An Evaluation of an Environmental Leadership Development Programme in New Zealand Today

<p>This study evaluated a leadership development programme for managers in the New Zealand Department of Conservation. The programme is one of several initiatives taken by the Department to adapt its leadership and management to best respond to a variety of challenges. Theories of leadership styles and the efficacy of leadership development are well established, however, little consensus has been researched on the construct of environmental leadership and what makes leadership development for environmental managers successful. This study, which involved a constructivist/interpretivist approach, used mixed methods of research to evaluate the leadership development programme from the experiences and views of the programme participants and some of their managers. Kraiger’s model of evaluation was used to design the evaluation which focused on the programme’s content and design and the changes in the participants. Data confirmed the programme is of high relevance to the participants in their roles as leaders. A number of emerging themes of environmental leadership behaviours resulting from the programme were identified and these are aligned with the literature on leadership and environmental leadership theories. Impacts for future research and practices are suggested such as improving the accessibility of action learning and clarifying the opportunities for incorporating systems thinking.</p>

An Evaluation of an Environmental Leadership Development Programme in New Zealand Today

<p>This study evaluated a leadership development programme for managers in the New Zealand Department of Conservation. The programme is one of several initiatives taken by the Department to adapt its leadership and management to best respond to a variety of challenges. Theories of leadership styles and the efficacy of leadership development are well established, however, little consensus has been researched on the construct of environmental leadership and what makes leadership development for environmental managers successful. This study, which involved a constructivist/interpretivist approach, used mixed methods of research to evaluate the leadership development programme from the experiences and views of the programme participants and some of their managers. Kraiger’s model of evaluation was used to design the evaluation which focused on the programme’s content and design and the changes in the participants. Data confirmed the programme is of high relevance to the participants in their roles as leaders. A number of emerging themes of environmental leadership behaviours resulting from the programme were identified and these are aligned with the literature on leadership and environmental leadership theories. Impacts for future research and practices are suggested such as improving the accessibility of action learning and clarifying the opportunities for incorporating systems thinking.</p>

A STUDY OF LOCAL WISDOM, SOCIAL INTEREST, AND PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR IN IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE

The purpose of this study is to develop a model of environmental leadership in profit-oriented companies. The theoretical basis is strategic thinking which includes cognitive psychology, systems thinking, and games theory to realize the triple bottom line-oriented environmental leadership performance. The study used quantitative methods in all 25 Rural Banks in Semarang City from April to May 2021, which involved 339 respondents consisting of commissioners, directors, managers, supervisors, and executives. The empirical data was analyzed using SEM-AMOS. The models consist of SEM 1: ELP = 0.256 LW + 0.288 SI + 0.138 PEB + e1 (R2 = 0.295); PEB = 0.446 LW + 0.094 SI + e2 (R2 = 0.247). The paper is novel because it seeks to contribute to the current debate in the literature about what factors affect the performance of environmental leadership. The other novelty of this research is a comprehensive model consisting of local wisdom, social interest, and pro-environmental behavior to improve environmental leadership performance. Based on this model, there is empirical evidence that environmental leadership performance (ELP) can be improved by increasing the combination of local wisdom (LW), social interest (SI), and pro-environmental behavior (PEB). The study also provides novelty that PEB mediates significantly positive the effect of LW on ELP, but PEB only mediates the effect of SI on ELP positively but not significantly. This study offers practical and theoretical implications, providing recommendations for Rural Banks to implement the environmental leadership models that include local wisdom and social interest, and an empirical confirmation of the environmental leadership model by combining strategic thinking and the triple bottom line for the development of literature and psychological assessment materials. Similarly, this study also provides policy implications. It is useful to evaluate and improve several regulations and leadership standards in Rural Bank to realize sustainable finance and evaluate psychological requirements based on the environmental leadership models.

How to Promote Medium-Sized Farms to Adopt Environmental Strategy to Achieve Sustainable Production during the COVID-19 Pandemic?

To achieve sustainable production in medium-sized farms, this research proposes a hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) to predict environmental strategy (ES), which is a crucial source of sustainable production. Based on the theory of upper echelons, the present research puts forward that the environmental leadership (EL) of the chief executive officer (CEO) at phase one affects the development of environmental corporate social responsibility (ECSR) adoption, which in turn affects the development of ES adoption over time. The empirical data were obtained through a three-stage sampling method of 90 CEOs and 270 members of senior management teams (SETs) of Taiwanese medium-sized farms, over a period of six months. The research results support that the higher level of CEO EL at phase one results in the development of ECSR adoption, which in turn results in the development of ES adoption. This research opens a new direction for sustainable production by showing how to implement ES through organizational management mechanisms (EL). These findings can fill the gaps in the literature on the sustainable production of farms and can also help these farms to achieve sustainable production by adopting ES.

“We Make Our Community”: Youth Forging Environmental Identities in Urban Landscapes

Insofar as race, class, and gender have profound effects on people’s environmental experiences, and consequently their activism, the environmental field needs more work on the environmental experiences and insights of groups whose voices have been missing, including youth of color who live in urban areas in the U.S. In this paper, we focus on African American and Latinx students engaged in environmental projects in their urban communities and the impact of such projects on promoting pro-environmental leadership, agency, and behavior. We draw from written reflections and focus group interviews of several hundred 4th–12th graders (majority middle- and high-school students) who participated in place-based civic science projects. Thematic analyses of student responses found that students engaged in work on local environmental issues cultivated an appreciation for the natural world and an understanding of human-nature interdependence and the ties between the local environment and their communities’ health. Through taking action with others in their communities, students viewed themselves as contributors to their communities and started to form environmental identities in ways that are not traditionally measured. Findings point to the need for forms of environmental education that are contextually grounded and centered on environmental justice in urban areas.

THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERSONALITY ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE COVID-19 HEALTH PROTOCOL

COVID-19 is a newly discovered disease and knowledge regarding its prevention is still limited. The key to prevention includes breaking the chain of transmission with isolation, early detection, and carrying out basic protection. The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze the influence of environmental leadership and environmental personality on compliance with the COVID-19 health protocol in Kebayoran Lama Village, South Jakarta. This research was conducted from July to September 2020. This research was conducted from March to May 2021. The research method used was quantitative with an explanation format. The sampling technique used in this study was simple random sampling. Based on this technique, 99 residents who reside in the Kelurahan Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta were obtained as research samples. The technique of collecting data with a questionnaire is distributed to the sample using google form. The data analysis technique used the classical assumption test in the form of normality, linearity, heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation, and multicollinearity. Research hypothesis testing using the t test. The results showed that the influence of environmental leadership on compliance with the COVID-19 health protocol. The T-Statistic value is 5.504> the T-table value is 1.984 (? = 0.05) and the P-value is 0.000 the T-table value is 1,984 (? = 0.05) and the P-value value is 0,000 the T-table value is 1.984 (? = 0.05) and the P-value is 0.000.