Environmental Issues As an Indispensable Aspect of Sustainable Leadership

Woo, Eun-Jung; Kang, Eungoo

doi:10.3390/su12177014

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“…Various studies underscore the importance of providing meaningful institutional leadership and support to teachers and the impetus of collegiality in fostering teacher pedagogical effectiveness, including factoring EE in the classroom (Kassabolat et al 2020;Kuzich et al 2015;Joseph, 2014). Likewise, recent studies underscore the significant role played by institutional leadership in supporting efforts aimed at ameliorating environmental challenges (Woo and Kang, 2020).…”

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Factors bolstering the implementation of environment and sustainability education: A South African case study

Hebe

2021

Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists

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Scholars, globally, acknowledge environment and sustainability education (ESE) as a key vehicle towards addressing the myriad of environmental challenges. This paper is premised on empirical evidence which succinctly points to the dearth of literature that focuses on the implementation of ESE in the realm of early childhood education (ECE). The approach adopted for this inquiry is a multiple-embedded case study, underpinned by an interpretivist qualitative research paradigm which focussed on four institutions enlisted for investigation. One-on-one interviews, participant observations and document analysis were used for data generation while thematic and domain analyses were used for data interpretation. The findings of this inquiry suggest that there are numerous factors that support the teaching of ESE. The researcher asserts that the findings highlighted in this paper corroborate those of numerous studies conducted elsewhere in the world. However, based on the findings, the researcher also notes and can thus conclusively aver that there is a dearth of research that focuses on enablers of ESE. Furthermore, the researcher recommends that more research be conduct which focuses on the investigation of the factors that support the environment-inclined pedagogy.

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Factors bolstering the implementation of environment and sustainability education: A South African case study

Hebe

2021

Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists

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“…Brands and Fernandez-Mateo, 2016). This is specifically the case with respect to the achievement of environmental objectives (Liu et al, 2020;Singh et al, 2020;Woo and Kang, 2020;Dubey et al, 2015, Porter andvan der Linde, 1995), since investments to recruit and develop executive leadership can have direct bearing on corporate social responsibility (CSR) outcomes (Bachrach et al, 2020). Hence, the competencies of prospective top-level managers with regard to environmental outcomes must be taken into consideration.…”

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Operations in the upper echelons: leading sustainability through stewardship

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Bachrach

Esper

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IJOPM

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PurposeTop-level operations leaders can drive organizational performance across a broad range of pro-environmental objectives. The authors’ focus is on understanding which specific leadership competencies are most conducive to green performance outcomes. The authors further consider the influence of Lean thinking on the importance of these competencies.Design/methodology/approachIn study 1, of a multi-method investigation, the authors interview executive search professionals, on how green objectives impact top-level operations leadership searches. In study 2, the authors adopt a multi-attribute choice task to examine how Lean thinking impacts competency preferences. Finally, in study 3, the authors merge secondary data on corporate environmental performance with a survey of top-level operations managers’ assessments. This triangulating multi-method approach provides an integrated and holistic view into these dynamics.FindingsResults show particularly strong associations between resource and energy management outcomes and the specific leadership competencies of stewardship. This set of leadership competencies play the greatest role when Lean thinking is deficient.Research limitations/implicationsWhile the authors’ focus is on top-level operations managers, and their under-explored impact on environmental performance, such an impact represents only one dimension of corporate social responsibility (CSR) that these managers may be critically influencing.Practical implicationsThe associations uncovered in this research suggest critical leadership characteristics to consider in developing and recruiting top-level operations managers, when specific environmental objectives exist.Social implicationsThe study’s findings draw attention to the importance of leadership characteristics among influential corporate decision-makers, instrumental in the environmental progress of firms.Originality/valueThis work fills a critical gap in the authors’ understanding of how top-level operations managers influence green corporate objective, and how their contributions are valued across settings.

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“…Furthermore, the study assessed the influence of organization members' psychological well-being on organizational citizenship behavior. The research questions are summarized as follows: This study focused on the sustainable leadership of CEOs and clarified the enhancement of organizational capabilities through the aspects of human resource and personnel management [69][70][71]. In particular, it derived the key factors of the sustainable leadership of CEOs that enhance organization members' organizational citizenship behavior such as diligence, openness to experience/challenges, responsibility, cooperativeness, discipline, proactiveness, altruistic behaviors, conscientious behaviors, righteous behaviors, courteous behaviors, and efforts.…”

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Effect of Chief Executive Officer’s Sustainable Leadership Styles on Organization Members’ Psychological Well-Being and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Choi

2021

Sustainability

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Situational leadership theory and the contingency approach of leadership were utilized and applied based on situational theory. Based on a total of four foundational theories, that is, bottom-up spillover theory, theories of prosocial behavior, and so on, this study empirically analyzed what influence a chief executive officer’s (CEO’s) sustainable leadership styles (servant, ethical, and authentic leadership) have on the psychological well-being and organizational citizenship behaviors of organization members. The study was conducted on adult employees of midsized or larger companies (including subsidiaries) across four countries: South Korea, the United Kingdom, the United States, and South Africa. Data were obtained from 649 adult employees. SmartPLS was used to conduct structural equation modeling analysis of the data. The results were as follows: (1) CEOs’ servant and authentic leadership styles had statistically significant positive (+) effects on employees’ psychological well-being; however, ethical leadership did not. (2) CEOs’ ethical leadership had a statistically significant (+) effect on employees’ organizational citizenship behavior; however, servant and authentic leadership did not. (3) Employees’ psychological well-being had a statistically significant (+) effect on organizational citizenship behavior. CEOs are attracting more attention than ever, leading companies in today’s rapidly changing times. This suggests that it is necessary to comprehend principles that show when, where, and how important leaders are and sustainable leadership styles that can increase their chances of success. Moreover, this study derived constructive implications that a leader can overcome today’s challenges through sustainable leadership styles.

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Environmental Issues As an Indispensable Aspect of Sustainable Leadership

Cited by 33 publications

References 41 publications

Factors bolstering the implementation of environment and sustainability education: A South African case study

Factors bolstering the implementation of environment and sustainability education: A South African case study

Operations in the upper echelons: leading sustainability through stewardship

Effect of Chief Executive Officer’s Sustainable Leadership Styles on Organization Members’ Psychological Well-Being and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

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