Green Identity Research Articles

Examining the Relationship between Green Mindfulness, Spiritual Intelligence, and Environmental Self Identity: Unveiling the Path to Green Entrepreneurial Intention

As inculcating green intention and behaviour among individuals, particularly potential entrepreneurs (students), has recently become a hot topic of discussion, it is essential to contribute to this debate by offering empirical evidence. Accordingly, the objective of this study is to examine how green mindfulness (GM) and spiritual intelligence (SPI) enhance environmental self-identity (ESI). This study also examined the role of GM and SPI in developing green entrepreneurial intention (GEI). The study investigated whether ESI could mediate the relationship between GM, SPI, and GEI. The study gathered information from 202 students at King Faisal University’s Business Administration and Applied Colleges in Saudi Arabia using a self-administered questionnaire for these objectives. The study employed partial least-squares structural equation modeling to analyse the data. The study revealed some interesting findings. It was discovered that GM has a direct and significant positive association with ESI and GEI. Furthermore, it was also reported that SPI has a positive and significant connection with ESI, but no positive relationship with GEI. ESI revealed the existence of a meaningful positive relationship with GEI. Finally, when examining the mediating role played by the ESI, the study reported the inability of the ESI to mediate the relationship between GM and GEI. At the same time, it was able to fully mediate between SPI and GEI. The study provides a set of recommendations for policymakers and other stakeholders. The study is considered one of few studies investigating the key factors influencing GEI among students.

Keeping pace with the times: research on the impact of digital leadership on radical green innovation of manufacturing enterprises

PurposeToward sustainable development, radical green innovation (RGI) is necessary. Despite extensive research on the factors influencing green innovation, few studies have been conducted on the precursors. Based on upper echelons (UE) theory, dynamic capability (DC) theory, “stimulus-organism-response” (SOR) theory, social information processing (SIP) theory and cognitive appraisal (CA) theory of emotion, the study explores how digital leadership (DL) affects RGI and investigates the mediating effects of green organizational identity (GOI) and the moderating effects of digital threat (DT) and technology for social good (TSG), as well as the multiple concurrent causalities that trigger high RGI.Design/methodology/approachThe method of combining structural equation model (SEM) and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fs QCA) is adopted in the study. Data from 233 questionnaires were collected at two different time points.FindingsThis study's findings indicate that the four dimensions of DL can positively influence RGI and GOI partially mediates between the four dimensions of DL and RGI. DT has a negative moderating effect between DL and GOI, while TSG is positively regulated between them, DT and TSG linkage moderates the partial mediating effect of GOI in DL and RGI. Further, fs QCA is used to analyze the causal complexity of DL dimensions and GOI to RGI and nine effective configuration paths are identified. It is found that the synergy of digital thinking ability (DTA), digital detection ability (DDA), digital social ability (DSA), digital reserve ability (DRA) and GOI is crucial to high RGI. Among them, GOI core appears the most times, indicating that GOI plays a vital role in improving enterprise RGI.Originality/valueThis study expands the literature on leadership and innovation by constructing a framework of “DL-GOI-RGI” and exploring the transmission of GOI and the boundary effect of DT and TSG. The study used fs QCA and SEM to better understand the statistical associations and the set relations between the conjunctions and conditions.

The role of green strategic alliances and their impact on green organizational identity and sustainability

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the role of green strategic alliances (GSAs) in fostering a green shared vision (GSVis) and green shared value (GSV) and their impact on green organizational identity (GOI) and sustainability.Design/methodology/approachThe authors employed structural equation modeling to analyze data collected through a 60-item questionnaire administered in Portugal and China, allowing the authors to test their theoretical model.FindingsThe findings of the authors' study indicate that green strategic alliances have a positive influence on the development of a GSVis and GSV in both countries. This, in turn, contributes to improved sustainability and the establishment of a GOI. Furthermore, the authors' results demonstrate that these alliances enhance GSV, resulting in enhanced sustainability performance and a stronger green identity, with a notable increase in awareness of environmental and social practices.Originality/valueThis article is innovative as it applies organizational learning and value creation theories to gain a deeper understanding of how alliances can shape the green identity of companies and contribute to their overall sustainability.

How Does Corporate Green Innovation Strategy Translate into Green Innovation Performance Based on Chain Mediation?

Innovation is the engine of economic growth, and green innovation can make this growth sustainable. In the context of tightening resource and environmental constraints and the strategic process of innovation-driven growth, green innovation strategy has become the core element and effective driving force for manufacturing enterprises to achieve green transformation and gain sustainable competitive advantage. Firstly, this paper constructs a research framework of “corporate green innovation strategy (CGIS)—green organization identity (GOI)—employees’ green innovation behavior (EGIB)—corporate green innovation performance (CGIP)” based on the natural resource-based view. Second, this paper investigates the impact of CGIS on EGIB and the chain mediating role of GOI and EGIB in this process. The study shows that GIS has a significant positive impact on CGIP. GOI mediates between CGIS and CGIP. EGIB mediates between CGIS and CGIP. GOI and EGIB have a chain mediating role between CGIS and CGIP. This paper analyzes the process mechanism of CGIS on CGIP and provides an intentional reference for manufacturing companies to implement green innovation strategy and improve green innovation performance.

Who we are and what we do: The relevance of green organizational identity in understanding environmental performance

Based on organizational identity theory and the resource-based perspective, this research examines the relationships between green organizational identity (GOI), green service innovation (GSI), and hotel environmental performance (HEP). Additionally, the role of resource commitment (RC) as a quasi-moderator is further investigated. Data was collected from 440 green hotel employees in Thailand using a three-wave approach. The statistical analysis revealed that GOI has a positive influence on GSI and HEP. GSI mediated the relationship between GOI and HEP. RC as a quasi-moderator simultaneously moderated the GOI-GSI link and the GSI and HEP link, in addition to directly influencing GSI and HEP. The theoretical and practical implications for both hospitality practitioners and policymakers are discussed.

Green Neighbourhood Identity: How Residents Use Urban Nature Against Territorial Stigmatization in Finnish Housing Estates

ABSTRACT The 1960s housing estates are widely defamed in public discourse, including two neighbourhoods of focus in this research in the fast-growing “sustainable city” of Tampere, Finland. Based on a qualitative case study, this paper analyses how residents have used urban nature to counter territorial stigmatization. It views the relationship between territorial stigmatization and neighbourhood identity through urban nature, which has received minimal academic attention despite the increasing interest in green and climate-friendly sustainable cities. This paper argues that 1) the symbolic defamation of forest estates is a social process that has shadowed the housing estates; and 2) the residents of the housing estates constructed a “green neighbourhood identity” as a counter-narrative to shed the negative discourse regarding themselves and their neighbourhood. Urban nature has been an important source for constructing a positive neighbourhood identity but has not negated the historically produced territorial stigma.

Effects of climate CSA and CSR messaging: the moderating role of green consumer identity

PurposeThe purpose of this experimental study is to examine the effects of climate change corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate social advocacy (CSA) messages on public perceptions of companies and collective action intentions.Design/methodology/approachThis study employs a 2 (message type: CSA vs CSR) × 2 (environmental issue: single-use plastics vs renewable energy) × 2 (company: Target vs Walmart) plus control online experimental design.FindingsThere were no main effects of message type on outcomes; however, green consumer identity moderated the relationship between message type and green purchase intention as well as negative word-of-mouth.Originality/valueThis study responds to calls by scholars to empirically compare the effects of CSR and CSA messages. Additionally, we consider group-level processes, like ingroup identity, in influencing strategic communication outcomes.

Determinants of green organizational identity and its impact on green competitive strategy

This study aims to examine the effect of green intellectual capital and organizational environmental management on green organizational identity and its impact on the green competitive strategy. In this study, green intellectual capital is represented by green human capital, green structural capital, and green relational capital. Meanwhile, the organization's environmental management is represented by an environmental-oriented organizational culture, environmental-oriented leadership, and environmental-oriented capabilities. This study applies a survey that is distributed to 170 respondents who have managerial positions. The sample selection for functional is that respondents have influence and experience in the organization where the respondent works. The number of questionnaires that were successfully returned from the respondents was 146 pieces. From the results of hypothesis testing, it is known that green human capital and environmentally oriented culture have a significant positive effect on green organizational identity. Meanwhile, green structural capital, green relational capital, environmentally oriented leadership, and environmentally oriented abilities do not affect green organizational identity. Green structural capital and green relational capital have a significant positive effect on the green competitive strategy. In contrast, green human capital, environmentally oriented culture, environmental-oriented leadership, and environmental-oriented abilities, green organizational identity do not affect the green competitive strategy.

The impact of green culture on employee organizational commitment: The mediating role of green identity

ABSTRACT The importance of environmental issues leads the managers of organizations to implement green policies. Besides having environmental benefits and fulfilling the organization’s social responsibilities, implementing these policies will also have internal benefits that encourage managers to review internal organizational structures and identify the factors that affect them. This study examines how the green culture of the organization is one of the critical structures within the organization on the level of employee commitment through the mediation of the green identity of the organization. In this study, the analysis of standard questions of research variables in the statistical population, i.e. the staff of industrial estates in Isfahan province, has been used. The approach used in this research is structural equational modeling with the partial least squares method, done and analyzed by SmartPLSsoftware. The results show that green organizational culture directly affects organizational commitment. In addition, green organizational culture through green organizational identity as a mediating variable affects organizational commitment, and thus the mediating role of green organizational identity is strongly confirmed. The responsibility of organizations to protect the environment can be considered a factor in increasing organizational commitment and thus lead to further promotion and success of the organization. Therefore, organizations can create policies to implement green culture in addition to green identity in the organization can increase employee commitment to the organization, which is an essential result of this research.

Green culture toward employee green behavior; the mediation roles of perceived support and green identity

Green culture toward employee green behavior; the mediation roles of perceived support and green identity

Competitive Advantage as Mediating Between Green Behaviour and Performance in the Jordanian Banks Sector

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the extent to which the banks sector has adopted a green organizational identity and a green organizational climate, as well as how this has affected the performance and competitive advantage in this significant financial sector. The idea that guides the body of research on the link between green organizational identity, green organizational climate and performance postulates that a strategy that is specifically adapted to a firm's internal and external environment is very likely to produce superior performance. The study also included a thorough evaluation of recent literature that was relevant to the quantitative results from looking at green behavior in the context of banks. The relationship between these variables was confirmed by earlier studies by looking at bank performance. The study improves comprehension of the bank performance and green behavior described in existing literature. Decision-makers can enhance their strategic plans by giving green practices that have an influence on the sustainability pillars more priority once they are aware of the implementation level. It is advised that HR managers increase their investments in green practices to fully benefit from them. The study offered a conceptual framework based on an analysis of the existing literature to comprehend and forecast performance in a bank as a whole or specifically in a workplace.

Green transformational leadership: Systematic literature review

Companies and individuals are cognisant of the gravity of the environmental problem and advocate for the implementation of a sustainable business model. Green behaviour of employees, a form of pro-environmental action at work, is crucial for the organisation to reach its goal of area conservation. To promote Green Transformational Leadership, it is crucial to understand the causes and effects of pro-environmental behaviour, as well as the factors that influence these factors. This systematic literature review offers a comprehensive review of research articles related to green transformational leadership on employee behavior. comes from many articles about the application of green transformational leadership on the performance of presenters and conference participants. systematic review of the literature at issue using the preferred reporting method for systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Analysis of several studies that have links to the benefits of little green transformational leadership on student academic achievement. study points were analyzed using data quality, yielding 30 data points that met the eligibility standard. examination of several journals shows that Green Transformational Leadership has a secret weapon to teach leadership skills to students through the value of harmony, the value of harmony, and students by inviting them to explore their relationships with one another. Empirical results have supported our hypothetical model, showing that green transformational leadership has an indirect influence on green behavior of employees through value alignment, and that this mediating effect can be moderated by green identity.

Sustainability‐oriented innovations – Enhancing factors and consequences

AbstractThis study aims to explore internal firm factors that enhance sustainability‐oriented product and process innovations. Formulated on resource‐based theories and the Porter hypothesis, it further investigates the impact of these innovations on the economic performance of firms. Adopting a quantitative research methodology, the study uses partial least squares structural equation modelling on data collected from 251 middle to senior management employees working in manufacturing‐based consumer goods firms. Dynamic capabilities, sustainable organisational innovations and smart technologies are concluded as significant factors that enhance sustainability‐oriented innovations. A strong positive impact of sustainability‐oriented innovations on organisation's economic performance is established, with green competitive advantage playing a strong mediating role and green image as a weak mediating variable. Interesting insights are gained in action‐identity‐image relationships. A strong positive relationship is established between sustainability‐oriented innovations and green organisational identity. Green organisational identity further promotes green image through green commitment. The study provides managers insights on internal factors that encourage sustainable innovations and harness right opportunities to ensure economic success. The interplay between action, identity, and image provides policymakers right tools to frame appropriate strategies to create sustainability orientation. The study has limitations as it is cross sectional and hence fails to capture the dynamics over time and it uses subjective measures.

How can corporate social responsibility predict voluntary pro-environmental behaviors?

This article proposes the multilevel model to draw how corporate social responsibility (CSR) can increase pro-environmental behaviors and employs green identity as the mediator based on cognitive consistency theory. This article employs the multilevel model to test the theoretical framework using 400 employees from 100 different workgroups in the clean energy technology businesses of Greater China. The findings revealed that when an employee perceived more individual-level CSR at the initial time (Time 1) would increase more individual-level green self-categorization (GSC), green affective commitment (GAC), and green self-esteem (GSE), which consequently increased pro-environmental behaviors (PBs) at the individual level and work-unit level. This finding suggests that managers not only must build individual-level perceived CSR of employees but must also foster work-unit-level (atmosphere) CSR within a group to increase work-unit-level GI, which consequently can increase PBs.

Is Green Organizational Identity Related to Sustainability Performance? A Scooping Review

The abstract is made as a brief summary of the entire content of the article written Green Organizational Identity (GOI) needs to be implemented by companies to achieve sustainable corporate performance. As one of the intangible assets that can provide positive value to the company, GOI is believed to be able to improve the Sustainability Performance (SP) of the company. This research is qualitative research using scooping review to answer the research objectives. This study aims to identify the relationship between GOI and SP. The results of the study show that there is no research that has thoroughly discussed the relationship between GOI and SP. Existing research still partially discusses part of SP. GOI has an influence on environmental performance and its related derivative variables. This study contributes theoretically that GOI has a major influence on sustainable company performance, both directly and indirectly.

Cultivating green workforce: The roles of green shared vision and green organizational identity.

The current study anchors on the social identity theory (SIT) and social exchange theory (SET) to investigate the association between green talent management (GTM) and employee retention (ER), mediated by green organizational identity (GOI). Further, the study projects the moderator effect of green shared vision (GSV) in the direct association between GTM and GOI, and the indirect link between GTM and ER through the mediator effect of GOI. We collected time-lagged (i.e., three-wave) data from 495 frontline managers in the tourism service firms in Pakistan. Data are analyzed using SmartPLS SEM (V 3.3) to evaluate the measurement and structural models. Our results support all the projected associations and confirm the direct relationships between GTM and ER (β = 0.480, CIs = 0.494, 0.578), GTM and GOI (β = 0.586, CIs = 0.517, 0.670), and GOI and ER (β = 0.492, CIs = 0.425, 0.566). The findings further reveal that GOI significantly mediates the relationship between GTM and ER (β = 0.257, CIs = 0.184, 0.312). In addition, the moderator effect of GSV significantly underpins the direct association between GTM and GOI (β = 0.512, CIs = 0.432, 0.587) and the indirect association between GTM and ER, mediated by GOI (β = 0.526, CIs = 0.441, 0.590). This is the first study that explores a moderated mediation model to explain when and how tourism service firms can promote ER through inculcating GTM strategies. The findings indicate that service firms in the tourism industry must develop and retain green talent to exploit pro-environmental strategies.

Scattering of water waves by two thin vertical barriers over shelf bottom topography

In this paper, water waves interaction with two thin vertical barriers over shelf bottom topography is analysed using linearised wave theory. The associated mixed boundary value problem is solved with the aid of method involving eigenfunction expansions of the velocity potential and orthogonality relation of the eigenfunctions. Further, the resulting system of algebraic equations is solved using the least square method to find the physical quantities, that is, reflection and transmission coefficients, free surface elevation and non-dimensional horizontal force experienced by the barriers. The energy balance relation is derived from Green's identity which ensures the correctness of the present results. The obtained results are also compared with the results available in the literature for validation purpose. With the help of different plots, the effect of depth ratios, length of the barriers, angle of incidence and gap between the barriers is investigated for various values of physical parameters. The study reveals that the phenomena of zero reflection, that is, full transmission can be avoided by using non-identical barriers or asymmetric shelf bottom topography. Also, it is highlighted that the presence of two barriers instead of a single barrier over shelf topography will help to reduce the transmitted wave energy near the seashore. A generalisation of number of surface piercing barriers over the shelf bottom topography is also demonstrated.

The effect of green self identity, self-congruity, perceived value on bioplastic product purchase intention

This study investigates the impact of green self-identity, self-congruity, and perceived value on consumer purchase intention toward bioplastic products. This study uses a quantitative and purposive sampling method to collect data. The total number of respondents is 250 respondents. The proposed hypotheses are tested using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). This study finds that green self-identity has a positive effect on perceived value. While self-congruity moderates the relationship between green self-identity and perceived value. In addition, perceived value has a positive impact on purchase intention, and green self-identity has a positive effect on purchase intention.

ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES AND CONSUMER PREFERENCE FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY BEVERAGE PACKAGING: THE ROLE OF INFORMATION PROVISION AND IDENTITY LABELING IN INFLUENCING CONSUMER BEHAVIOR

<List> <ListItem> <ItemContent> ● Consumer preference for environmentally-friendly beverage packaging was investigated. </ItemContent> </ListItem> <ListItem> <ItemContent> ● Consumers are willing to pay a premium for post-consumer recycled materials. </ItemContent> </ListItem> <ListItem> <ItemContent> ● Environmental information and green identity labels have synergistic effect on consumer willingness to pay. </ItemContent> </ListItem> <ListItem> <ItemContent> ● Product unit size seems irrelevant in most consumer decisions. </ItemContent> </ListItem> </List> This study examined whether urban Chinese consumers with stronger environmental values have higher valuations for plastic beverage bottles that are made of post-consumer recycled material (rPET) or that come in large sizes that use plastic more efficiently. It also assesses the effectiveness of environmental information provision and green identity labeling in increasing consumer willingness to pay for environmentally-friendly packaging. The results suggest that urban Chinese consumers are willing to pay a premium for rPET bottles, indicating that there is a potential market for rPET food and beverage packaging in China that calls for manufacturing guidelines, safety standards, or regulations. Providing environmental information and attaching green identity labels increases consumer valuations of rPET bottles, with their joint use exerting the largest effect. Pro-environmental consumers are more responsive to environmental information and green identity labeling and thus are willing to pay a higher premium for rPET bottles. However, in terms of choosing large bottles as a means to reduce plastic use in product packaging, consumers were found to be indifferent about plastic bottle sizes even after receiving environmental information. It is suggested that the inconvenience of carrying or storing large bottles might have offset their perceived environmental benefits.

Driving Eco-Innovation through Green Transformational Leadership: The Power of Employee Voluntary Green Behavior

Keeping in view the increasingly importance of environmental preservation, organizations tend to focus more and more on sustainable business practices. Accordingly, employees green practices such as eco-innovation can contribute significantly towards the preservation of the environment. Hence, it is very crucial to study how companies such as banking sector enhance employees green innovation or eco-innovation to solve environmental problem. For this purpose, the present study has examined the variables that might be the predictors of employees' eco-innovation. An important contributor to employee eco-innovation isgreen transformational leadership, which was the focus of this study. Moreover, this study verified the underlying mechanism that leads transformational leadership to employees' eco-innovation through the role of employees' voluntary green workplace behavior. Hypotheses were presented based on social identity and social exchange theory. Data were collected from 150 workers of private and public banks in the Hazara region by convenience sampling. Results confirmed the positive impact of Green Transformation Leaderships on EcoInnovation. Moreover, the findings also confirmed the significant mediating impact of EVGB between the links of Green Transformation Leaderships Eco-Innovation. These findings have important implications for both academics and bank management like, to strengthen their green creativity, using green transformational leadership to establish a green corporate identity would need a large commitment of resources. If the organization wishes to drive employee eco-innovation, it must connect the concept of green transformational leadership to its long-term development sustainability. When individuals embrace voluntary green workplace behaviors, eco-innovation rises.