From ethical leadership to green voice: A pathway to organizational sustainability
In the realm of organizational life, exchanging different resources is crucial for the success and survival of both the employer and the employee. Green voice behavior (GVB), leader-member exchanges (LMX), and perceived green organizational support (PGOS) form a part of those exchanges, i.e., munifi...
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| author | Shanping Hu Wafa Ghardallou Rebecca Kechen Dong Rita Yi Man Li Shakira Nazeer |
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| description | In the realm of organizational life, exchanging different resources is crucial for the success and survival of both the employer and the employee. Green voice behavior (GVB), leader-member exchanges (LMX), and perceived green organizational support (PGOS) form a part of those exchanges, i.e., munificent and constrained conditions of these resources have implications for the organizational stakeholders. To better understand those implications, we have utilized the resource theory of social exchange while delineating the relationship dynamics between environmentally specific ethical leadership (ESEL) and GVB. By examining the moderating roles of leader-member exchange (LMX) and perceived green organizational support (PGOS), we address significant gaps in understanding the mechanisms that enhance ESEL impact on GVB in organizations. A time-lagged survey of 304 middle management employees from Karachi's petroleum sector was analyzed using SPSS and AMOS. Results indicate that when leader-employee and organization-employee-based resources, i.e., LMX and PGOS were readily available in plentiful condition, employees were also generous in offering their possessed resource, i.e., green voice in response to ESEL. Whereas a resource constrained condition from leaders and organization as a whole was unable to keep employees munificent in speaking up green ideas, hence the prediction of 3-way interaction effects has been validated in the context of petroleum industry in Pakistan. The study shows a three-way interaction effect where leader-member exchange compensates for limited organizational resources. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-72c20ea8a7284c9b9edd3724c85b197c2025-08-20T02:39:38ZengElsevierActa Psychologica0001-69182025-07-0125710511610.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105116From ethical leadership to green voice: A pathway to organizational sustainabilityShanping Hu0Wafa Ghardallou1Rebecca Kechen Dong2Rita Yi Man Li3Shakira Nazeer4Industrial Digitalization Research Center, Huainan Normal University, West Dongshan Road, Tianjiaan District, Huainan City 232038, AnHui Province, PR ChinaDepartment of Accounting, College of Business Administration, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi ArabiaManagement Discipline, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Australia; Corresponding author.Sustainable Real Estate Research Center/Department of Economics and Finance, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong KongFaculty of Management, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore 54000, PakistanIn the realm of organizational life, exchanging different resources is crucial for the success and survival of both the employer and the employee. Green voice behavior (GVB), leader-member exchanges (LMX), and perceived green organizational support (PGOS) form a part of those exchanges, i.e., munificent and constrained conditions of these resources have implications for the organizational stakeholders. To better understand those implications, we have utilized the resource theory of social exchange while delineating the relationship dynamics between environmentally specific ethical leadership (ESEL) and GVB. By examining the moderating roles of leader-member exchange (LMX) and perceived green organizational support (PGOS), we address significant gaps in understanding the mechanisms that enhance ESEL impact on GVB in organizations. A time-lagged survey of 304 middle management employees from Karachi's petroleum sector was analyzed using SPSS and AMOS. Results indicate that when leader-employee and organization-employee-based resources, i.e., LMX and PGOS were readily available in plentiful condition, employees were also generous in offering their possessed resource, i.e., green voice in response to ESEL. Whereas a resource constrained condition from leaders and organization as a whole was unable to keep employees munificent in speaking up green ideas, hence the prediction of 3-way interaction effects has been validated in the context of petroleum industry in Pakistan. The study shows a three-way interaction effect where leader-member exchange compensates for limited organizational resources.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825004299Environmentally specific ethical leadership (ESEL)Green voice behavior (GVB)Perceived Green organizational support (PGOS)Leader-member exchange (LMX)Oil and gas sector |
| spellingShingle | Shanping Hu Wafa Ghardallou Rebecca Kechen Dong Rita Yi Man Li Shakira Nazeer From ethical leadership to green voice: A pathway to organizational sustainability Acta Psychologica Environmentally specific ethical leadership (ESEL) Green voice behavior (GVB) Perceived Green organizational support (PGOS) Leader-member exchange (LMX) Oil and gas sector |
| title | From ethical leadership to green voice: A pathway to organizational sustainability |
| title_full | From ethical leadership to green voice: A pathway to organizational sustainability |
| title_fullStr | From ethical leadership to green voice: A pathway to organizational sustainability |
| title_full_unstemmed | From ethical leadership to green voice: A pathway to organizational sustainability |
| title_short | From ethical leadership to green voice: A pathway to organizational sustainability |
| title_sort | from ethical leadership to green voice a pathway to organizational sustainability |
| topic | Environmentally specific ethical leadership (ESEL) Green voice behavior (GVB) Perceived Green organizational support (PGOS) Leader-member exchange (LMX) Oil and gas sector |
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