Does green inclusive leadership promote hospitality employees' pro-environmental behaviors? The mediating role of climate for green initiative. Issue 1 (25th January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Thabet, Wael Mohammed; Badar, Kamal; Aboramadan, Mohammed; Abualigah, Ahmad
• Is Part Of: Service industries journal. Volume 43:Issue 1/2(2023)
• Page Start: 43
• Page End: 63
• Publication Date: 2023-01-25
• Subjects: Green-inclusive leadership -- pro-environmental behaviors -- climate for green initiative -- hospitality -- restaurants -- Palestine; 绿色包容领导 -- 环保行为 -- 绿色倡议的气候 -- 款待 -- 餐厅 -- 巴勒斯坦; Service industries -- Periodicals; Service industries -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 338.4
• DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2022.2120982
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0264-2069

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Drawing on social learning and social information processing theories, this study proposes and tests a model of the association of green-inclusive leadership on pro-environmental behaviors (task-related pro-environmental behavior (PEB) and organizational citizenship for the environment) through climate for green initiative. Using data collected in two waves from 254 employees working in the hospitality industry (restaurants) and utilizing structural equation modeling, our results suggest that green-inclusive leadership is a promising leadership style in encouraging task-related PEB and organizational citizenship for the environment (OCBE). The results also suggest that climate for green initiative is an effective underlying mechanism between the green-inclusive leadership-pro-environmental behaviors linkages. Our model is novel in that the associations proposed and tested were not investigated before. Furthermore, the research is the first of its kind to introduce climate for green initiative in the research of pro-environmental management practices. Discussion, implications and limitations are presented.