Intrapreneurial Self-Capital and Connectedness to Nature within Organizations

Mirko Duradoni and Annamaria Di Fabio
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Mirko Duradoni: Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence, via S. Marta 3, 50139 Florence, Italy
Annamaria Di Fabio: Department of Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology (Psychology Section), University of Florence, 50135 Florence, Italy

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 13, 1-11

Abstract: Research exists regarding personality traits in relation to connectedness with nature. However, it is not possible to increase personality through training. As an alternative, intrapreneurial self-capital (ISC) could be a promising core of resources for enhancing the sustainable development of behaviors and practices. Using a sample of 198 workers, this study exploratively analyzed the relationship between the extraversion personality trait, ISC, and connectedness to nature. A mediation model was employed to assess the effects of extraversion on connectedness to nature (outcome variable) through ISC (conceived as an intervening mediator variable). The mediation analysis highlighted that ISC potentially promotes workers’ connectedness to nature within organizations. Thus, implementing dedicated interventions to increase ISC could encourage sustainable development by enhancing workers’ levels of connectedness to nature.

Keywords: intrapreneurial self-capital; connectedness to nature; psychology of sustainability and sustainable development; sustainability; extraversion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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