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Employee ecological behavior among academicians at the workplace

Employee ecological behavior among academicians at the workplace Successfully fostering employee ecological behaviors can reduce the environmental impacts of an organization while boosting performance. This paper aims to investigate the factors and organizational strategies for employees to engage in ecological behaviors.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses a qualitative method. Academicians from four top-ranked research universities from Malaysia participated in semi-structured interviews.FindingsThe in-depth analysis of the interviews identified several factors (environmental attitude, feedback, green self-efficacy, leadership role, organizational culture and employee empowerment) and strategies (incentives; top management support; creating environmental knowledge and awareness; rules and regulations; and sustainability advocates) for promoting ecological behavior in the workplace.Research limitations/implicationsThis study was limited to Malaysian public research universities. Future research could investigate additional variables that might influence employee ecological behavior. Implications include policymaking, which emphasizes boosting environmental factors among academicians.Originality/valueResearch studies on employee ecological behavior are minimal. This research contributes to the literature by discussing how different stimuli and strategies are used in the top four-ranked green universities of Malaysia for ecological behavior in the workplace. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Social Responsibility Journal Emerald Publishing

Employee ecological behavior among academicians at the workplace

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Emerald Publishing
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© Emerald Publishing Limited
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1747-1117
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1747-1117
DOI
10.1108/srj-04-2021-0147
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Abstract

Successfully fostering employee ecological behaviors can reduce the environmental impacts of an organization while boosting performance. This paper aims to investigate the factors and organizational strategies for employees to engage in ecological behaviors.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses a qualitative method. Academicians from four top-ranked research universities from Malaysia participated in semi-structured interviews.FindingsThe in-depth analysis of the interviews identified several factors (environmental attitude, feedback, green self-efficacy, leadership role, organizational culture and employee empowerment) and strategies (incentives; top management support; creating environmental knowledge and awareness; rules and regulations; and sustainability advocates) for promoting ecological behavior in the workplace.Research limitations/implicationsThis study was limited to Malaysian public research universities. Future research could investigate additional variables that might influence employee ecological behavior. Implications include policymaking, which emphasizes boosting environmental factors among academicians.Originality/valueResearch studies on employee ecological behavior are minimal. This research contributes to the literature by discussing how different stimuli and strategies are used in the top four-ranked green universities of Malaysia for ecological behavior in the workplace.

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Social Responsibility Journal – Emerald Publishing

Published: Mar 15, 2023

Keywords: Environmental attitude; Employee ecological behavior; Employee green behavior; Leadership support; Organizational strategies

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