Enhancing Organizational Citizenship Behaviors for the Environment: Integrating Social Identity and Social Exchange Perspectives

Abstract

Purpose Based on social identity theory and social exchange theory, this study tests the influence of green organizational identity, exchange ideology and perceived organizational support toward the environment on organizational citizenship behaviors for the environment. Methods This study conducted a three-wave survey. The data was collected from 526 employees (95% response rate) across three organizations. Structural equation modeling based on AMOS and hierarchical regression analysis based on Hayes’ PROCESS on SPSS were applied to test all hypotheses. Results Perceived organizational support towards the environment had a positive influence on organizational citizenship behaviors for the environment, and green organizational identity played a partial mediating role in this relationship. In addition, exchange ideology moderated the relationship between perceived organizational support towards the environment and green organizational identity, and such that this relationship was strengthened as a result of a high level of exchange ideology. Contribution Overall, these findings contribute to the understanding of the integration of social identity theory and social exchange theory and the ways in which both theories influence organizational citizenship behaviors for the environment.

Is Green Organizational Identity Related to Sustainability Performance? A Scooping Review

“…Limitations and Recommendations for Further Research. From the various articles mentioned above, some limitations that can be conveyed regarding research on the relationship between GOI and SP include research still using data that is at one point in time (Liu & Qi, 2022;Zhu et al, 2022); Xu et al, 2022), only focusing on certain industrial sectors (Al-Zu'bi & Albloush, 2022; Xu et al, 2021;Mushtaq, Zubair, et al, 2019), still using limited variables (Xing et al, 2019;Zhu et al, 2021); limitations of research models and approaches (Zhu et al, 2021;Zhu et al, 2022;Yousaf et al, 2022;Al-Zu'bi & Albloush, 2022), and sample limitations (Xu et al, 2021;Firmansyah, 2017).…”

“…Apart from disclosing limitations, the article also provides recommendations for further research, including using data from various industrial sectors (Liu & Qi, 2022;Chen et al, 2022), using cross-country research objects (Chang & Hung, 2021;Al-Zu'bi & Albloush, 2022); adding other variables related to GOI (Chang et al, 2019;(Xing et al, 2019;Liu et al, 2020) and using other approaches or methods (Mushtaq, Zubair, et al, 2019); Yousaf et al, 2022;Zu'bi & Albloush, 2022).…”

“…GOI (Green Organizational Identity); GIB (Green Innovation Behavior); TGB (Task Related Green Behavior); SEI (Sustainability Exploitation Innovation); OCBC (organizational citizenship behavior for the environment); SER (Sustainability Exploration Innovation); EC (Environmental Commitment); GPDP (Green Product Development Performance); CEP (Corporate Environmental Performance); GKS (Green Knowledge Sharing); GPPO (Green Product Psychological Ownership); GIP (Green Innovation Performance); and GI (Green Innovation); GCA (Green Competitive Advantage).Limitations and Recommendations for Further Research. From the various articles mentioned above, some limitations that can be conveyed regarding research on the relationship between GOI and SP include research still using data that is at one point in time(Liu & Qi, 2022;Zhu et al, 2022);Xu et al, 2022), only focusing on certain industrial sectors (Al-Zu'bi & Albloush,…”

Transformational Leadership, Psychological Empowerment, and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors among Nursing Workforce: A Single Mediation Analysis

“…In accordance with the principles of social exchange theory, individuals operating within environments that foster empowerment are inclined to exhibit OCBs [27]. Numerous studies have identifed psychological empowerment as a pivotal pathway leading to the manifestation of OCBs [28,29].…”