TY - JOUR
T1 - The “golden” voice of “green” employees
T2 - The effect of private environmental orientation on suggestions for improvement in firms’ economic value creation
AU - Palmié, Maximilian
AU - Rüegger, Stephanie
AU - Holzer, Matthias
AU - Oghazi, Pejvak
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - This study examines whether employees’ private environmental orientation matters for the economic performance of their firms. It argues that employees’ private environmental orientation affects not only their pro-environmental and pro-social behavior (PEPSB) in the workplace but also their inclination to make suggestions for improvements (i.e., their voice behavior). It also contends that their voice behavior is not limited to suggestions rooted in PEPSB but includes suggestions for other economically attractive improvements besides pro-environmental and pro-social improvements. This study further maintains that firms can support the transformation of employees’ private environmental orientation into voice behavior at work by influencing employees’ perception of the firm. Specifically, it posits that an employee's private environmental orientation leads to more suggestions for economically attractive improvements at work, the more she or he perceives the company to emphasize sustainability. An analysis of 283 employees in the hospitality industry provides strong support for our theoretical account.
AB - This study examines whether employees’ private environmental orientation matters for the economic performance of their firms. It argues that employees’ private environmental orientation affects not only their pro-environmental and pro-social behavior (PEPSB) in the workplace but also their inclination to make suggestions for improvements (i.e., their voice behavior). It also contends that their voice behavior is not limited to suggestions rooted in PEPSB but includes suggestions for other economically attractive improvements besides pro-environmental and pro-social improvements. This study further maintains that firms can support the transformation of employees’ private environmental orientation into voice behavior at work by influencing employees’ perception of the firm. Specifically, it posits that an employee's private environmental orientation leads to more suggestions for economically attractive improvements at work, the more she or he perceives the company to emphasize sustainability. An analysis of 283 employees in the hospitality industry provides strong support for our theoretical account.
KW - 512 Business and Management
KW - Behavioral consistency
KW - Employee suggestions
KW - Environmental orientation
KW - Hospitality
KW - Perception
KW - Pro-environmental behavior at work
KW - Sustainability
KW - Voice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85143800642&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113492
DO - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113492
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85143800642
SN - 0148-2963
VL - 156
JO - Journal of Business Research
JF - Journal of Business Research
M1 - 113492
ER -