Multiple domains and categories of employee green behaviours: more than conservation

Deniz S. Ones, Brenton M. Wiernik, Stephan Dilchert and Rachael M. Klein

Chapter 2 in Research Handbook on Employee Pro-Environmental Behaviour, 2018, pp 13-38 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: We describe a taxonomy of diverse types of workplace behaviours that contribute to, or detract from, environmental sustainability goals in organisational settings. The Green Five taxonomy was developed using critical incidents methodology and includes five major content-based meta-categories of employee green behaviours (EGBs): Transforming, Avoiding Harm, Conserving, Influencing Others, and Taking Initiative. We discuss the behavioural and psychological meanings of these meta-categories, as well as their sub-categories. We also highlight key features of the Green Five taxonomy (e.g., it is content-based, it incorporates both positive and negative behaviours, it integrates with general models of job performance). Finally, we review existing measures of employee green behaviours in terms of their coverage of the employee green behaviour construct domain, and identify future directions for research and applications.

Keywords: Business and Management; Environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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