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Abstract
While the importance of employee initiatives for improving the environmental practices and performance of organizations has
been clearly established in the literature, the precise nature of these initiatives has rarely been examined (particularly
the issue of their discretionary or mandatory nature). The role of organizational citizenship behaviour in environmental management
remains largely unexplored. The main objectives of this paper were to propose and validate an instrument for measuring organizational
citizenship behaviour for the environment (OCBE). Exploratory (Study 1, N = 228) and confirmatory (Study 2, N = 651) analyses were conducted to examine the factor structure of OCBEs. The factor structure that emerged from Study 1 indicated
that the three main types of OCBEs were eco-initiatives, eco-civic engagement and eco-helping. The factor structure found
in Study 1 was confirmed by Study 2. Analysis of the three types of OCBEs highlighted the complexity of discretionary initiatives
for the environment in the workplace and points to a number of avenues for further research.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-15
- DOI 10.1007/s10551-011-1138-9
- Authors
- Olivier Boiral, Department of Management, Faculty of Business Administration, Laval University, Pavillon Palasis-Prince, Local 1638, 2325, rue de la Terrasse, Quebec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
- Pascal Paillé, Department of Management, Faculty of Business Administration, Laval University, Pavillon Palasis-Prince, Local 1638, 2325, rue de la Terrasse, Quebec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
- Journal Journal of Business Ethics
- Online ISSN 1573-0697
- Print ISSN 0167-4544