Examining Millennials’ Global Citizenship Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions to Engage in Environmental Volunteering

Abstract

Volunteering for nature conservation has become an important resource in solving local environmental problems of global importance. The study at hand assessed how well millennials’ global citizenship attitudes explain their behavioral intentions to engage in volunteer projects, as well as how prior experience of volunteering in environmental projects affects millennials’ global citizenship attitudes. Those who reported past participation in this type of volunteer experience were generally more inclined to partake in future environmental volunteering than those without prior experience. Likewise, for those with prior experience, global citizen factors played a greater role in intentions to experience environmental volunteering. This study makes valuable contributions to the literature surrounding nature conservation, as it illustrates that millennials’ global citizenship attitudes predict participation in environmental volunteering. This work concludes with insights concerning what programs (that provide millennials with opportunities to fulfill environmental duties associated with their global environmental citizenship) can do to provide a more valuable experience for young volunteers.

Interrelations Between Ethical Leadership, Green Psychological Climate, and Organizational Environmental Citizenship Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

“…The work at hand makes several theoretical contributions. First, several scholars have suggested that environmental sustainability is non-obligatory in nature (Barnett et al, 2005; Testa et al, 2016; Tian and Robertson, 2019; Woosnam et al, 2019). According to Barnett et al (2005), environmental sustainability is a moral value, and environmental issues are unethical in nature.…”

“…Finally, OCBE is voluntary; it is linked with a sincere concern for the Planet that can only be demonstrated by individuals’ discretionary behaviors and actions aimed at improving humankind and nature (Paillé et al, 2014; Saeed et al, 2018; Testa et al, 2018; Tian and Robertson, 2019; Woosnam et al, 2019). According to Brown et al (2005), concern for others (e.g., employees, the organization, consumers, and society) is one of the core features of ethical leadership.…”

“…Despite these significant contributions, critical omissions in the literature need to be addressed to advance this line of research theoretically and empirically. First, several scholars have contended that formal control mechanisms are deficient in handling the environmental issues, which are intricate and unethical in nature (Barnett et al, 2005; Boiral et al, 2015; Saeed et al, 2018; Testa et al, 2018; Wang et al, 2018; Tuan, 2019; Woosnam et al, 2019). Instead, environmental issues can be addressed through employees’ discretionary ethical and altruistic efforts (e.g., Robertson and Barling, 2013, 2017; Afsar et al, 2016; Saeed et al, 2018; Testa et al, 2018).…”

Enhancing Apparel Store Patronage through Retailers’ Attributes and Sustainability. A Generational Approach

“…On the one hand, companies are favour sustainable practices in order to obtain competitive advantages in markets characterized by increasing regulatory levels, reduction of resources, climate change and social pressures [39,40]. On the other hand, consumers, especially the younger generation, understand that they need to change their attitudes and behaviours [41,42].…”

Global Citizen Preparation: Enhancing Early Childhood Education through Indonesian Local Wisdom

“…This local wisdom develops emotional intelligence as early childhood education, in line with the preparation of good global citizens. In accordance to the attitudes of global citizens come from the values of responsibility for global citizenship, serving the community in the sense of prioritizing the common interests of individuals, just as what is stated by the attitudes of global citizens who fulfill the values of the global responsibility civil service, in the sense of prioritizing shared interests over individual interests, and a shared sense of belonging to a universal society across national borders [53].…”