The impact of organizational citizenship behavior for the environment on corporate sustainability
- Today, many businesses increasingly engage in pro-environmental activities to face environmental challenges such as pollution or climate change. In addition to formal management practices, employees are impacting environmental advances with voluntary pro-environmental activities, also known as Organizational Citizenship Behavior for the Environment. The purpose of this master thesis is to explore factors that could influence employees’ engagement in Organizational Citizenship Behavior for the Environment. For this aim, five semi-structured interviews were carried out with multinational corporations from the DACHL region. The results show that certain leadership styles, corporate culture, a sustainability-driven mindset, environmental concern, communication and motivation can influence employees’ engagement in Organizational Citizenship Behavior for the Environment. In addition, the cumulative effect of small initiatives seems to considerably impact environmental sustainability. In contrast to past research on this topic, this study takes a qualitative approach to explore different influencing factors of Organizational Citizenship Behavior for the Environment. In addition, the study focuses on businesses located in the DACHL region.
Author: | Regina Rusch |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25924/opus-4645 |
Subtitle (English): | An explorative study of multinational corporations in the DACHL region |
Title Additional (German): | Der Einfluss von “Organizational citizenship behavior for the environment” auf unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit |
Advisor: | Kartin Prinzing-Hoppe |
Document Type: | Master's Thesis |
Language: | English |
Year of publication: | 2022 |
Publishing Institution: | FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg) |
Granting Institution: | FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg) |
Release Date: | 2022/10/29 |
Tag: | OCBE; environmental performance; environmental sustainability; mindset |
Number of pages: | VIII, 97 |
DDC classes: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften |
JEL-Classification: | Q Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics |
Open Access?: | ja |
Course of Studies: | International Management & Leadership |
Licence (German): | UrhG - The Austrian Copyright Act applies - Es gilt das österr. Urheberrechtsgesetz |