TY - JOUR
T1 - The multilevel interplay of responsible leadership with leader identification and autonomous motivation to cultivate voluntary green behavior
AU - Ahmed, Fawad
AU - Faraz, Naveed Ahmad
AU - Xiong, Zhengde
AU - Ma, Ying
N1 - Funding Information:
This study is supported by the Key Project of the National Social Science Foundation of China (21AJY016) and the major Project of the Social Science Achievement Appraisal Committee of Hunan Province (XSP21ZDA010).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2023/7
Y1 - 2023/7
N2 - Implementing environmental regulations in Pakistan remains an ideological thought with little or no enforcement. In this context, an organization’s sincerity towards corporate social responsibility initiatives is proven when it operates responsibly without regulatory pressures. Aimed at advancing the discourse on social identity and self-determination theories, this paper examines the influencing mechanism of multilevel responsible leadership on employees’ voluntary green behavior from a vertical perspective through leader identification and autonomous motivation for the environment. The sample included 357 employees working in 97 teams from pharmaceutical, cement manufacturing, and textile sector companies. Multi-source data were collected in two phases and analyzed with multilevel structural equation modeling through MPlus 8.3 software. The results support the hypothesized direct and mediating mechanisms of responsible leadership in shaping employees’ voluntary green behavior. Theoretical and managerial implications, limitations, and future research suggestions are discussed.
AB - Implementing environmental regulations in Pakistan remains an ideological thought with little or no enforcement. In this context, an organization’s sincerity towards corporate social responsibility initiatives is proven when it operates responsibly without regulatory pressures. Aimed at advancing the discourse on social identity and self-determination theories, this paper examines the influencing mechanism of multilevel responsible leadership on employees’ voluntary green behavior from a vertical perspective through leader identification and autonomous motivation for the environment. The sample included 357 employees working in 97 teams from pharmaceutical, cement manufacturing, and textile sector companies. Multi-source data were collected in two phases and analyzed with multilevel structural equation modeling through MPlus 8.3 software. The results support the hypothesized direct and mediating mechanisms of responsible leadership in shaping employees’ voluntary green behavior. Theoretical and managerial implications, limitations, and future research suggestions are discussed.
KW - Autonomous motivation for the environment
KW - Employees’ voluntary green behavior
KW - Leader identification
KW - Responsible leadership
KW - Self-determination theory
KW - Social identity theory
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U2 - 10.1007/s10490-023-09893-6
DO - 10.1007/s10490-023-09893-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85161569302
SN - 0217-4561
VL - (SSCI Q1)
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Management
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Management
ER -
