Make it their Decisions, not your Directives: Exploring Required Green Competencies for Employee Ecological Behaviour

IF 1.5 Q3 MANAGEMENT

Organizacija Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI:10.2478/orga-2022-0009

K. Farooq, M. Yusliza, Zikri Muhammad, N. Mat

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Abstract

Abstract Background and Purpose: A growing body of evidence confirms that employee ecological behaviour (EEB) is the most critical factor indicating organisational competitive advantage and environmental performance. The present study identifies and explores the green competencies required at the workplace to perform ecological behaviour. No prior study has explored the required green competencies from employees at the workplace in higher education institutions to the researchers’ knowledge. Design/Methodology/Approach: The research utilises the data generated from eighteen comprehensive interviews with the top five Malaysian green universities’ employees. The study adopted the content analysis approach to explore contextually relevant competencies required for EEB in the workplace. Results: Six main green competencies, namely environmental awareness, environmental attitude, environmental knowledge, environmental consciousness, green mindfulness, and green ability, were generated from the analysis supporting ecological behaviour at the workplace. Conclusion: This research explored the required green competencies of employees to be environmental-friendly in the workplace by investigating the previously neglected domain required in the workplace. The research offers practical implications to universities and human resources (HR) to adopt accountabilities for an organisation to be environmentally sustainable. The recruitment committee and top management of higher education institutions should accentuate an environmental stance and green competencies in job descriptions to entice applicants with an environment-friendly mentality.

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让他们做决定，而不是你的指令:探索员工生态行为所需的绿色能力

摘要背景和目的：越来越多的证据证实，员工生态行为（EEB）是衡量组织竞争优势和环境绩效的最关键因素。本研究确定并探索了工作场所执行生态行为所需的绿色能力。据研究人员所知，此前没有任何研究探讨高等教育机构工作场所员工所需的绿色能力。设计/方法/方法：该研究利用了对马来西亚五大绿色大学员工进行的十八次全面采访所产生的数据。该研究采用了内容分析方法来探索工作场所EEB所需的情境相关能力。结果：支持工作场所生态行为的分析产生了六种主要的绿色能力，即环境意识、环境态度、环境知识、环境意识、绿色正念和绿色能力。结论：本研究通过调查以前被忽视的工作场所所需领域，探讨了员工在工作场所环境友好所需的绿色能力。这项研究为大学和人力资源部（HR）制定组织环境可持续责任制提供了实际启示。招聘委员会和高等教育机构的最高管理层应在职位描述中强调环保立场和绿色能力，以环保的心态吸引申请人。

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Organizacija MANAGEMENT-

CiteScore

3.50

自引率

15.80%

发文量

审稿时长

16 weeks

期刊介绍： Organizacija (Journal of Management, Information Systems and Human Resources) is an interdisciplinary peer reviewed journal that seeks both theoretical and practical papers devoted to managerial aspects of the subject matter indicated in the title. In particular the journal focuses on papers which cover state-of art developments in the subject area of the journal, its implementation and use in the organizational practice. Organizacija is covered by numerous Abstracting & Indexing services, including SCOPUS.