Proposing Stewardship Theory as an Alternate to Explain the Relationship between CSR and Employees’ Pro-Environmental Behavior

Shah Ali Murtaza, Asif Mahmood, Saima Saleem, Naveed Ahmad, Muhammad Suhail Sharif and Edina Molnár
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Shah Ali Murtaza: Institute of Management and Organizational Sciences, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Asif Mahmood: Department of Business Studies, Namal Institute, Mianwali 42250, Pakistan
Saima Saleem: Institute of Quality & Technology Management, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
Naveed Ahmad: Faculty of Management Studies, University of Central Punjab, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
Muhammad Suhail Sharif: Institute of Business Management and Administrative Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
Edina Molnár: Institute of Management and Organizational Sciences, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 15, 1-15

Abstract: The aim of the current analysis is to test the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and employee’s pro-environmental behavior (E-PEB) with the mediating effect of servant leadership (SL). The data of the current study were collected from banking employees ( n = 392) serving in different banks of Pakistan through a self-administered (paper–pencil method) questionnaire and analyzed by employing structural equation modeling (SEM). The empirical results revealed that CSR directly influences E-PEB; however, this relationship is better explained in the presence of SL as a mediator (mediation explained 35% variation in E-PEB). The findings of this analysis will help academia and the banking industry improve their understanding of CSR to shape employees’ environment-specific behavior. Further, these findings will also help to deal with climate change by engaging the bank employees in different environment-specific activities to improve the overall environmental footprint of a bank.

Keywords: corporate social responsibility; pro-environmental behavior; servant leadership; bank; extra-role behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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