Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Corporate Greening, Exchange Process Among Co-workers, and Ethics of Care: An Empirical Study on the Determinants of Pro-environmental Behaviors at Coworkers-Level

  • Published:
Journal of Business Ethics Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between perceived co-worker support, commitment to colleagues, job satisfaction, intention to help others, and pro-environmental behavior with the emphasis on eco-helping, with a view to determining the extent to which peer relationships encourage employees to engage in pro-environmental behaviors at work. This paper is framed by adopting social exchange theory through the lens of ethics of care. Data from a sample of 449 employees showed that receiving support from peers triggers an exchange process that encourages eco-helping among colleagues. The implications of the findings are discussed in the light of the social exchange literature.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2

Similar content being viewed by others

Notes

  1. Although we are aware of the existing debate among care ethicists about, for example, the nature of reciprocity, what interests the authors of this paper is that, in accordance with generalized exchange, most care ethicists share the idea that reciprocity should not be considered as form of contract, rather as an underlying process through which relations among people are maintained over time.

  2. See Slote’s discussion (2007, chapter 2) about different forms of proximity in the ethics of care.

  3. Lamm et al. (2013) measured OCB by adapting Williams and Anderson’s (1991) original scale, in which half of the items measure OCB toward co-workers.

References

  • Anderson, J. C., & Gerbing, D. W. (1988). Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach. Psychological Bulletin, 103, 411–423.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Andersson, L., Shivarajan, S., & Blau, G. (2005). Enacting ecological sustainability in the MNC: A test of an adapted value-belief-norm framework. Journal of Business Ethics, 59(3), 295–305.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Andrews, M. C., Kacmar, K. M., Blakely, G. L., & Blucklew, N. S. (2008). Group cohesion as an enhancement to the justice-affective commitment relationship. Group and Organization Management, 33, 736–755.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Anttonen, H., & Räsänen, T. (Eds.). (2009). Well-being at work—New innovations and good practices. Helsinki: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health.

    Google Scholar 

  • Arbuckle, J. L. (2009). Amos 5.0. Update to the Amos. User’s Guide. Chicago, IL: SmallWaters Corporation.

    Google Scholar 

  • Armeli, S., Eisenberger, R., Fasolo, P., & Lynch, P. (1998). Perceived organizational support and police performance: The moderating influence of socioemotional needs. Journal of Applied Psychology, 83(20), 288–297.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bamberg, S., & Möser, G. (2007). Twenty years after Hines, Hungerford, and Tomera: A new meta-analysis of psycho-social determinants of pro-environmental behaviour. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 27, 14–25.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bateman, T. S., & Organ, D. W. (1983). Job satisfaction and the good soldier: The relationship between affect and employee “citizenship”. Academy of Management Journal, 26, 587–595.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Becker, U. C. (2012). Sustainability ethics and sustainability research. Heidelberg: Springer.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Bentein, K., Stinghlamber, F., & Vandenberghe, C. (2002). Organization-, supervisor-, and workgroup-directed commitments and citizenship behaviours: A comparison of models. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 11(3), 341–362.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Biga, A., Dilchert, S., McCance, A. S., Gibby, R. E., & Oudersluys, A. D. (2012). Environmental sustainability and organization sensing at Procter & Gamble. In S. E. Jackson, D. S. Ones, & S. Dilchert (Eds.), Managing human resources for environmental sustainability (pp. 362–374). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bishop, J., Scott, K. D., & Burroughs, S. M. (2000). Support, commitment, and employee outcomes in a team environment. Journal of Management, 26, 1113–1132.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bissing-Olson, M. J., Iyer, A., Fielding, K. S., & Zacher, H. (2013). Relationships between daily affect and proenvironmental behavior at work: The moderating role of pro-environmental attitude. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 34, 156–175.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Blau, P. (1964). Exchange and power in social life. New York: Wiley.

    Google Scholar 

  • Boiral, O. (2002). Tacit knowledge and environmental management. Long Range Planning, 35(3), 291–317.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Boiral, O., & Paillé, P. (2012). Organizational citizenship behaviour for the environment: Measurement and validation. Journal of Business Ethics, 109(4), 431–446.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bowling, N. A., Beehr, T. A., & Lepisto, L. R. (2006). Beyond job satisfaction: A five-year prospective analysis of the dispositional approach to work attitudes. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 69, 315–330.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Brislin, R. W. (1980). Translation and content analysis of oral and written material. In H. C. Triandis & J. W. Berry (Eds.), Handbook of cross-cultural psychology (pp. 398–444). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

    Google Scholar 

  • Burke, R. J., Greenglass, E. R., & Schwarzer, R. (1996). Predicting teacher burnout over time: Effects of work stress, social support, and self-doubts on burnout and its consequences. Anxiety, Stress & Coping: An International Journal, 9(3), 261–275.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Burnham, K. P., & Anderson, D. R. (2002). Model selection and multimodel inference: A practical information theoretic approach (2nd ed.). New York: Springer.

    Google Scholar 

  • Carroll, A. B., & Buchholtz, A. K. (2008). Business & society: Ethics and stakeholder management (7th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.

    Google Scholar 

  • Chen, S., & Choi, C. J. (2005). A social exchange perspective on business ethics: An application to knowledge. Journal of Business Ethics, 62, 1–11.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cheung, G. W., & Lau, R. S. (2008). Testing mediation and suppression effects of latent variables: Bootstrapping with structural equation models. Organizational Research Methods, 11, 296–325.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Chiaburu, D. S., & Harrison, D. A. (2008). Do peers make the place? Conceptual synthesis and meta-analysis of coworker effects on perceptions, attitudes, OCBs, and performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(5), 1082–1103.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Craddock, E. B., Huffman, H. A., & Henning, J. B. (2012). Taming the dragon: How industrial-organizational psychologists can break barriers to ‘‘green’’ business. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 5, 484–487.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Daily, B. F., Bishop, J. W., & Steiner, R. (2007). The mediating role of EMS teamwork as it pertains to HR factors and perceived environmental performance. Journal of Applied Business Research, 23(1), 95–109.

    Google Scholar 

  • Daily, B. F., Bishop, J. W., & Govindarajulu, N. (2009). A conceptual model for organizational citizenship behavior directed toward the environment. Business & Society, 48(2), 243–256.

  • Dangelico, R. M., & Pujari, D. (2010). Mainstreaming green product innovation: Why and how companies integrate environmental sustainability. Journal of Business Ethics, 95, 471–486.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • DeJonghe, N., Doctori-Blass, V., & Ramus, C. A. (2009). Employee eco-initiatives: Case studies of two eco-entrepreneurial companies. In G. D. Libecap (Ed.), Frontiers in eco-entrepreneurship research (Vol. 20, pp. 79–125)., Advances in the study of entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth Emerald Group: Bingley, UK.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Del Brío, J. A., Junquera, B., & Ordiz, M. (2008). Human resources in advanced environmental approaches—A case analysis. International Journal of Production Research, 46, 6029–6053.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • di Norcia, V. (1996). Environmental and social performance. Journal of Business Ethics, 15, 773–784.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Dovidio, J. F. (1984). Helping behavior and altruism: An empirical and conceptual overview. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 17, 361–427.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ellmers, N., de Gilder, D., & van den Heuvel, H. (1998). Career-oriented versus team-oriented commitment and behavior at work. Journal of Applied Psychology, 83(5), 717–730.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Engster, D. (2011). Care ethics and stakeholder theory. In M. Hamington & M. Sander-Staudt (Eds.), Applying care ethics to business (pp. 93–110). New York: Springer.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Fornell, C., & Larcker, D. (1981). Evaluating structural equation models with unobservable variables and measurement error. Journal of Marketing Research, 18, 39–50.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gibney, R., Zagenczyk, T. J., & Masters, M. F. (2009). The negative aspects of social exchange: An introduction to perceived organizational obstruction. Group and Organization Management, 34, 665–697.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gilligan, C. (1982). In a different voice. Boston, MA: Harvard University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gouldner, A. W. (1960). The norm of reciprocity: A preliminary statement. American Sociological Review, 25(2), 161–169.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Govindarajulu, N., & Daily, B. F. (2004). Motivating employees for environmental improvement. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 104(4), 364–372.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Graham, J. W., & Van Dyne, L. (2006). Gathering information and exercising influence: Two forms of civic virtue organizational citizenship behavior. Employment Responsibilities Rights Journal, 18, 89–109.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hackman, J. R., & Oldham, G. R. (1975). Development of the job diagnostic survey. Journal of Applied Psychology, 60, 159–170.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hair, J. F., Anderson, R. E., Tatham, R. L., & Black, W. C. (1998). Multivariate data analysis (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, USA: Prentice-Hall.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hamington, M., & Sander-Staudt, M. (2011). Applying care ethics to business. New York: Springer.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Hawk, T. F. (2011). An ethic of care: A relational ethic for the relational characteristics of organizations. In M. Hamington & M. Sander-Staudt (Eds.), Applying care ethics to business (pp. 3–34). New York: Springer.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Held, V. (2002). Care and the extension of markets. Hypatia, 17(2), 19–33.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Held, V. (2006). The ethics of care: Personal, political and global. New York: Oxford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Holmbeck, G. N. (1997). Toward terminological, conceptual, and statistical clarity in the study on mediators and moderators: Examples from the child-clinical and pediatric psychology literatures. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 65, 599–610.

  • Hu, L. T., & Bentler, P. M. (1999). Cutoff criteria for fit indices in covariance structure analysis: conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modeling, 6, 1–55.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ilies, R., Fulmer, I. S., Spitzmuller, M., & Johnson, M. D. (2009). Personality and citizenship behavior: The mediating role of job satisfaction. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94(4), 945–959.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Jabbour, C., & Santos, F. (2008). Relationships between human resource dimensions and environmental management in companies: Proposal of a model. Journal of Cleaner Production, 16, 51–58.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Jackson, S. E., Ones, D. S., & Dilchert, S. (2012). Managing human resource for environmental sustainability. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

    Google Scholar 

  • Janssen, O., & Van Yperen, N. W. (2004). Employees’ goal orientations, the quality of leader–member exchange, and the outcomes of job performance and job satisfaction. Academy of Management Journal, 47(3), 368–384.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Karsh, B.-T., Beasley, J. W., & Brown, R. L. (2010). Employed family physician satisfaction and commitment to their practice, work group, and health care. Health Services Research, 45(2), 457–475.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Katz, D. (1964). The motivational basis of organizational behavior. Behavioral Science, 9, 131–146.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Keysar, E. (2005). Procedural integration in support of environmental policy objectives: implementing sustainability. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 48(4), 549–569.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Konstantinou, E., & Fincham, R. (2010). Not sharing but trading: Applying a Maussian exchange framework to knowledge management. Human Relations, 64(6), 823–842.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lamm, E., Tosti-Kharas, J., & Williams, E. G. (2013). Read this article, but don’t print it: Organizational citizenship behavior toward the environment. Group and Organization Management, 38(2), 163–197.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lavelle, J., Rupp, D., & Brockner, J. (2007). Taking a multifoci approach to the study of justice, commitment, and organizational citizenship behavior: The target similarity model. Journal of Management, 33, 841–866.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lee, Y. J., DeYoung, R., & Marans, R. W. (1995). Factors influencing individual recycling behavior in office settings—A study of office workers in Taiwan. Environment and Behavior, 27, 380–403.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • LePine, J., Erez, A., & Johnson, D. (2002). The nature and dimensionality of organizational citizenship behavior: A critical review and meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87(1), 52–65.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Liedtka, J. M. (1996). Feminist morality and competitive reality: A role for an ethic of care? Business Ethics Quarterly, 6(2), 179–200.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lo, S.-H., Peters, G.-J. Y., & Kok, G. (2012). A review of determinants of and interventions for proenvironmental behaviors in organizations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42(12), 2933–2967.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lülfs, R., & Hahn, R. (2013). Corporate greening beyond formal programs, initiatives, and systems: A conceptual model for voluntary proenvironmental behavior of employees. European Management Review, 10, 83–98.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Macaulay, J. R., & Berkowitz, L. (1970). Altruism and helping behavior. New York: Academic.

    Google Scholar 

  • Marler, J. H., Fisher, S. L., & Ke, W. (2009). Employee self-service technology acceptance: A comparison of pre-implementation and post-implementation relationships. Personnel Psychology, 62, 327–358.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mauss, M. (1954). The gift. London: Cohen and West.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mayeroff, M. (1971). On caring. New-York, NY: Harper & Row.

  • Mesmer-Magnus, J., Viwsevaran, C., & Wiernik, B. M. (2012). The role of commitment in bridging the gap between organizational sustainability and environmental sustainability. In S. E. Jackson, D. S. Ones, & S. Dilchert (Eds.), Managing human resources for environmental sustainability (pp. 155–186). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mossholder, K. W., Settoon, R. P., & Henagan, S. C. (2005). A relational perspective on turnover: Examining structural, attitudinal, and behavioral predictors. Academy of Management Journal, 48(4), 607–618.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Noddings, N. (1984). Caring: A feminine approach to ethics & moral education. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • O’Driscoll, M. P., Brough, P., & Kalliath, T. J. (2004). Work/family conflict, psychological well-being, satisfaction and social support: A longitudinal study in New Zealand. Equal Opportunities International, 23(1), 36–56.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ones, D. S., & Dilchert, S. (2012a). Environmental sustainability at work: A call to action. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 5, 444–466.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ones, D. S., & Dilchert, S. (2012b). Employee green behaviors. In S. E. Jackson, D. S. Ones, & S. Dilchert (Eds.), Managing human resource for environmental sustainability (pp. 85–116). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

    Google Scholar 

  • Organ, D. W. (1988). Organizational citizenship behavior: The good soldier syndrome. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.

    Google Scholar 

  • Organ, D. W. (1990). The motivational basis of organizational citizenship behavior. In B. M. Staw & L. L. Cummings (Eds.), Research in organizational behavior (Vol. 12, pp. 43–72). Greenwich, CT: JAI.

    Google Scholar 

  • Organ, D. W. (1997). Organizational citizenship behavior: It’s construct clean-up time. Human Performance, 10(2), 85–97.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Organ, D. W., Podsakoff, P. M., & MacKenzie, S. B. (2006). Organizational citizenship behavior its nature, antecedents, and consequences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

    Google Scholar 

  • Oxley, J., & Wittkower, D. E. (2011). Care and loyalty in the workplace. In M. Hamington & M. Sander-Staudt (Eds.), Applying care ethics to business (pp. 221–244). New York: Springer.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Paillé, P. (2013). Do coworkers make the service customer? A field study in the public sector. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 33(1), 28–57.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Paillé, P., Chen, Y., Boiral, O., & Jin, J. (2014). The impact of human resource management on environmental performance: An employee-level study. Journal of Business Ethics, 121(3), 451–466.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Paul, K., & Nihan, K. (2012). Environmental sustainability and employee engagement. In S. E. Jackson, D. S. Ones, & S. Dilchert (Eds.), Managing human resource for environmental sustainability (pp. 267–280). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pearce, C. L., & Herbik, P. A. (2004). Citizenship behavior at the team level of analysis: The effects of team leadership, team commitment, perceived team support, and team size. The Journal of Social Psychology, 144(3), 293–310.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Podsakoff, P., & MacKenzie, S. (1994). Organizational citizenship behaviors and sales unit effectiveness. Journal of Marketing Research, 31, 351–363.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Podsakoff, P. M., & MacKenzie, S. B. (1997). Impact of organizational citizenship behavior on organizational performance: A review and suggestion for future research. Human Performance, 10(2), 133–151.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Podsakoff, P. M., MacKenzie, S. B., Lee, J.-Y., & Podsakoff, N. P. (2003). Common method biases in behavioral research: A critical review of the literature and recommended remedies. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88, 879–903.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Podsakoff, N. P., Whiting, S. W., Podsakoff, P. M., & Blume, B. D. (2009). Individual- and organizational-level consequences of organizational citizenship behaviors: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 122–141.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Preacher, K. J., & Hayes, A. F. (2008). Asymptotic and resampling strategies for assessing and comparing indirect effects in multiple mediator models. Behavior Research Methods, 40(3), 879–891.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Proença, T. (2010). Self-managed work teams: An enabling or coercive nature. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 21(3), 337–354.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ramus, C. A. (2001). Organizational support for employees: Encouraging creative ideas for environmental sustainability. California Management Review, 43(3), 85–105.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ramus, C. A., & Steger, U. (2000). The roles of supervisory support behaviors and environmental policy in employee eco-initiatives at leading-edge European companies. Academy of Management Journal, 43(4), 605–626.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Reichers, A. (1985). A review and reconceptualization of organizational commitment. Academy of Management Review, 10, 465–476.

    Google Scholar 

  • Renwick, D. W. S., Redman, T., & Maguire, S. (2013). Green human resource management: A review and research agenda. International Journal of Management Reviews, 15(1), 1–14.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rhoades, L., & Eisenberger, R. (2002). Perceived organizational support: A review of the Literature. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87(4), 698–714.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Riketta, M., & Van Dick, R. (2005). Foci of attachment in organizations: A meta-analytic comparison of the strength and correlates of workgroup versus organizational identification and commitment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 67(3), 490–510.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Roy, M.-J., Boiral, O., & Paillé, P. (2013). Pursuing quality and environmental performance: Initiatives and supporting processes. Business Process Management Journal, 19(1), 30–53.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rupp, D. E., & Cropanzano, R. (2002). The mediating effects of social exchange relationships in predicting workplace outcomes from multifoci organizational justice. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 89, 925–946.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sama, L. M., Welcomer, S. A., & Gede, V. W. (2004). Who speaks for the trees? Invoking an ethic of care to give voice to the silent stakeholder. In S. Sharma & M. Starik (Eds.), Stakeholders, the environment and society (pp. 140–165). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sander-Staudt, M. (2011a). Care ethics. In Feiser, J. (Ed.), The internet encyclopedia of philosophy. Retrieved from http://www.iep.utm.edu/care-eth/.

  • Sander-Staudt, M. (2011b). Care as a corporate virtue. In M. Hamington & M. Sander-Staudt (Eds.), Applying care ethics to business (pp. 258–277). New York: Springer.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sander-Staudt, M., & Hamington, M. (2011). Introduction: Care ethics and business ethics. In M. Hamington & M. Sander-Staudt (Eds.), Applying care ethics to business (p. vi-xxii). New York: Springer.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schaninger, W. S., & Turnipseed, D. L. (2005). The workplace social exchange network: Its effect on organizational citizenship behavior, contextual performance, job. In D. L. Turnipseed (Ed.), Handbook of organizational citizenship behavior: A review of ‘good solder’ activity in organizations. New York: Novasciences.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schermelleh-Engel, K., Moosbrugger, H., & Müller, H. (2003). Evaluating the fit of structural equation models: Tests of significance and descriptive goodness-of-fit measures. Methods of Psychological Research Online, 8, 23–74.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schnake, M. (1991). Organizational citizenship: A review, proposed model, and research agenda. Human Relations, 44(7), 735–759.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Schwartz, M. (2001). The nature of the relationship between corporate codes of ethics and behaviour. Journal of Business Ethics, 32, 247–262.

  • Sherony, K. M., & Green, S. G. (2002). Coworker exchange: Relationships between coworkers, leader–member exchange, and work attitudes. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87(3), 542–548.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Shrout, P. E., & Bolger, N. (2002). Mediation in experimental and nonexperimental studies: New procedures and recommendations. Psychological Methods, 7, 422–445.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Simola, S. (2007). The pragmatics of care in sustainable global enterprise. Journal of Business Ethics, 74(2), 131–147.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Simola, S. (2012). Exploring "Embodied Care" in relation to social sustainability. Journal of Business Ethics, 107, 473–484.

  • Slote, M. (2007). The ethics of care and empathy. New York: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Smith, C., Organ, D., & Near, J. (1983). Organizational citizenship behavior: Its nature and antecedents. Journal of Applied Psychology, 68, 653–663.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Solomon, R. (1998). The moral psychology of business: Care and compassion in the corporation. Business Ethics Quarterly, 18, 515–533.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Stamper, C. L., & Masterson, S. S. (2002). Insider or outsider? How employee perceptions of insider status affect their work behavior. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 23, 875–894.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Steg, L., & Vlek, C. (2009). Encouraging pro-environmental behaviour: An integrative review and research agenda. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29, 309–317.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Stern, P. C. (2000). Toward a coherent theory of environmentally significant behavior. Journal of Social Issues, 56(3), 407–424.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Stinglhamber, F., de Cremer, D., & Mercken, L. (2006). Perceived support as a mediator of the relationship between justice and trust. Group and Organization Management, 31, 442–468.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Takeuchi, R., Yun, S., & Wong, K. F. E. (2011). Social influence of a coworker: A test of the effect of employee and coworker exchange ideologies on employees’ exchange qualities. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 115, 226–237.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Taylor, A. B., MacKinnon, D. P., & Tein, J. Y. (2008). Tests of the three-path mediated effect. Organizational Research Methods, 11(2), 241–269.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tronto, J. (1993). Moral boundaries: A political argument for an ethic of care. New York: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Van Dyne, L. V., Graham, J. M., & Dienesch, R. M. (1994). Organizational citizenship behavior: Construct redefinition, measurement, and validation. Academy of Management Journal, 37, 765–802.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Victor, B., & Cullen, J. B. (1988). The organizational bases of ethical work climates. Administrative Science Quarterly, 33(1), 101–125.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Vilela, B. B., Gonzalez, J. A. V., & Ferrin, P. F. (2008). Person–organization fit, OCB and performance appraisal: Evidence from matched supervisor–salesperson data set in a Spanish context. Industrial Marketing Management, 37, 1005–1019.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wicks, A. C. (1996). Reflections on the practical relevance of feminist thought of business. Business Ethics Quarterly, 6(4), 523–531.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Williams, L. J., & Anderson, S. E. (1991). Job satisfaction and organizational commitment as predictors of organizational citizenship and in-role behaviors. Journal of Management, 17, 601–617.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank T. Clarke, and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Management, Faculty of Business Administration, Laval University, Pavillon Palasis-Prince, Local 1638, 2325, rue de la Terrasse, Quebec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada

    Pascal Paillé

  2. Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Av. Camino a Sta. Teresa 930, Col. Héroes de Padierna, 10700, Mexico, D.F., Mexico

    Jorge Humberto Mejía-Morelos

  3. Department of Psychoanalysis and Clinical Consulting, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Ghent University, H. Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Anne Marché-Paillé

  4. Western Business School of China, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, 610074, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China

    Chih Chieh Chen

  5. School of Business Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, No. 555, Liutai Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China

    Yang Chen

Authors
  1. Pascal Paillé
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Jorge Humberto Mejía-Morelos
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Anne Marché-Paillé
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Chih Chieh Chen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Yang Chen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Chih Chieh Chen.

Appendix: Scale Items

Appendix: Scale Items

  • Perceived colleague support (Stinglhamber et al. 2006)

    • My colleagues appreciate my contribution.

    • My colleagues consider my opinions and values.

    • Help is available from my colleagues when I have a problem.

    • My colleagues really care about my well-being.

  • Affective commitment to the colleagues (Bentein et al. 2002)

    • I really feel a part of this work group.

    • I am proud to be a member of this work group.

    • My work group means a lot to me personally.

  • Job satisfaction (Hackman and Oldham 1975)

    • Generally speaking, I am very satisfied with my job.

    • I am generally satisfied with the kind of work I do.

    • Most of my colleagues appreciate their job.

  • Helping others (Podsakoff and MacKenzie 1994)

    • I give my time to help colleagues who have work-related problems.

    • I willingly take time out of my own busy schedule to help new colleagues.

    • I ‘touch base’ with others before initiating actions that might affect them.

  • Eco-helping (Boiral and Paillé 2012)

    • I spontaneously give my time to help my colleagues take the environment into account in everything they do at work.

    • I encourage my colleagues to adopt more environmentally conscious behavior.

    • I encourage my colleagues to express their ideas and opinions on environmental issues.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Paillé, P., Mejía-Morelos, J.H., Marché-Paillé, A. et al. Corporate Greening, Exchange Process Among Co-workers, and Ethics of Care: An Empirical Study on the Determinants of Pro-environmental Behaviors at Coworkers-Level. J Bus Ethics 136, 655–673 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2537-0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2537-0

Keywords

Search

Navigation