Abstract
There is a limited understanding of the antecedents and consequences of employee vitality during war zone exposure. The current study is one of the first ones to investigate the direct effects of perceived danger on employee vitality by collecting data from Afghanistan, one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Furthermore, it was investigated how employee vitality affects sustainable behavior at the workplace. The hypotheses of the study have been tested by using data from two surveys collected from 192 employees working in small-sized private businesses in Afghanistan. The results indicate that high levels of perceived danger negatively impact employee vitality at work. In addition, we found that employees with vitality engage in more pro-environmental behavior in the workplace. The engagement of vital employees in pro-environmental behavior is higher among those employees who have a high level of environmental awareness. This paper concludes by presenting the limitations and implications of this study, as well as highlighting potential avenues for future research.
Highlights
Afghanistan, as one of the latest-to-develop countries in the world, has experienced nearly four decades of civil war, political conflict and acrimony [1,2] which has directly and indirectly led to a high level of poverty, illiteracy, insecurity, and widespread of unethical working behavior such as bribery [3,4]
An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with 33 items measuring four core study variables was conducted for an initial data reliability check
The findings revealed exactly four distinct factors with eigenvalues greater than one, which represent the core variables, including perceived danger, employee vitality, environmental awareness and sustainable behavior, respectively
Summary
Afghanistan, as one of the latest-to-develop countries in the world, has experienced nearly four decades of civil war, political conflict and acrimony [1,2] which has directly and indirectly led to a high level of poverty, illiteracy, insecurity, and widespread of unethical working behavior such as bribery [3,4]. Working outside home as employees in such a war-stricken zone exposes them to extreme external stresses, threats, hazards, and shocks e.g., being fired on or being near gunfire in the street; hearing bombs and gunfire in the distance; seeing people killed; experiencing arrest and torture; and being exposed to death and mutilation [7,8,9]. To best of our knowledge, this is the first study where we are looking at how a physically dangerous business environment may affect employee vitality and sustainable behavior in the workplace
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