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Review
. 2024 Jun;65(3):381-393.
doi: 10.1111/sjop.12981. Epub 2023 Nov 27.

A multilevel conceptual framework on green practices: Transforming policies into actionable leadership and employee behavior

Fawad Ahmed  1 , Deborah Callaghan  2 , Ahmad Arslan  3
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A multilevel conceptual framework on green practices: Transforming policies into actionable leadership and employee behavior

Fawad Ahmed et al. Scand J Psychol. 2024 Jun.

Abstract

As organizations have recognized their cause/solution relationship with the environment, increasing attention is being given to the role of employees make in achieving green organizational objectives. Even though, business sustainability initiatives are often led by leaders; employee green behavior (EGB) plays a vital role in success of such initiatives. The current paper focuses on relatively less researched topic of EGB. It uses a narrative review approach to develop a multi-level conceptual framework that draws upon the connectivity of leadership influence at firm and team levels, and how this influences individual level EGB. The paper offers a holistic approach to influencing effective green strategies in organizational contexts. By doing so, it contributes to the larger debate on different dimensions, mechanisms, and levels of environmentally responsible behavior in organizational settings and opens up new avenues for multi-level and cross-layer empirical research.

Keywords: Corporate environmental strategy; employee green behavior; narrative review; responsible leadership; strategic green human resource management.

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