Employee ecological behavior among academicians at the workplace
ISSN: 1747-1117
Article publication date: 25 April 2022
Issue publication date: 15 March 2023
Abstract
Purpose
Successfully fostering employee ecological behaviors can reduce the environmental impacts of an organization while boosting performance. This paper aims to investigate the factors and organizational strategies for employees to engage in ecological behaviors.
Design/methodology/approach
The study uses a qualitative method. Academicians from four top-ranked research universities from Malaysia participated in semi-structured interviews.
Findings
The in-depth analysis of the interviews identified several factors (environmental attitude, feedback, green self-efficacy, leadership role, organizational culture and employee empowerment) and strategies (incentives; top management support; creating environmental knowledge and awareness; rules and regulations; and sustainability advocates) for promoting ecological behavior in the workplace.
Research limitations/implications
This study was limited to Malaysian public research universities. Future research could investigate additional variables that might influence employee ecological behavior. Implications include policymaking, which emphasizes boosting environmental factors among academicians.
Originality/value
Research studies on employee ecological behavior are minimal. This research contributes to the literature by discussing how different stimuli and strategies are used in the top four-ranked green universities of Malaysia for ecological behavior in the workplace.
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Acknowledgements
Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) from the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia is acknowledged for funding this research (FRGS/1/2019/SS03/UMT/02/3).
Citation
Farooq, K., Yusliza, M.Y., Muhammad, Z., Omar, M.K. and Nik Mat, N.H. (2023), "Employee ecological behavior among academicians at the workplace", Social Responsibility Journal, Vol. 19 No. 4, pp. 713-740. https://doi.org/10.1108/SRJ-04-2021-0147
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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