Environmental-Specific Servant Leadership and Organizational Environmental Citizenship Behavior: The Mediating Role of Harmonious Environmental Passion

Abstract

Activities within the tourism industry contribute to environmental issues, including climate change, resource depletion, emission of pollutants impacting air and water quality, and generation of sound and light pollution. Furthermore, these actions can lead to species extinction. Leadership has been identified as a key factor in enhancing green performance both at the individual and organizational levels. Our objective is to elucidate the mechanisms and contextual limitations influencing the correlation between environmental-specific servant leadership and organizational environmental citizenship behavior, utilizing insights from the conservation of resource theory. The suggested connections were explored through the acquisition of data via a survey conducted among 300 employees and their supervisors employed across diverse organizations within the hospitality and tourism sectors. The data underwent analysis using PLS-SEM, and the empirical findings substantiated that the relationship between environmental-specific servant leadership and organizational environmental citizenship behavior is mediated by harmonious environmental passion. These findings contribute to the conservation of resource theory.