Organizational Citizenship Behavior For The Environment Research Articles

Exploring the impact of megaproject environmental responsibility on organizational citizenship behaviors for the environment: A social identity perspective

The importance of organizational citizenship behaviors for the environment (OCBEs) has been clearly established in the environmental literature. However, the OCBEs construct has rarely been examined in the specific and increasingly important realm of megaproject environmental responsibility (MER). To fill this gap, this paper presents an individual-level analysis that explores the impact of project participants' perceptions of MER practices on their environmental commitment and OCBEs. The results show that project participants' perceptions of MER practices directed toward internal stakeholders (i.e., stakeholders linked by project contracts) are positively related to their OCBEs. This relationship is partially mediated by the environmental commitment of project participants. Conversely, project participants' perceptions of MER practices directed toward external stakeholders (i.e., the local community and general public) have only an insignificant impact on their OCBEs. These findings provide new insights for managing MER practices to stimulate the emergence of OCBEs and thereby improve environmental performance.

Improving environmental performance through unit-level organizational citizenship behaviors for the environment: A capability perspective

Organizational citizenship behaviors for the environment (OCBEs) are increasingly advocated as a means of complementing formal practices in improving environmental performance. Adopting a capability perspective, we propose that a firm's employee involvement capability translates into environmental performance through the manifestation of unit-level OCBEs, and that this relationship is amplified by a shared vision capability. In a cross-country and multi-industry sample of 170 firms, we find support for our hypotheses, shedding light on contextual determinants of OCBEs, and on how firms may engender a positive relationship between top-down environmental initiatives and bottom-up behaviors.

Managers’ Citizenship Behaviors for the Environment: A Developmental Perspective

The objective of this longitudinal study is to analyze the intrinsic drivers and values underlying managers’ organizational citizenship behaviors for the environment (OCBEs) from a developmental psychology perspective based on measuring the stages of consciousness that shape the meaning-making systems of individuals. At time 1, the stages of consciousness of 138 managers were qualitatively assessed using the Leader Development Profile test. At time 2, a quantitative survey measured the environmental beliefs and OCBEs of these managers. The links between stages of consciousness, environmental beliefs, and OCBEs were analyzed using hierarchical regressions. The main findings show that managers’ stages of consciousness positively influence two types of OCBEs, namely eco-initiatives and eco-helping, while environmental beliefs influence eco-helping and eco-civic engagement but do not appear to be connected with the stage of consciousness development. This paper first contributes to the literature on corporate greening by shedding more light on the aspects of behavioral and developmental psychology that underlie environmental leadership. Second, it bridges the gap between theories that have developed separately by showing the interconnectedness between the managers’ stage of consciousness and the more concrete environmental behaviors in the workplace that could have emulative effects throughout the organization.

Ethical Leadership and OCBE: The Influence of Prosocial Motivation and Self Accountability

The examination of organizational citizenship behavior for the environment (OCBE) is a newly-developed field in organizational and management research. Till now, scholars have known little about it...

The Impact of Strategic Human Resources Management to Organizational Citizenship Behavior for the Environment in Manufacturing Company

This study aims to examine the Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM), Internal Environtmental Orientation (IEO), and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Environment (OCBE) in a manufacturing company in Jakarta and its surrounding areas. It is specifically aimed to identify whether there is an influence of SHRM and IEO to OCBE and to investigate whether the IEO moderately influences SHRM to OCBE. The respondents of this study are employees of manufacturing company from different levels and positions from several industries. The selection of respondents is done by convenience sampling and it successfully collects 150 respondents. The results of descriptive analysis show that SHRM, IEO, and OCBE on the company they work is acceptable but it still needs improvement. In addition it is found that there is a significant positive influence of SHRM and IEO variables to OCBE. However, IEO variable does not moderately influence SHRM to OCBE.

Leading by Example: A Model of Organizational Citizenship Behavior for the Environment

AbstractOrganizational citizenship behaviors for the environment (OCBEs), which are based on individual, voluntary and informal initiatives, are increasingly considered as an essential ingredient of corporate greening. Drawing on the emerging literature on this issue, this paper explores the determinants and consequences of managers' OCBEs. A study of 304 managers from the manufacturing sector allowed us to validate a new model of managers' OCBEs based on structural equation modeling. The model shows the role of environmental values and perceived behavioral control (PBC) in the adoption of OCBEs. As expected, the model also shows positive and significant relationships between OCBEs, environmental management practices and performance in this area. The study sheds new light on the impacts of OCBEs and explores the reasons why they can be used to lead by example and to improve environmental performance. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

Pro-environmental behavior at work: Construct validity and determinants

Pro-environmental behaviors in the workplace are less investigated than pro-environmental behaviors outside the work setting are. This study focuses on organizational citizenship behavior for the environment (OCBE) as a new construct to capture pro-environmental behaviors in the work setting. Three independent studies were conducted: Study 1 provides evidence for the validity of the three-factor model of OCBE, namely, eco-helping, eco–civic engagement, and eco-initiatives. Study 2 indicates that there is a difference between OCBE, consisting of eco-helping, eco–civic engagement and eco-initiatives, and OCB, consisting of helping, civic virtue, and sportsmanship. Finally, using social exchange theory, Study 3 shows that when employees feel supported by their organization, they become more committed and satisfied and are willing to engage in OCBEs. Whereas a direct effect is reported for employee commitment to the organization, findings indicate that perceived organizational support and job satisfaction have an indirect effect on OCBE.

The Impact of Human Resource Management on Environmental Performance: An Employee-Level Study

This field study investigated the relationship between strategic human resource management, internal environmental concern, organizational citizenship behavior for the environment, and environmental performance. The originality of the present research was to link human resource management and environmental management in the Chinese context. Data consisted of 151 matched questionnaires from top management team members, chief executive officers, and frontline workers. The main results indicate that organizational citizenship behavior for the environment fully mediates the relationship between strategic human resource management and environmental performance, and that internal environmental concern moderates the effect of strategic human resource management on organizational citizenship behavior for the environment.