The Impact of Green Training and Development on Green Organizational Citizenship Behavior: With the Mediating effect of Green Employee Attitudes at a Sri Lankan Apparel Sector Company

Abstract

Today, worldwide organizations are prioritizing their impact on the environment and are taking initiatives to reduce environmental impact. Organizations are making huge investments to enhance their employees’ green behaviors towards the environment. But employees are indicating less environmentally responsible behavior. This research aims to investigate how green training and development affect green organizational citizenship behavior, considering the mediating role of employee green attitudes at a selected apparel industry company in Sri Lanka. Apparel manufacturing sector is the key contributor to the Sri Lankan economy. Data was collected via an online questionnaire distributed to 108 executive-level and higher employees, selected through simple random sampling. The sample varied by gender, age, educational level, and years of service. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 25.0. The findings indicate that green training and development have a significant positive impact on both green organizational citizenship behavior and green employee attitudes. Additionally, green employee attitudes positively influence green organizational citizenship behavior. While those relationships are significant, they are not strongly correlated. Moreover, controlling green training and development, green employee attitudes have a significant direct impact on green organizational citizenship behavior. In order to analyze the mediating effect, the bootstrap test was utilized. Although green employee attitudes mediate the effect of green training and development on organizational citizenship behavior, this indirect effect is not significant. The relationships among green training and development, green citizenship behavior, and employee attitudes are also influenced by additional factors.