AUTHOR=Su Xiaoyan , Wang Haipeng , Zhu Yuyu 

TITLE=The cross-level influence of ethical leadership on employee’s OCBE: a two-wave study based on the social identity approach

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1270359

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1270359

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=The importance of organizational citizenship behavior for the environment has received increasing attention in recent years because organizations face increasing pressure from environmental deterioration. The purpose of this study is to use social identity theory to construct a cross-level theoretical model of ethical leadership on organizational citizenship behavior for the environment, and to explore the cross-level influential mechanisms of ethical leadership on organizational citizenship behavior for the environment. Data collection was conducted via a two-wave distribution of leader-employee paired questionnaires in 20 manufacturing companies in China. In the first wave, data about organizational citizenship behavior for the environment and team environmental atmosphere were collected from leaders. Subsequently, two months later, we conducted the second wave of data collection when data about ethical leadership and leader identity were obtained from their employees. The results showed that at the individual level, ethical leadership has a significant positive impact on employees' organizational citizenship behavior for the environment, and employees' leader identity completely mediates such relationship. At the team level, ethical leadership has a significant positive impact on employees' organizational citizenship behavior for the environment, and this relationship was partly mediated by team environmental atmosphere and moderated by team environmental atmosphere across levels. This study investigates the cross-level influential mechanism of ethical leadership on organizational citizenship behavior for the environment in China and provides theoretical guidance for enterprises to promote organizational citizenship behavior for the environment effectively.