Linking green mindful leadership to employee pro-environmental behaviors: The roles of green HRM practices and employee green self-efficacy
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Author(s)Vo Hien Chau NguyenLink to ORCID Index: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5939-9541
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Thi Thao Hien BuiLink to ORCID Index: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5921-6277
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DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.24(4).2026.11
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Article InfoVolume 24 2026, Issue #4, pp. 160–178
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Abstract
Understanding the factors associated with employee pro-environmental behavior is particularly important in manufacturing, where employees translate organizational sustainability objectives into everyday workplace practices. This study examines the relationships among green mindful leadership, green human resource management practices, employee green self-efficacy, and employee pro-environmental behavior. Data were collected through purposive and snowball sampling from 680 full-time employees of Vietnamese manufacturing firms and analyzed using PLS-SEM. The results show that green mindful leadership is positively associated with green competence-building practices (β = 0.253; p < 0.001), green motivation-enhancing practices (β = 0.279; p < 0.001), and green employee involvement practices (β = 0.187; p < 0.001). In turn, green competence-building practices (β = 0.249; p < 0.001), green motivation-enhancing practices (β = 0.294; p < 0.001), and green employee involvement practices (β = 0.170; p < 0.001) are positively associated with employee green self-efficacy, which is further associated with employee pro-environmental behavior (β = 0.314; p < 0.001). The three dimensions of green human resource management also show positive direct relationships with employee pro-environmental behavior, with green employee involvement practices demonstrating the strongest association (β = 0.353; p < 0.001), followed by green competence-building practices (β = 0.194; p < 0.001) and green motivation-enhancing practices (β = 0.096; p = 0.033). Sequential mediation analyses confirm significant indirect pathways from green mindful leadership to employee pro-environmental behavior through green competence-building practices and employee green self-efficacy (β = 0.020; p = 0.001), green employee involvement practices and employee green self-efficacy (β = 0.010; p = 0.012), and green motivation-enhancing practices and employee green self-efficacy (β = 0.026; p = 0.002). These results indicate that leadership-driven green human resource management systems are associated with stronger employee pro-environmental behavior when green organizational practices are coupled with greater employee confidence in their ability to perform environmentally responsible actions.
Acknowledgment
This research is funded by Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) under grant number C2024-28-16.
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JEL Classification (Paper profile tab)M12, M14, Q56
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- Figure 1. Conceptual framework
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- Table 1. Demographic data
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- Table A1. Measurement scales
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Acknowledgment
The authors thank Universitas Sumatera Utara, especially the Research Institute, for their support. Acknowledgments are also expressed to the Kementerian Pendidikan dan Riset through the DRTPM program (number: 92/UN5.4.10.S/PPM/KP-DRTPM/2024), which has provided intellectual and financial assistance. The authors would also like to thank the Management Science Study Program, Universitas Sumatera Utara. -
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