Environmentally Specific Servant Leadership and Employees’ Pro-Environmental Behavior: Mediating Role of Green Self Efficacy

Muhammad Farhan Mughal, Shuang Li Cai*, Naveed Ahmad Faraz*, Fawad Ahmed

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Abstract

Introduction: Employees’ pro-environmental behavior is crucial for accomplishing organizations’ green initiatives. There is a dearth of empirical research that explored the underlying mechanism of environmentally specific servant leadership (ESL) influencing employees’ pro-environmental behavior (EPB). The theoretical lens of self-efficacy theory is employed to explore the influence of ESL in predicting EPB. Employees’ green self-efficacy was introduced as the mediator through which ESL influences EPB. Methodology: Time-lagged data from 381 dyads of employee-supervisor from Pakistan’s energy sector were collected during the months of June and July 2021 through systematic random sampling. The partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique was employed to analyze data and assess hypothesized relationships. Results: The results show that all hypotheses are supported. Findings indicate that environmentally specific servant leadership has a significant direct impact on employees’ pro-environmental behavior and employees’ green self-efficacy partially mediates the positive influence of ESL on EPB. Discussion: The study’s managerial and theoretical implications are presented along with future research directions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)305-316
Number of pages12
JournalPsychology Research and Behavior Management
Volume15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Keywords

  • Employees’ pro-environmental behavior
  • Energy sector
  • Environmentally specific servant leadership
  • Green self-efficacy
  • Self-efficacy theory

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Mughal, M. F., Cai, S. L., Faraz, N. A., & Ahmed, F. (2022). Environmentally Specific Servant Leadership and Employees’ Pro-Environmental Behavior: Mediating Role of Green Self Efficacy. Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 15, 305-316. https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S328776