...Jia Xia; Wei Wei; Jun Wen Purpose With the deepening of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concepts and the expansion of investment scales, corporate greenwashing has attracted increasing attention. However, the impact of managerial pessimism on corporate greenwashing has received limited...

...Tiantian Cao; Weian Li; Yaowei Zhang; Xingye Chen Purpose This study aims to elucidate the causal relationship between corporate greenwashing and celebrity leaders. Design/methodology/approach This study considers winning the National Model Worker Award as an external shock for producing...