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- Title
Greening Organizations: The Relationship between Employee Environmental Concern, Perception of Advantages of Eco-Innovations, and Support for Innovation.
- Authors
Zappalà, Salvatore; Radassao, Luca; Toscano, Ferdinando
- Abstract
Environmental sustainability is a relevant challenge for companies, and employees' perceptions of the advantages of ecological innovation, or eco-innovation, introduced by the company represent an important driver of organizational change adoption. This study examines if employees' environmental concerns, considered as a general attitude and a value orientation, are related to the perception of the advantages of eco-innovation. Building on climate literature, it also investigates if the climate of support for innovation moderates that relationship. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 130 Italian workers. A confirmatory factor analysis and a moderation model were tested. Results show a significant positive relationship between employees' environmental concern and perceived benefits of eco-innovation. Intriguingly, the climate of support for innovation negatively, instead of positively, moderated this relationship. Results suggest that in order to increase the perception of the benefits of the introduced eco-innovations, organizations should consider the whole set of innovations undertaken and address, especially to very concerned and value oriented employees, the unique environmental benefits of those innovations.
- Subjects
TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; CONFIRMATORY factor analysis; VALUE orientations; PSYCHOLOGICAL feedback; PERCEIVED benefit; SUSTAINABILITY; ORGANIZATIONAL change; RISK perception
- Publication
Sustainability (2071-1050), 2023, Vol 15, Issue 24, p16718
- ISSN
2071-1050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/su152416718