Abstract
Drawing on social identity theory, the authors demonstrated how and when responsible leadership might relate to employee’s organizational citizenship behavior for the environment (OCBE). Using data collected from 302 subordinates from one service chain hotel in China across 2 phases, this study discussed the influence mechanism of responsible leadership on OCBE, as well as the roles of leader identification and the perceived role of ethics and social responsibility (PRESOR). Empirical results revealed that responsible leadership was positively related to OCBE, and that leader identification played a mediating role between responsible leadership and OCBE. The relationship between leader identification and OCBE was positively moderated by PRESOR, which also moderated the indirect effect of responsible leadership on OCBE through leader identification, such that this relationship was stronger when PRESOR was high. Finally, we outlined the theoretical and practical implications and proposed some promising aspects and value variables for future research.
Highlights
In recent years, the ideas that “involving everyone in environmental protection” and “clear waters and green mountains are as good as mountains of gold and silver” highlight the country’s awareness of ecological protection
We examine the influence of the perceived role of ethics and social responsibility (PRESOR) on the relationship of leader identification and organizational citizenship behavior for the environment (OCBE), and the indirect association of responsible leadership on OCBE via leader identification, which refers to the importance of perceived ethics and social responsibility as they apply to decision-making processes [23]
Three-factor model 1 was responsible leadership and PRESOR combined into one factor (X2 = 871.69, df = 149, RESEA = 0.13, SRMR = 0.12, CFI = 0.77, TLI = 0.73); three-factor model 2 was responsible leadership and leader identification combined into a single factor (X2 = 430.05, df = 149, RMSEA = 0.08, SRMR = 0.06, CFI = 0.91, TLI = 0.90), which fit the data significantly less well
Summary
The ideas that “involving everyone in environmental protection” and “clear waters and green mountains are as good as mountains of gold and silver” highlight the country’s awareness of ecological protection. Nearly every industry has been required to implement corporate ecological performance systems and practices. Scholars have started to focus on the concept of organizational citizenship behavior for the environment (OCBE) in response to the function of employees to their organization’s sustainable development [5,6]. OCBE refers to environmental efforts that are individual, voluntary and discretionary acts within the organization setting, but which are not explicitly rewarded or required by the formal management system [7]. As a type of proactive and voluntary work behavior, employee OCBE aims to improve the status quo, and has been considered as a critical driver of desirable outcomes such as corporate sustainability performance, corporate social responsibility or organizational effectiveness [7,8]. From responding to the major policies of the state and its utility, individual’s OCBE is of real importance
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