How Responsible Leadership Motivates Employees to Engage in Organizational Citizenship Behavior for the Environment: A Double-Mediation Model

Zhiyong Han,Qun Wang,Xiang Yan

doi:10.3390/su11030605

Abstract

By collecting and analyzing sample from 384 employees in China, this study explored relationship between responsible leadership and organization citizenship behavior for the environment (OCBE) with structural equation model (SEM). The results are as follows: (1) responsible leadership is positively related to organization citizenship behavior for the environment. (2) responsible leadership has positive effects on both autonomous and external environmental motivation. (3) autonomous and external environmental motivation have a multiple-mediate role in the relationship between responsible leadership and organization citizenship behavior for the environment. Finally, this paper discusses the management implications of the research results and the future research direction.

Highlights

With the aggravation of environmental problem such as global climate change and biodiversity reduction, enterprises are subject to higher expectations regarding ecological behavior and corporate management’s contribution to sustainable development has attracted the attention of academics, managers and policymakers [1,2,3]
organizational citizenship behavior directed toward the environment (OCBE) is primarily generated by employee autonomous motivation, we examine the impact of external motivation on OCBE
In directing tasks related to corporate environmental responsibility, by demonstrating environmental friendliness, the leadership exerts a subtle effect on employee attitudes and behaviors

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Introduction

With the aggravation of environmental problem such as global climate change and biodiversity reduction, enterprises are subject to higher expectations regarding ecological behavior and corporate management’s contribution to sustainable development has attracted the attention of academics, managers and policymakers [1,2,3]. In corporate contributions of sustainable development, various stakeholders (meso-level enterprises, government and nonprofit organizations as well as individuals and teams in microlevel organizations) play an important role [5]. These practices are often not rewarded or required by the organization’s formal reward system They represent a useful supplement to the environmental protection behavior of the general public and enterprise green development strategies [8]. Save paper, decrease energy consumption, help colleagues engage in environmental protection behavior or make recommendations regarding environmental protection to organization management. Such practices are typically consistent with the organization’s green strategy and institutional requirements [9]

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