The Role of Ethical Climate and Workplace Spirituality in Enhancing Employee Involvement in Sustainability Activities: Evidence from the Perspectives of Faculty of Public Sector Universities

Syed Inaam Ullah Shah, Nadia Gilani, Syed Abdul Waheed ()
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Syed Inaam Ullah Shah, Nadia Gilani, Syed Abdul Waheed: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Journal of Management Sciences, 2021, vol. 8, issue 1, 71-83

Abstract: The concept of employee involvement in sustainability activities (IVL) has gained attention in recent literature. Most of the prior studies on IVL have explored its outcomes; however, this research stream has paid little attention to exploring its antecedents. Moreover, the IVL phenomenon is unexplored in the context of universities. The present study addresses the gap by identifying and empirically testing the antecedents of IVL in university settings. Therefore, the study's main aim is to analyze the direct and indirect effect of ethical climate on IVL through workplace spirituality. Following the cross-sectional design, the data was collected from 294 faculty members of public sector universities in Pakistan. The collected data was analyzed by adopting the PLS-SEM approach using SmartPLS 3. The findings of the study revealed that the ethical climate has a significant direct effect on IVL and workplace spirituality. Similarly, the direct effect of workplace spirituality on IVL is found significant. Finally, the data analyses result also confirmed the indirect effect of ethical climate on IVL through workplace spirituality.

Keywords: Sustainability-oriented behaviors; ethical climate; workplace spirituality; Universities; Faculty; Higher education. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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