The relationship between pro-environmental attitude and employee green behavior: the role of motivational states and green work climate perceptions

Abstract

Employee green behavior is an environmentally friendly behavior in the workplace and is an important basis for transforming an organization's macrolevel sustainable development strategy into concrete practice. How does employees' pro-environmental attitude affect the implementation of their behaviors? To answer this question, we examined the relationship between pro-environmental attitude and employee green behavior and the roles of motivational states and green work climate perceptions in this process. The results showed that pro-environmental attitude positively predicted required employee green behavior and voluntary employee green behavior and that these relationships were mediated by controlled and autonomous motivations. In addition, this study showed that the positive role of pro-environmental attitude in controlled motivation and autonomous motivation was moderated by green work climate perceptions. Finally, we discuss the theoretical and practical implications.