When and Why Perceived Organizational Environmental Support Fails to Work: From a Congruence Perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Yun Zhang ◽  
Zhe Zhang ◽  
Ming Jia
Keyword(s):  
Field Survey ◽  
Polynomial Regression ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
Workplace Behavior ◽  
Environmental Support ◽  
Supportive Behaviors ◽  
Consistency Theory ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Green Behavior

ABSTRACT Environmental responsibility has been increasingly emphasized in the management field. Perceived organizational environmental support is generally considered desirable within organizations. Nonetheless, both scholars and practitioners doubt that it is a panacea for enhancing employee green behavior (EGB), an important workplace behavior benefiting the environment and corporate sustainability. From a congruence perspective, this research explores when and why perceived organizational environmental support fails to increase EGB effectively. Drawing upon cue consistency theory and the corporate hypocrisy literature, we propose that perceived organizational environmental support backfires when it is incongruent with another critical cue signaling an organization's environmental stance – perceived supervisory environmental support (particularly when perceived organizational environmental support is higher than perceived supervisory environmental support). This is because the inconsistent signals of environmental support from the organization (in the form of policy commitment) and supervisor (in the form of supportive behaviors) arouse employees’ perception of corporate hypocrisy, which in turn inhibits EGB. Both the scenario experiment results (Study 1) and the polynomial regression results of the field survey data (Study 2) support our hypotheses. Theoretical contributions and managerial implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Environmental responsibility in hospital care: Findings from a qualitative study

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Kallio ◽  
Anna-Maija Pietilä ◽  
Martin Johnson ◽  
Mari Kangasniemi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Hospital Care ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
University Hospitals ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Hospital Organization ◽  
Environmental Support

Objective: To identify the key elements of environmental responsibility in hospital care and the stakeholders involved.Background: Hospital care causes a significant global environmental burden, which threatens human health and wellbeing. Environmental responsibility has been identified as an essential part of patient care with regard to health promotion and wellbeing of humans, but it has often been regarded as a secondary issue in hospitals. In addition, the lack of organizational structures and administrative as well as managerial support inhibit the promotion of environmental responsibility in hospitals.Methods: We used a qualitative study with semi-structured interviews and document analysis. Our data was drawn from the environmental managers of five Finnish university hospitals and documents on their environmental programs.Results: We found that the aim of environmental responsibility in hospital care was to avoid unnecessary emissions, and that it was guided by the authorities and by ethical values. It included targets for sustainable use of material, electricity, water and transport. Environmental responsibility required the involvement of several stakeholders, including administrators, environmental manager, immediate leaders, environmental support people, staff and patients. Implementation of environmental responsibility was promoted by collaboration, education, diverse initiatives to motivate staff, and continuously developing practices.Conclusions: Environmental responsibility extended throughout a hospital organization. Staff was in a key position to implement it, but they needed versatile organizational support, including education, clear procedures, defined roles, and a motivational culture and facilities.Implications for hospital management: This study yields new knowledge that will provide information for the development of organisational structures with respect to environmental responsibility in hospital care.

scholarly journals Green Purchase Intention: an examination of customers towards Adoption of Green Products

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Umar Hayat Abbasi ◽  
Qamar Shehzad Qureshi ◽  
Muhammad Rizwan ◽  
Aftab Ahmad ◽  
Farukh Mehmood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Consumer Attitudes ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Green Marketing ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
Green Products ◽  
The People ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Green Trust ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Increasing awareness on the various environmental problems has led a shift in the way consumers go about their life. There has been a change in consumer attitudes towards a green lifestyle and people are actively trying to reduce their impact on the environment. Massive industrialization has changed this world radically and leaving behind a curse to nature. Environmental reduction is a concern of people all around the globe. The purpose of this study is to identify the important factors that influence the green purchase intentions of the people. This study investigates the effects of different variables on green purchase intention of consumers. A sample of 150 respondents was taken from the students and professional in Bahawalpur City of Pakistan. The data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire, using the previous established scales. Regression results of the study validate all the hypotheses of the study confirming the significant impact of green perceived value, green trust, green environmental responsibility, green marketing tools and green purchase attitude on green purchase intention. The current study falsifies the assumption that the consumers in developing countries are less prone towards purchasing of green products. Managerial implications and limitations are discussed to make this study more fruitful.

scholarly journals Achieving Corporate Sustainability: Toward a Practical Theory

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 4155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sooksan Kantabutra
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
Corporate Sustainability Performance ◽  
Sustainability Research ◽  
Framework Approach ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Future Theory

The present study aims at exploring processual relationships between corporate sustainability predictors and sustainability performance, as informed by the Thai philosophy of Sufficiency Economy, and accordingly proposes a theory of corporate sustainability to fill in the fundamental gap in the literature. Based on a framework derived from the literature, multi-data collection methods and the framework approach to qualitative data analysis are adopted to explore the relationships at a sustainable enterprise in Thailand. Findings reveal six processual relationships leading to improving corporate sustainability performance directly and indirectly. Grounded upon seven established theories, the existing empirical literature and the findings of the present study, a coherent theory of corporate sustainability is developed to inform future theory building and guide future corporate sustainability research. Managerial implications and future research directions are discussed.

Corporate sustainability management under market uncertainty

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 1023-1037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Honglei Liu ◽  
Sang Jin Kim ◽  
Huanzhang Wang ◽  
Kyung Hoon Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
Market Uncertainty ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
Sustainability Management ◽  
Long Term Survival ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Survival And Growth

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how market uncertainty affects sustainability management for long-term survival and growth. Design/methodology/approach Structural equation modeling is applied to evaluate the research model using data from a survey of 210 firms in China. Findings Empirical findings show that market uncertainty encourages entrepreneurship, which is an impetus for sustainability management. Economic and environmental responsibility positively affects balanced scorecard, but social responsibility does not. Research limitations/implications The study results show that economic and environmental responsibility is essential for success, but social responsibility appears to lack effect. Therefore, future research might further explore why social responsibility fails to enhance corporate performance. Practical implications When firms consider sustainability management for long-term survival and growth, they should not only strive to grow regional economic benefits but also adhere to environmental regulations and protect the local ecosystem. Originality/value This study observes how market uncertainty, entrepreneurship and corporate sustainability (economic, environmental and social responsibility) affect the overall performance of firms in China.

scholarly journals Transition towards Sustainability: Adoption of Eco-Products among Consumers

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Hojnik ◽  
Mitja Ruzzier ◽  
Maja Konečnik Ruzzier
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Female Consumers ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
The Relationship

Transition to sustainability is a long-term challenge which should also actively engage consumers, as consumption causes environmental stress. In order to understand how consumers adopt eco-products, we conducted an extensive literature review of green consumerism and presented findings of 47 previous research works. In addition, this study’s aim was to explore whether consumers remain only concerned about the environment or whether they actually make a difference. Moreover, we examined gender differences. Because the relationship between consumers’ environmental concern and purchase intention is not straightforward, we aimed to explore the effect of consumers’ environmental concern on their purchase intention. The purpose of this paper was to explore how consumers’ familiarity with and consciousness of eco-products and their perceived sense of environmental responsibility mediate the relationship between consumers’ environmental concern and their purchase intention. We used structural equation modeling to test the proposed conceptual model based on a sample of 705 Slovenian consumers. Our findings suggest that all the above-mentioned constructs mediate the relationship between consumers’ environmental concern and their purchase intention in relation to eco-products. However, consumers’ consciousness of eco-products has the greatest effect in channeling environmental concern into purchase intention of eco-products. In addition, the findings indicate that female consumers express greater environmental concern, consciousness of eco-products, and perceived environmental responsibility than male consumers. The paper concludes with policy and managerial implications, theoretical implications, limitations of the study, and future research directions based on the findings of consumers’ perspectives.

In pursuit of corporate sustainability: factors contributing to employees' workplace behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-249
Author(s):  
Stacy H. Lee ◽  
Jung E. Ha-Brookshire
Keyword(s):  
Moral Responsibility ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Workplace Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fashion Retail

PurposeAchieving sustainability is imperative for all businesses but perhaps even so more in fashion retail. As a vital group of stakeholders, employees interact with all other stakeholders and play a critical role in the sustainability of an organization.Design/methodology/approachThis study is to investigate internal and external factors that influence employees' harmful or useful behaviors based on the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) of morality.FindingsThe findings show that employees' perceptions of the moral responsibility of achieving corporate sustainability both as an internal corporate ethical value and as an external factor influenced their organizational citizenship behavior, as well as their propensity toward displaying counterproductive workplace behavior. Higher quality relationships with managers were found to strengthen the relationship between corporate ethical values (CEVs) and organizational citizenship behaviors.Research limitations/implicationsThe objective of this study focused exclusively on the US fashion retail employees. Therefore, it is suggested that future research compares the cultural influences on employees as related to the moral responsibility of corporate sustainability.Originality/valueThis study is one of few studies which have explored the level of employees' perceived moral responsibility toward the notion of how corporate sustainability should be accomplished.

scholarly journals Green Behavior and Financial Performance: Impact on the Malaysian Fashion Industry

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402095317
Author(s):  
Qaisar Ali ◽  
Asma Salman ◽  
Shazia Parveen ◽  
Zaki Zaini
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Performance Impact ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Green Behavior

The dogma of conscious environmental behavior has laid the paradigm for sustainable consumer behavior. Modern-day corporates have introduced innovative business models to add a new value to manage fluctuations in consumer behaviors and rejuvenate their financial performance. Similarly, in fashion industry, textile firms have warmly embraced the new business models and widely adopted environmental management systems (EMSs) to contribute to environmental sustainability. This research aims to explore eco-consumerism and its impacts on the financial performance of textile firms in Malaysia. The secondary data of textile firms’ performance from 2013 to 2015 were collected from an online database and annual reports of firms’ web portals. The findings reveal that the textile firms which successfully adopted EMS such as ISO 14001 show significant changes in performance compared with firms which are yet to adopt EMS certification. Moreover, eco-consumerism directly impacts EMS-adopted firms’ performance. Our findings are robust for practical, research, and managerial implications to classify and understand the impacts of consumers’ green behavior on corporate performance. This study contributes to understand the influence of consumers’ eco-behavior to adopt EMS and its impact on the financial performance of textile firms in Malaysia.

scholarly journals A Test of the Sustainability Vision Theory: Is It Practical?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7534
Author(s):  
Nijsiree Vongariyajit ◽  
Sooksan Kantabutra
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Future Orientation ◽  
Retail Store ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Staff Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Vision ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Using Data

Since little is theoretically and empirically known about the characteristics of organizational visions that support corporate sustainability, the present study attempts to answer the following questions: (1) What are the characteristics of an organizational vision that promotes sustainability performance? (2) How does such a vision lead to corporate sustainability? The present study examines a Sustainability Vision theory by simulating a retail store environment that comprises Sustainability Vision, Vision Communication, Empowerment of Staff, Motivation of Staff, and Staff Satisfaction variables. A model expressing the relationships among these variables was quantitatively tested by using data from a sample of retail stores in the Bangkok Metropolitan area. Results revealed that visions characterized by brevity, clarity, future orientation, stability, challenges, abstractness and an ability to inspire, and which contain imageries about improving sales, leadership, and customer and staff satisfaction indirectly and directly predict improved store sustainability prospects via Staff Satisfaction. The vision realization variables of Vision Communication, Empowerment of Staff and Motivation of Staff also enhance the vision effects. The present study is among the first few reported studies which identifies vision characteristics supportive of corporate sustainability. It also contributes to the theoretical literature by endorsing the Sustainability Vision theory and offering some directions for further theoretical development. In terms of its contribution to policy and practice, the present study offers some important managerial implications for retail store managers as to how they should espouse a vision that improves the prospect of store sustainability performance.

Consumer Perceptions of Interpersonal Equity and Satisfaction in Transactions: A Field Survey Approach

1989 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Oliver ◽  
John E. Swan
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Consumer Perceptions ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Survey Approach

Automobile purchasers were surveyed about feelings toward their inputs to and outcomes from the sales transaction, as well as their perceptions of the inputs and outcomes of the salesperson. Structural equation modeling with maximum likelihood estimation shows two concepts advanced in the equity literature, fairness and preference (advantageous inequity), to be related differentially to input and outcome judgments. No necessary symmetry is observed between the weights attached to inputs and outcomes or between those attached to self and salesperson. When framed in a larger perspective involving satisfaction with the salesperson, the fairness dimension mediates the effect of inputs and outcomes on satisfaction whereas preference does not. The fairness influence is robust against the simultaneous inclusion of disconfirmation in the satisfaction equation. Satisfaction, in turn, is related strongly to the consumer's intention cognitions. The findings suggest that the retail sales transaction may differ in substantive ways from the subject-peer and worker-coworker comparisons in other disciplines and that models of interpersonal satisfaction in the sales transaction should include the mediating effect of the fairness dimension of equity. The managerial implications of these findings are discussed.

scholarly journals AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF CORPORATE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY PRACTICES AMONG APARTMENT DEVELOPERS IN CHINA

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qinghua Zhu ◽  
Tielin Zhao ◽  
Joseph Sarkis
Keyword(s):  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

In China corporate social and environmental responsibility (CSER) has gained increasing attention within industry and government. Evidence exists for significant attempts to promote CSER by the Chinese government. As a critical ‘pillar’ industrial sector, urban residential apartment development has been a major contributor to China's national gross domestic product. This industry has also profoundly influenced social and environmental issues in the country. Thus, apartment developers in China have felt increased pressures to implement CSER practices. Little research has sought to investigate CSER in this industry, whether in China or globally. The objective of this paper is to empirically investigate, using a surveyed sample of 92 apartment development companies, CSER practices in this industrial sector. In the empirical analysis we find that CSER practices can be grouped into basic, environmentally-related and extended practices. We further compare these groupings of CSER practices among different sizes of apartment developers using multivariate analysis of variance and Scheffe multiple analysis tests. We also apply one-way analysis of variance and t-tests for comparisons of CSER practices among apartment developers from different cities and with different ownership structures. The results show that apartment developers generally implement environmentally-related and extended CSER practices at higher levels. Residential apartment development is occurring in more developed cities, and thus apartment developers in these cities face more pressures for CSER practices. Joint ventures are more likely to implement environmentally-related CSER practices. Research and managerial implications, and future research directions are also presented in this work.

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