From benevolent leadership to environmental citizenship in the hospitality sector: an affective commitment mediated pathway

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Purpose: This paper aimed to propose and test a research model that investigated the nexus between benevolent leadership (BL), affective commitment (AC) and organizational citizenship behavior for the environment (OCBE) in the hospitality sector. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from 372 hotel employees in Poland via a computer-assisted Web interview technique. The hypothesized relationships were gauged using the partial least squares structural equation modeling. Findings: BL boosted AC, which subsequently predicted OCBE. BL affected OCBE via affective internalization of employees’ emotional attachment to the organization instead of through direct behavioral modeling. Originality/value: This study adds to the leadership–sustainability research by demonstrating that BL, a non-environmental leadership style, relates to OCBE through employees’ AC, rather than through a direct link. The results underscore AC as a significant internalization mechanism that connects moral leadership with context-specific environmental citizenship rather than direct behavioral relationship.

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