Servant Leadership for Sustainability: A Serial Mediation Model of Empowerment, Creativity, and Pro-Environmental Behavior

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Publicado en:Administrative Sciences vol. 15, no. 10 (2025), p. 380-399
Autor principal: Saleem Farida
Otros Autores: Mateou Sofia
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520 3 |a This study examines the impact of Environmentally Specific Servant Leadership (ESSL) on employees’ pro-environmental behavior (PEB) by proposing a serial mediation model that incorporates green psychological empowerment and green creativity as central mechanisms. Guided by social exchange theory (SET), survey data from managers in Saudi Arabia were analyzed using PROCESS Model 6 with bootstrapping to test direct, indirect, and serial mediation effects. The results show that ESSL has a significant positive influence on PEB, with both psychological empowerment and green creativity acting as partial mediators. Moreover, the serial mediation analysis confirms that empowerment enhances creativity, which in turn drives employees’ pro-environmental actions. The findings support the social exchange theory, SET, in the contextual environmental settings of the rapidly developing economy of Saudi Arabia. These findings highlight the critical role of psychological empowerment and creativity in translating leadership values into sustainable behaviors. Practically, the study suggests that organizations can advance sustainability goals by fostering servant leadership practices, empowering employees with autonomy and resources, and encouraging innovative solutions for environmental challenges. Within the context of Saudi Vision 2030, the findings provide valuable insights for aligning leadership development with national sustainability objectives. 
651 4 |a Saudi Arabia 
653 |a Employees 
653 |a Environmental stewardship 
653 |a Leadership styles 
653 |a Empowerment 
653 |a Behavior 
653 |a Social exchange theory 
653 |a Creativity 
653 |a Bootstrapping 
653 |a Leadership 
653 |a Mediation 
653 |a Autonomy 
653 |a Psychological empowerment 
653 |a Environmental behaviour 
653 |a Sustainability 
653 |a Bootstrap method 
653 |a Sustainable development 
653 |a Environmentalism 
653 |a Economic development 
653 |a Professional development 
700 1 |a Mateou Sofia  |u Department of Aviation Management, College of Business Administration, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh 11586, Saudi Arabia; smateou@psu.edu.sa 
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