Supervisor Support and Pro-Environmental Behavior: The Mediating Role of Green Organizational Climate

Abstract

The world nowadays is focusing heavily on the protection of the environment. Organizations have also realized the importance of environmental management systems. In order to behave in environmentally responsible manner, it is important for organizations to find out ways to engender pro-environmental behaviors among employees. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of supportive supervision on employees’ pro-environmental behaviors. Moreover, the mediating effects of perceived green organizational climate at the organization level and perceived green organizational climate at the coworker level are also investigated. The study is quantitative in nature and data were collected through surveys. Three universities were selected and a total of 375 faculty members were surveyed. Data analysis shows that supervisor support positively affected pro-environmental behavior of employees. Moreover, perceived green organizational climate at the organization level mediated the effect of supervisor support on pro-environmental behavior of employees. The study also found that perceived green organizational climate at the coworker level mediated the relationship between supervisor support and pro-environmental behavior of employees.