Bridging the gap between green behavioral intentions and employee green behavior: The role of green psychological climate
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Summary: How do employees' perceptions and interpretations of organizational policies, practices, and procedures affect the enactment of their behavioral intentions? In a daily diary study, we examined the between‐persons relationship of corporate environmental strategy and pro‐environmental or “green” psychological climate; and whether green psychological climate moderates the within‐person relationship of employees' daily green behavioral intentions and their green behavior on the following day. To test our hypotheses, we collected survey data from 74 employees across 10 workdays. Results showed that corporate environmental strategy is positively related to green psychological climate that, in turn, moderates the relationship between green behavioral intentions and next‐day employee green behavior. Specifically, we found the relationship to be positive only when employees perceive a positive green psychological climate. We discuss implications of our findings for future research on employee green behavior and for organizations interested in encouraging employee green behavior. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Authors
- Norton, T. A., Zacher, H., Parker, S. L., & Ashkanasy, N. M.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Zacher, Hannes
- Venue
- Journal of Organizational Behavior
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2017-01-12
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 996-1015
- ISSN
- 0894-3796 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-1379
- OpenAlex
- W2577507263
- Cited by
- 468
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 66 · 2025: 89 · 2024: 72 · 2023: 75 · 2022: 65 · 2021: 49 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 29.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Organizational Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Keywords
- green psychological climate, employee green behavior, corporate environmental strategy, pro-environmental behavior, moderating effect, daily diary, organizational climate, employee pro-environmental behavior
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