The current study aims to investigate the mediating effect of desire to have a significant impact through work (DSIW) in the direct relationship between socially responsible human resource management (SRHRM) and proactive pro-environmental behavior. Moreover, this study examines whether ethical leadership moderates the relationship between socially responsible HRM and DSIW.
This study used a two-wave time-lagged design to collect data from employees working in public-sector organizations across various industries in Lahore, Pakistan. Hayes Process macro model 7 was used to analyze the moderated mediation.
The study findings demonstrate that socially responsible HRM is positively related to employees’ proactive pro-environmental behavior through their innate DSIW. Moreover, this relationship between socially responsible HRM and proactive pro-environmental behavior via DSIW is strengthened for employees who perceive that they are led by ethical leaders.
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is novel in delineating an integrated perspective on socially responsible HRM practices, DSIW and ethical leadership to understand proactive pro-environmental employee behavior.
