Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Master's student in Sports Management, Department of Sports Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran
2 Assistant Professor in Sport Management, Department of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Sistan and Baluchestan
3 Ph.D. of Sport Management, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Health, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between inclusive green leadership and pro-environmental behavior of employees of sports and youth departments of Sistan and Baluchestan province with the mediating role of green psychological climate. The research method was descriptive-correlational and the statistical population included all employees of sports and youth departments of Sistan and Baluchestan province, 265 people, and the statistical sampling method was total number. To collect data, the standard questionnaires of inclusive green leadership by Bhutto et al. (2021), green psychological climate by Norton (2017), and pro-environmental behavior by Si et al (2022) were used. The face and content validity were confirmed using the opinions of sports management experts, and the overall reliability of the questionnaires was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The structural equation modeling method was used to analyze the data. Structural equation modeling analyses confirmed the validity of the proposed model. The results showed that inclusive green leadership has a direct, positive, and significant effect on green psychological climate. Green inclusive leadership has a direct, positive, and significant effect on pro-environmental behavior. Green psychological climate also has a direct, positive, and significant effect on pro-environmental behavior. The results also showed that green inclusive leadership has an indirect, positive, and significant effect on pro-environmental behavior through the mediation of green psychological climate. Therefore, it can be said that strengthening green psychological climate plays a role as a key mechanism in facilitating the transmission of the effects of green inclusive leadership on employees' environmental behaviors.
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