Effect of green inclusive leadership on employees’ CSR performance: a serial mediation analysis
Abstract
Purpose
Building on social information processing and social exchange theories, this study aims to investigate the effect of green inclusive leadership on employees’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance via a serial mediation framework.
Design/methodology/approach
The model was validated using time-lagged data of 412 employees in India’s service sector.
Findings
Green inclusive leadership promotes employees’ CSR performance through green organizational climate, green work engagement and green employee advocacy.
Originality/value
This study is one of the few to explore the effects of environmentally oriented factors on employees’ CSR performance. The findings enrich the debate on organizational greening and CSR microfoundations. In addition, it provides a roadmap for practitioners to advocate for green strategies and CSR initiatives.
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Acknowledgements
Conflict of interest: The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.
Ethics approval: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
Participant consent: Participation in the survey was voluntary, and study participants were first given details of the project and assured that their responses would be strictly anonymous and reported as aggregate results.
Citation
Boutmaghzoute, H., Jebli, F., Aboramadan, M. and Cabral, C. (2025), "Effect of green inclusive leadership on employees’ CSR performance: a serial mediation analysis", Journal of Global Responsibility, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGR-04-2024-0078
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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