From ethics to ecology: How ethical leadership drives environmental performance through green organizational identity and culture.

ABSTRACT: This study investigates how ethical leadership enhances environmental performance in manufacturing firms through the mediating role of green organizational identity (GOI) and the moderating role of green organizational culture (GOC). Grounded in the Resource-Based View (RBV) and Ecological Modernization Theory (EMT), the study develops an integrated framework that explains how leadership, identity, and culture jointly drive sustainability outcomes. Data were collected from 471 top management team members in Turkish manufacturing organizations and analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results indicate that ethical leadership positively affects environmental performance (β = 0.147, p = 0.009) and GOI (β = 0.381, p = 0.000). GOI, in turn, improves environmental performance (β

SUBMITTER: Rihal J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12614527 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature