Promoting Ecological Performance Through Ecological Leadership - The Mediating Role of OrganizationalCitizenship Behavior for the Environment

Abstract

Grounding the notions of upper echelon theory (UET) and social learning theory (SLT), the paper intends to evaluate the impact of
ecological leadership (EL) on the ecological performance of firms (EP) through inspiring employees to engage in organizational
citizenship behavior for the environment (OCBE). Following the deductive reasoning approach, a self-administered questionnaire
comprising a five-point Likert scale was employed to collect data among 300 operational and functional level employees serving in
diverse industrial settings in Bangladesh. The convenience sampling method was applied to select the participants, and the partial least square–structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyze the data and to test the proposed hypothesis. The findings of the study unveil that EL is depicting an insignificant direct influence on EP, yet such leadership flair indirectly influences EP through the modeling role of OCBE as a mediator. To conclude, theoretical and empirical significances, limitations, and notes for future research are also stated in the paper.