Employee Green Behaviour as a Consequence of Green HRM Practices and Ethical Leadership: The Mediating Role of Green Self Efficacy

Abstract

Purpose: According to latest researches, corporate people are becoming more aware of the significance of ecological issues. Since the HR department may play an essential role in being “Green”, GHRM (Green Human Resource Management) has emerged as a vital business strategy for firms. Researchers in Organizational Behavior and Sustainable Development have been concentrating on the role of corporate leaders in promoting Employee Green Behavior (EGB). This study investigates the impact of Green HRM practices and Ethical Leadership on Green Behavior of employees with the mediating role of Green Self-Efficacy. Design/Methodology/Approach: Multilevel data was collected from 250 employees, working as HR managers and Heads of different industries working in Multan and Lahore regions of Pakistan. The study is using convenient sampling technique. Smart PLS-SEM was used for data analysis. Findings: The results shows that Green HRM practices shows positive relationship with Employee Green Behavior and Self-efficacy while Ethical Leadership shows an insignificant relationship with Employee Green Behavior. Furthermore, Self-efficacy demonstrated significant inter-dependent behvior to describe above mentioned relationship. Implications/Originality/Value: The present study can be helpful for HR managers and policy makers to get useful insight on how GHRM can contribute to get employee green behaviors. It strengthens the efficacy of organizational green HRM systems and provides theoretical based analytics to improve GHRM research.