将利益相关者管理作为中介变量，同时将绿色领导作为调节变量，做出了新的理论贡献。原创性/价值该模型表明，通过有效的利益相关者管理和绿色领导，城市的智能和可持续发展活动可以为智慧城市带来理想的结果。

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International Journal of Tourism Cities HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-

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期刊介绍： A peer-reviewed journal, the International Journal of Tourism Cities provides an international forum for the critical study of urban tourism and tourism cities. The journal aims to be inter-disciplinary in its appreciation of tourism cities and tourism in urban areas, and welcomes original, theoretically-informed articles from those involved in the planning, management or marketing of tourism in city destination or places adjoining urban areas. Urban tourism and travel cover many disciplines and impinge on numerous aspects of daily life within cities. Moreover, they play a key role in domestic and international tourism in most countries, and cities often function as key travel gateways and tourism destinations. The International Journal of Tourism Cities contents include primary research articles, expert discussions on current urban tourism issues, and tourism city case studies. Articles are selected that are relevant to both academics and practitioners. The journal particularly encourages contributions on contemporary topics and issues in urban tourism including smart cities and tourism, environmental impact and sustainable tourism development in cities, citizen and stakeholder involvement in tourism, city destination governance, and the development of policies and standards for city tourism development. The International Journal of Tourism Cities has four distinct purposes: To encourage greater research and scholarship related to tourism in urban settings. To stimulate more interdisciplinary research on tourism in cities, particularly the integration of tourism and urban studies theories and principles. To generate more research studies on tourism at the edge of cities, where urban and rural areas converge. To create more literature on best practices in city tourism worldwide through in-depth analyses and the production of exemplary case studies.