Leadership Styles and Organizational Citizenship Behavior for the Environment: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy and Psychological Ownership

Irfan Ullah; Worakamol Wisetsri; Hao Wu; Syed Mehmood Ali Shah; Ali Abbas; Shahid Manzoor

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.683101

Leadership Styles and Organizational Citizenship Behavior for the Environment: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy and Psychological Ownership

Front Psychol. 2021 Jul 2:12:683101. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.683101. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Irfan Ullah¹, Worakamol Wisetsri², Hao Wu³, Syed Mehmood Ali Shah³, Ali Abbas⁴, Shahid Manzoor⁵

Affiliations

¹ School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.
² Department of Manufacturing and Service Industry Management, Faculty of Business and Industrial Development, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Bangkok, Thailand.
³ Northeast Asian Research Center, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
⁴ Business School, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China.
⁵ Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

Abstract

Change and environmental patterns are having an immense effect upon the world. Businesses, communities, and even individuals are struggling to perform their role within environmental protection. This paper investigates the role of leadership styles on organizational citizenship behavior for the environment (OCBE) directly and through the mediation of self-efficacy and psychological ownership. The survey technique was used to collect the data from Chinese banking, insurance, medicine, and teaching service sector employees for the current study. The reliability and validity of the scale items were tested. This study used AMOS-SEM for data analysis and testing the developed hypotheses. The empirical results confirmed that responsible, inclusive, authentic, and supportive leadership styles positively impact employees' OCBE. The results further confirm that self-efficacy and psychological ownership act as mediators between leadership and OCBE. The current study widens our understanding of leadership styles and their impact on OCBE, along with limitations associated with the study and future guidelines for investigators.

Keywords: OCBE; authentic leadership; inclusive leadership; psychological ownership; responsible leadership; self-efficacy; supportive leadership.