Onur Oktaysoy, Ethem Topcuoglu, Asli Ozge Ozgen-Cigdemli, Erdogan Kaygin, Gozde Kosa, Burcu Turan-Torun, Mehmet Selman Kobanoglu, Selen Uygungil-Erdogan
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Introduction: The literature on leadership has evolved in accordance with changing global expectations over time and the significance of new leadership approaches which are based on environmental sustainability has increased day by day. Green transformational leaders, one of the results of this evolution, are different from other leadership approaches in terms of their role in motivating employees and increasing their environmental awareness by integrating their environmental sensitivities into the organizational culture.
Methods: This study, which aims to determine the mediating role of job satisfaction in the effect of green transformational leadership on intention to leave, was conducted with 391 people working in 4 and 5 star hotels in Antalya region. Data obtained by convenience sampling method was examined with Smart-PLS program. The study was shaped on the axis of structural equation modeling.
Results: The findings showed that green transformational leadership has a negative effect on intention to leave and job satisfaction plays a mediating role in this relationship. In addition, green transformational leaders were found to increase employees' job satisfaction, strengthen their commitment to the organization and reduce intention to leave.
Discussion: The study shows that green transformational leadership has an effective structure not only in terms of green and environmental concepts but also in terms of organizational behavior. According to the Social Exchange Theory, green transformational leadership is thought to shape the job satisfaction of employees by interacting with them in accordance with moral and organizational norms.
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Frontiers in Psychology is the largest journal in its field, publishing rigorously peer-reviewed research across the psychological sciences, from clinical research to cognitive science, from perception to consciousness, from imaging studies to human factors, and from animal cognition to social psychology. Field Chief Editor Axel Cleeremans at the Free University of Brussels is supported by an outstanding Editorial Board of international researchers. This multidisciplinary open-access journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics, clinicians and the public worldwide. The journal publishes the best research across the entire field of psychology. Today, psychological science is becoming increasingly important at all levels of society, from the treatment of clinical disorders to our basic understanding of how the mind works. It is highly interdisciplinary, borrowing questions from philosophy, methods from neuroscience and insights from clinical practice - all in the goal of furthering our grasp of human nature and society, as well as our ability to develop new intervention methods.