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Leadership EKC augmentation for social wellbeing: an exploration of situational leadership

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Empirical studies provide a convincing argument that a cleaner environment ensures a better standard of living and has far-reaching economic gains. Researchers have widely tested the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) to identify the link between emissions and economic activity. Still, they majorly ignored exploring the factors that could work as policy interventions in shifting or flattening the EKC curve for human wellbeing. This study has explored selected 50 countries for exploring the potential of leadership in moderating the EKC relationship. The Panel data model results showed that leadership is instrumental in moderating EKC. Some of the prominent indicators, like Team-Oriented Leadership and Participatory Leadership have shown an ability to reduce the net Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions in the economy. Policymakers could inculcate a sustainable/green leadership environment in achieving several Sustaimable Development Goals (SDGs).

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All results reported in this research was carried out in R-studio computational environment.Data used in this research are taken from World Development Indicator avaliable at: https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators and World Economic Forum avaliable at: https://www.weforum.org/

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  1. Department of Management, Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK

    Jin Guo

  2. Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Education Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

    Noman Arshed

  3. Department of Economics, University of Management and Technology Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

    Kamran Hameed

  4. Department of Economics and Statistucs, Uniersity of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

    Mubbashir Munir

  5. Research Associate, ORIC, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

    Asma Seher

  6. School of Statistics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, China

    Yousaf Ali Khan

  7. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan

    Yousaf Ali Khan

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Conceptualization: Arshad, N; Guo, J, Khan, YA; Methodology: Khan, YA; Munir, M: Formal analysis and (field/laboratory) investigation: Hameed, K, Munir, M; Khan, YA, Guo, J: Writing—original draft preparation: Seher, A; Arshad, H; Khan, YA: Writing—review and editing: Khan, YA.

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Guo, J., Arshed, N., Hameed, K. et al. Leadership EKC augmentation for social wellbeing: an exploration of situational leadership. Curr Psychol 43, 3080–3100 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04573-6

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