GREENING THE WORIGLACE THROUGH THE SUPERVISORY BEHAVIORS

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.