Exploring the impact of megaproject environmental responsibility on organizational citizenship behaviors for the environment: A social identity perspective

Abstract

The importance of organizational citizenship behaviors for the environment (OCBEs) has been clearly established in the environmental literature. However, the OCBEs construct has rarely been examined in the specific and increasingly important realm of megaproject environmental responsibility (MER). To fill this gap, this paper presents an individual-level analysis that explores the impact of project participants' perceptions of MER practices on their environmental commitment and OCBEs. The results show that project participants' perceptions of MER practices directed toward internal stakeholders (i.e., stakeholders linked by project contracts) are positively related to their OCBEs. This relationship is partially mediated by the environmental commitment of project participants. Conversely, project participants' perceptions of MER practices directed toward external stakeholders (i.e., the local community and general public) have only an insignificant impact on their OCBEs. These findings provide new insights for managing MER practices to stimulate the emergence of OCBEs and thereby improve environmental performance.

Behavior Selection of Stakeholders toward Megaproject Social Responsibility: Perspective from Social Action Theory

“…e earliest theory of action and the farreaching theory of rational behavior demonstrate a direct relationship between cognition and behavior [44,45]. Scholars who study CSR empirically showed that SRC is positively correlated with social responsibility behavior [46,47].…”

“…In contrast with other units, such as survey and design, the MSR issues faced by owners, governments, and contractors are becoming complicated. is study used one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) to test the two variables of HB and SB among different participating organizations to test the problem considering that differences in the choice of social responsibility behaviors for project roles may be observed [47]. e results indicate no significant difference (P value is 0.203 and 0.571, both values are greater than 0.05).…”

“…In the structural equation model test, the study tested the results of AMOS and SmartPLS software, and PLS-SEM was used as the data analysis tool according to the conclusions of existing research. PLS-SEM is suitable for early exploratory research [24,47]. e potential variables of this study, such as IP, MFM, and cooperative behavior, are newly proposed.…”

“…However, this finding does not mean that SRC has nothing to do with MSRB. However, the influence of other factors in HB and SB is dominant, and the SRC affects the performance of major engineering social responsibility behavior [47], and perhaps the impact of SRC on the purpose and lofty behavior is evident [57,58]. In the field research and interviews with project leaders and experts, although the current MSR is still a concept of academia, practitioners in the construction engineering community do not have a clear and accurate understanding of it.…”

Identidad ambiental: múltiples perspectivas

“…Los resultados muestran que las percepciones de los participantes del proyecto sobre las prácticas de RAM dirigidas a los interesados internos (vinculados en contratos del proyecto) están relacionadas de manera positiva con sus CCOA. Por el contrario, las percepciones de los participantes del proyecto de las prácticas de RAM dirigidas a los interesados externos (la comunidad local y el público en general) tienen un impacto insignificante en sus CCOA (Wang et al, 2017). Una nueva línea de trabajo se enfoca en la necesidad de desarrollar una identidad ambiental fuerte que involucre a toda la organización.…”