The Role of CSR and Ethical Leadership to Shape Employees’ Pro-Environmental Behavior in the Era of Industry 4.0. A Case of the Banking Sector

Qiang Wu, Jacob Cherian, Sarminah Samad, Ubaldo Comite, Huajie Hu, Stefan B. Gunnlaugsson, Judit Oláh and Muhammad Safdar Sial
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Qiang Wu: Economics and Management School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Jacob Cherian: College of Business, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 59911, United Arab Emirates
Sarminah Samad: Department of Business Administration, College of Business and Administration, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
Ubaldo Comite: Department of Business Sciences, University Giustino Fortunato, 82100 Benevento, Italy
Huajie Hu: School of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Stefan B. Gunnlaugsson: Department of Business Administration, University of Akureyri, 600 Akureyri, Iceland
Judit Oláh: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Muhammad Safdar Sial: Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 17, 1-20

Abstract: The phenomenon of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an ever-evolving concept due to its multidimensionality. However, a plethora of studies have investigated CSR to achieve different organizational-related objectives, and its potential link to shape employee’s extra-role behavior, especially employee pro-environmental behavior (EB) in the era of Industry 4.0, is underexplored in the literature. To bridge this gap, the current study aims to explain the relationship between CSR and EB with the mediating role of ethical leadership (EL) in the banking sector of Pakistan. The data of the current survey were collected ( n = 459) from different banking employees within the city of Lahore through a self-administered questionnaire (paper–pencil technique). The hypotheses were validated through the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique in AMOS. The empirical results of the current study confirmed that CSR positively relates to EB, and EL partially mediates this relationship. These findings are helpful for professionals to realize the significance of CSR and EL to shape EB in order to mitigate the environmental footprint of an organization.

Keywords: CSR; ethical leadership; pro-environmental behavior; industry 4.0 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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