Benevolent and authoritarian: How paternalistic leadership promotes employee green behavior
Lingyun Mi,
Xuejiao Wang,
Ting Xu
et al.
Abstract:Promoting employee green behavior (EGB) through leadership is considered a crucial way to achieve corporate environmental sustainability goals. However, there is still a gap in understanding how paternalistic leadership with Eastern characteristics affects EGB. Drawing on the social exchange theory, this paper explores how the two different dimensions of paternalistic leadership, benevolent leadership and authoritarian leadership, affect employee green behavior, and examines the mediating role of psychological… Show more
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