Proposing Stewardship Theory as an Alternate to Explain the Relationship between CSR and Employees’ Pro-Environmental Behavior

Murtaza, Shah Ali; Mahmood, Asif; Saleem, Saqib; Sharif, Muhammad; Molnár, Edina

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“…The current study used the existing scales to operationalize different constructs, including CSR, employees’ pro-environmental behavior, and ethical leadership. The authors used these existing scales because of their pre-established reliability and validity [ 27 , 125 ]. In this regard, the authors adapted a 12-item scale of CSR from Turker [ 126 ].…”

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“…Specifically, there exists a positive relationship between ethical leadership and employees’ pro-environmental behavior. More specifically, in some recent studies, the mediating role of a leader to spur employees’ discretionary behavior has been reported [ 27 ]. In the current context, the pro-environmental behavior of an employee is also a discretionary behavior; therefore, it will be interesting to investigate the mediating role of an ethical leader between the relationship of CSR and employees’ pro-environmental behavior.…”

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Environmental quality strongly depends on human behavior patterns. Many environmental challenges are rooted in human actions, and thus, it is believed that these problems can be reduced through the promotion of pro-environmental behaviors (PB). Owing to this reality, the current study aims to reduce the environmental footprint of a hospital by promoting its employees’ environment-specific behavior via corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ethical leadership (EL). More importantly, the study also considered the role of female leaders in the proposed relationship. The current study collected the data from the respondents employed in different hospitals of a developing economy through a questionnaire (paper-pencil method). A total of 489 valid responses were collected, which were analyzed by employing the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique. As per the current study’s findings, there is a positive relationship between CSR, while EL mediates between CSR and PB. Likewise, the moderating role of female leaders in the proposed relationship was more significant than that of male leaders. More specifically, the study’s findings have considerable theoretical and practical implications, as it opens paths for researchers to further investigate the applicability of different dimensions of CSR and the role of gender in environmental sustainability. It provides insight to policymakers on how to restructure their CSR preferences, priorities on the environment, and gender differences.

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“…It has been mentioned in the literature repeatedly that the hope to have a sustainable future will be possible when CSR is considered equally important to achieve economic, social, and environmental objectives by the businesses. For example, it is not possible to think about a sustainable future without the responsible behavior of employees ( Murtaza et al, 2021 ). Unfortunately, in the context of developing countries, CSR has not been widely linked to improve environmental sustainability.…”

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Improving Firm’s Economic and Environmental Performance Through the Sustainable and Innovative Environment: Evidence From an Emerging Economy

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Businesses in the present era are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, and technological trends. This requires sophisticated, sustainability-based management. Yet organizations are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their business strategies with the mistaken belief that the costs associated with environmental investments outweigh the benefits. The Global Climate Risk Index has placed Pakistan on 5th position in the list of nations, most susceptible to climate change in its recent report. Pakistan lost the lives of 9,989 people, incurred economic losses of $ 3.8 billion, and faced 152 shocking climates between 1999 and 2018. Based on this information, it is established that Pakistan’s susceptibility to climate change is growing unprecedentedly and industrial pollution is one of the biggest contributors in this respect. The country needs to take emergency measures to address this issue. With this background, the present study aims to investigate the impact of environmental sustainability on environmental and economic performance (EP) with the mediating effect of environmental innovation (EI) in the manufacturing sector of Pakistan. The results show that environmental sustainability is a significant predictor of environmental performance and EP and EI mediates this relationship. The findings of the present study provide better insights to policymakers to address the environmental degradation, resulting from industrial pollution.

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“…The stewardship theory was proposed by Donaldson and Davis [33], who posited that individuals are collective-minded and pro-organizational instead of being individualistic, and thus, they are expected to work for the collective interest of a group or society. This theory has been used by different scholars to understand the motivations behind the behavior of individuals [6,34,35]. Following this theory, we argue that individuals in the workplace are stewards who assume the responsibility of taking care of resources.…”

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“…In this regard, scholars have recently noted the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to shape the behavior of employees towards the environment [6]. This is the basis for the noticeable surge in CSR studies influencing PEB-E [7][8][9].…”

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An Examination to Explain the Mechanism of Employees’ Environment-Specific Behavior through CSR and Work Engagement from the Perspective of Stewardship Theory

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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as an imperative for every sector globally. Yet, for a long time, the concept of CSR has been regarded from an organizational perspective. However, the importance of CSR in shaping the extra-role behavior of employees, such as their pro-environmental behavior (PEB-E), has been under-explored in the literature. Against this backdrop, the current study aims to investigate the impact of CSR on PEB-E with the mediating effect of work engagement (W.E) in the context of a emerging country. The study also employs stewardship theory as an alternate theory to explain the proposed relationships. The data of the current study were obtained from SME sector through a self-administered (paper-and-pencil method) questionnaire. A random sample of employees (n = 398) from different SMEs was selected and analyzed through structural equation modeling. The results of the current survey revealed that CSR directly and indirectly, via W.E, predicts PEB-E positively. The findings of the current study will be helpful for policymakers to understand that well-planned CSR activities, not only create positive repute for an SME, but also provide the underlying justification to its employees to be engaged in different environment-specific behaviors.

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Proposing Stewardship Theory as an Alternate to Explain the Relationship between CSR and Employees’ Pro-Environmental Behavior

Cited by 48 publications

References 73 publications

Improving the Environmental Footprint through Employees: A Case of Female Leaders from the Perspective of CSR

Improving the Environmental Footprint through Employees: A Case of Female Leaders from the Perspective of CSR

Improving Firm’s Economic and Environmental Performance Through the Sustainable and Innovative Environment: Evidence From an Emerging Economy

An Examination to Explain the Mechanism of Employees’ Environment-Specific Behavior through CSR and Work Engagement from the Perspective of Stewardship Theory

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