Environmental and Spiritual Leadership: Tracing the Synergies from an Organizational Perspective

Abstract

environmental leadership, leadership, spiritual leadership, sustainability, stewardship, corporate social responsibility,

Environmental Leadership and Consciousness Development: A Case Study Among Canadian SMEs

“…(Ambec and Lanoie 2008;Roy et al 2001). Fourth, certain studies have focused on the values underlying environmental leadership and strategies for sustainability (Egri and Herman 2000;van Marrewijk and Hardjono 2003;Crossman 2011;Bansal 2003). Environmental leaders are for that reason supposed to move from the dominant social paradigm (DSP), characterized by overconfidence in industrial advancement, economic growth, and technological progress, to a new environmental paradigm (NEP), characterized by an emphasis on environmental protection and recognition of the limitations of industrial growth due to natural resources depletion (Shafer 2006;Egri and Herman 2000;Boiral et al 2009).…”

“…First, the literature analysis of environmental leadership is most often conducted from a theoretical perspective. For example, most studies on NEP and the so called ecocentric values that are supposed to drive corporate environmental commitment (Shafer 2006;Egri and Herman 2000;Crossman 2011) remain non-specific and seem quite disconnected from the concrete sustainability challenges faced by managers in their daily work activities. Moreover, environmental leadership and its practical manifestations inside organizations have rarely been studied and generally from a quite instrumental viewpoint: integration of stakeholder expectations, promotion of proactive measures, implementation of an environmental management system, etc.…”

Spirituality and Health: A Middle Eastern Perspective

“…This has been particularly evident in Western Society in terms of a shift away from institutionalized religion and movement towards more individualised type religion e.g., a personal search for meaning, a sense of self and enhanced connection with others ). This has led to an increased focus on spirituality and spiritual concepts across many fields including healthcare (Cockell and McSherry 2012;Monod et al 2011;Pike 2011;Williams and Sternthal 2007) and business or workplace literature (Crossman 2010(Crossman , 2011Karakas 2010;Pawar 2009;Phipps 2012). Spirituality has almost become regarded as a new concept, with a lack of recognition amongst some authors of the historical and traditional association between spirituality, religion and health.…”

Transformational leadership and organizational citizenship behavior: Modeling emotional intelligence as mediator

“…Therefore, there exists a significant research gap to identify the nature of relationship existing between emotional intelligence with OCB, particularly in the context of education sector of Pakistan. Theoretical opinions have advocated that EI makes a vital contribution to OCB and other organizational behaviors, but empirical proof of such an impact is deficient (Crossman, 2011).…”

“…Overall the key drive of this study is to offer empirical evidence that behaviors exhibited by transformational leaders can contribute positively to teachers' OCB. This study also aims to shape a model by theoretically and empirically linking transformational leadership, emotional intelligence and OCB in response to calls for Brought to you by | MIT Libraries Authenticated Download Date | 5/11/18 6:02 PM additional work and wide-ranging, thoughtful understanding of a specific leadership methodology that transmits citizenship behaviors (Crossman, 2011).…”