Green thumbs at work: Boosting employee eco-participation through ecocentric leadership, green crafting, and green human resource management

Abstract

Drawing on the social exchange theory, we examined a sequential mediation process linking “ecocentric leadership” and “employees' voluntary green behavior”. We also considered the aspects of “green crafting” and employees' “thriving at work” in association with “ecocentric leadership” and “employees' voluntary green behavior”. On the basis of data from 438 employees employed in Pakistan's textile industry, green crafting mediates the relationship amid “ecocentric leadership” and “employees' thriving at work”. We also established that “green crafting” and employees' “thriving at work” serially mediate the association between “ecocentric leadership” and “employees' voluntary green behavior”. “Green human resource management” practices were also a significant moderator in the “green crafting”-“voluntary green behavior” relationship providing support for the combined effect of “green human resource management” practices and “green crafting” in augmenting “thriving at work”. The findings of the study provide significant theoretical and managerial inferences to enable organizations to implement green human resource practices effectively and enable their voluntary green behavior by facilitating them to thrive at work.