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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Green Transformational Leadership and Value-Action Barrier on Employees' Pro-Environmental Behavior: The Moderating Role of Green Brand Image in Chinese Food Manufacturing Enterprises.

Liqing Zhong, Juhee Hahn

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Liqing ZhongThe Graduate School, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
Juhee HahnDepartment of Business Management, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.

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Abstract

As public attention to environmental issues grows, enterprises have begun implementing environment-centered business management. Achieving environmental sustainability requires the participation of all organizational members. This study was conducted in Chinese food manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises located in Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces, China, and employed a three-wave, time-lagged survey design to collect and match data from team leaders and employees. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to test the cross-level hypotheses, and the indirect effect was assessed using Bayesian multilevel mediation analysis. Using cross-level data from both team leaders and team members, this study examines how green transformational leadership impacts employees' pro-environmental behavior. In addition, this study examines the mediating role of employee value-action barriers and the moderating role of green brand image. The results indicate that (1) green transformational leadership positively influences employee pro-environmental behavior, (2) employee value-action barriers mediate the relationship between green transformational leadership and employee pro-environmental behavior, and (3) green brand image moderates both the correlation between green transformational leadership and employee pro-environmental behavior and the relationship between employee value-action barriers and employee pro-environmental behavior. These findings provide empirical support for the application of social learning theory and offer managerial insights into how managers can more effectively enhance their employees' pro-environmental behavior. Future research may further test the robustness and applicability of these relationships in other industries and in different regional and national contexts.

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employee pro-environmental behaviorgreen brand imagegreen transformational leadershipsocial cognitive theorysocial learning theoryvalue–action barrier

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