Environmental empowering leadership and environmental citizenship: The role of psychological empowerment
Yuanhang Chen
School of Business Administration, Anhui University of Finance and Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59429/bam.v8i1.13640
Keywords: environmental empowering leadership; green psychological empowerment; green human resource management; organizational citizenship; behavior for the environment
Abstract
This study, based on Social Information Processing Theory, constructs a moderated mediation model to investigate how environmental empowering leadership influences employees' organizational citizenship behavior for the environment for the environment through green psychological empowerment and green human resource management. Analysis of 308 questionnaires reveals that environmental empowering leadership has a significant positive impact on employees' pro-environmental behavior, with green psychological empowerment acting as a mediating factor in this relationship. Additionally, green human resource management serves as a moderator between leadership behavior and psychological empowerment. The findings provide important theoretical support and managerial insights for organizations in their environmental management practices.
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