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What Makes Employees Green Advocates? Exploring the Effects of Green Human Resource Management

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Green advocacy has been the focus of both practitioners and theorists for decades. However, little attention has been paid to employee green advocacy despite its significance to employee green behaviors and the environmental sustainability of organizations. In an effort to contribute to this nascent field, this study investigates what promotes employee green advocacy and its psychological mechanisms. Based on cognitive consistency theory, we propose that green human resource management (GHRM) can influence employees' organization-based self-esteem, which motivates them to engage in employee green advocacy to sustain their positive self-image and avoid possible cognitive disorders. Perceived organizational support moderates the relationship between GHRM and employee organization-based self-esteem. Data from a sample of 135 employees and their chief human resource officer (CHO) supported our hypotheses. We discussed the theoretical and practical implications of our findings.

Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19031807

Authors: Yufei Cheng, Huanxin Liu, Yiwei Yuan, Zhonghao Zhang, Jinguo Zhao

Institutions: Shandong University, Binghamton University, Renmin University of China, Qilu University of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Environmental Sustainability in Business

Subfield: Marketing

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,618

Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China