Examining the relationship between spiritual leadership and employees' green behavior with the mediating role of green work engagement (Study case: Medical Centers of Mashhad Municipality)
Subject Areas :
vahid mirzaei
1
,
Esmaeil Heidari
2
1 - Department of Management, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran.
2 - . Ph.D. student. Department of Management, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran
Keywords: spiritual leadership, green work engagement employees', green behavior,
Abstract :
The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between spiritual leadership and employees' green behavior with the mediating role of green work engagement. This research was applied in terms of purpose and in terms of method and descriptive nature - survey of correlational type. The statistical population in this research is the management staff of Mashhad municipal medical centers. Using Cochran's formula, 95 people were selected as a sample through simple random sampling. In order to collect data from the spiritual leadership questionnaire of Frey et al (2005), Bissing-Olson et al.'s (2013) green employee behavior, and Schaufeli et al (2006) green work engagement were used. The reliability of the mentioned questionnaire was obtained using Cronbach's alpha coefficient for spiritual leadership (0.805), green work engagement (0.751) and green behavior of employees (0.797), and the content and form validity of the questionnaire were also confirmed. In order to test the research model and analyze the data, Smart Pls2.0 software and structural equation method have been used. The results of the research showed that with the increase of spiritual leadership and green work engagement, green behavior among employees' increases, and green work engagement mediates the relationship between spiritual leadership and green behavior of employees.
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