How Does Employee Green Behavior Impact Employee Well-Being? An Empirical Analysis

Baojie Zhang, Lifeng Yang, Xiangyang Cheng and Feiyu Chen
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Baojie Zhang: School of Business, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang 236037, China
Lifeng Yang: School of Economics, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang 236037, China
Xiangyang Cheng: School of Business, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang 236037, China
Feiyu Chen: School of Economics and Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-19

Abstract: The issue of environmental protection and sustainable development is a key research focus across multiple fields. Employee green behavior is considered to be an important micro-activity to address this. Researchers in the field of organizational behavior and sustainable development have been focusing on the influencing factors of employee green behavior. However, few have explored the beneficial effects of employee green behavior on behavioral implementers. The objective of this study is to investigate the relationships among employee green behavior, self-esteem, perceived organizational support for employee environmental efforts, and employee well-being, and to explore a new dimension of employee green behavior. We empirically examined the underlying framework by conducting two surveys to collect data from 900 employees working in manufacturing, construction, and the service industry in China. We performed multilevel path analysis using SPSS and AMOS software, and confirmed that employee green behavior includes four dimensions: green learning, individual practice, influencing others, and organizational voices. Further, employee green behavior has a significant positive impact on self-esteem, which in turn is converted into employee well-being. Finally, perceived organizational support for employee environmental efforts not only positively moderated the relationship between employee green behavior and self-esteem, but was also confirmed as a moderated mediation model. This study enriches the current literature on the measurement framework and variables of employee green behavior.

Keywords: employee green behavior; self-esteem; perceived organizational support for employee environmental efforts; employee well-being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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