How and when supervisor bottom-line mentality affects employees' voluntary workplace green behaviors: A goal-shielding perspective
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Akhtar, M., Zhang, J., Zhang, Y., Tang, J. and Yang, Q. 2024. How and when supervisor bottom-line mentality affects employees' voluntary workplace green behaviors: A goal-shielding perspective. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. In Press. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2877
Authors | Akhtar, M., Zhang, J., Zhang, Y., Tang, J. and Yang, Q. |
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Abstract | The present study examines how and when employees respond to supervisor bottom-line mentality (BLM) by withholding voluntary workplace green behavior (VWGB). Drawing upon goal shielding theory, we developed a serial mediation model explaining that supervisor BLM inhibits their green advocacy, undermining the green work climate (GWC) and reducing employee VWGB. The analyses of multilevel data obtained from 287 employees and 68 supervisors provided support for the study hypotheses. Our findings showed that supervisor BLM constrained their green advocacy, which undermined the GWC and, in turn, dampened employee VWGB. Furthermore, supervisor moral reflectiveness muted the negative association between supervisor BLM and green advocacy and the negative indirect effect of supervisor BLM on employee VWGB serially via supervisor green advocacy and GWC. Our research provides novel insights into the values that responsibly impact voluntary green behaviors in the workplace by illuminating supervisors' BLM, moral reflectiveness, green advocacy, and GWC. Finally, we provide practical implications for leaders committed to enhancing their organization's environmental sustainability. We recommend future studies investigating the consequences of supervisor BLM, underlying mechanisms, and boundary conditions in understanding employees' responses toward workplace green behaviors. |
Keywords | bottom-line mentality; green advocacy; green work climate; moral reflectiveness; voluntary workplace green behavior |
Journal | Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management |
Journal citation | In Press |
ISSN | 1535-3966 |
1535-3958 | |
Year | 2024 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Anyone |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2877 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 02 Jun 2024 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 23 May 2024 |
Deposited | 08 Jul 2024 |
Funder | National Natural Science Foundation of China |
Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Foundation | |
Copyright holder | © 2024 ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
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Additional information | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Zhang, J., Akhtar, M. N., Zhang, Y., Tang, J., & Yang, Q. (2024). How and when supervisor bottom-line mentality affects employees' voluntary workplace green behaviors: A goal-shielding perspective. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 1–15, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2877. |
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