Environmentally specific servant leadership and voluntary pro-environmental behavior in the context of green operations: A serial mediation path

Frontiers in Psychology

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Hina Zafar¹  Feng Tian¹  Jo Ann Ho²  Gaoqi Zhang³ 

[1] Newcastle Business School, The University of Newcastle;School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia;Business School, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University

关键词: voluntary pro-environmental behavior;    Environmentally specific servant leadership;    Organizational identity;    Green operations;    psychological empowerment;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1059523

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Green operations of organizations and enhancement of corporate social responsibility hinges upon leaders. This study investigated the influential role performed by environmentally specific servant leadership in provoking voluntary pro-environmental behavior of employees. The findings illuminate a serial chain mediation model that originates as a result of environmentally specific servant leadership and leads toward psychological empowerment, and organizational identity, ultimately leading towards voluntary pro-environmental behavior. Data from the textile sector of Pakistan uncovered that environmentally specific servant leadership prompted the voluntary pro-environmental behavior of employees. Moreover, environmentally specific servant leadership was significantly linked with voluntary pro-environmental behavior through psychological empowerment. The study supports the serial mediation of psychological empowerment and organizational identity in stirring voluntary pro-environmental behavior. An organizational psychological mechanism has been unraveled that can help organizations achieve a high level of sustainability and can serve as a catalyst for organizational green operations.

【 授权许可】

CC BY