Abstract:
Supervisory behavior plays a critical role in shaping the work context to create
conditions that favor employee environmentally friendly behaviors. In this research
study, there are four independent variables such as instrumental supervisor support for
the environment, emotional supervisory support, commitment to the supervisor, trust
in the supervisor, and the dependent variable is organizational citizenship behavior for
the environment.
Thus, this study intends to investigate the level, relationship, and impact of
instrumental supervisory support for the environment, emotional supervisory
support, trust in the supervisor, commitment to the supervisor, and organizational
citizenship behavior for the environment of manufacturing companies in the Gampola
area of Sri Lanka.
In this research study, primary data was collected. A structured questionnaire was used
as the method of data collection. The Stratified random sampling method was used to
create the sampling framework for the study. The quantitative research approach was
used. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation, and regression
analyses.
The findings indicate that there is good reliability and a high level of instrumental
supervisor support for the environment, emotional supervisory support, trust in the
supervisor, commitment to the supervisor, and organizational citizenship behavior for
the environment. The results also showed that there is a positive relationship between
instrumental supervisor support for the environment, emotional supervisory support,
commitment to the supervisor, trust in the supervisor, and organizational citizenship
behavior for the environment. Furthermore, the study discovered that instrumental
supervisory support for the environment and commitment to the supervisor have a
significant positive impact on organizational citizenship behavior for the environment.
