The Impact of Spouses on Employees'Green Behavior:An Analysis Based on the Spillover-Crossover Model
Promoting high-quality development requires a coordination between environmental protection and economic growth.In recent years,companies have been turning towards green transformation,emphasizing the importance of saving resources and reducing energy consumption.Therefore,the environmental responsibility of companies is being emphasized.As the specific executor and the performer of enterprise strategy,the green behavior of employees is the key to the realization of green transformation and has been widely concerned by theorists and practitioners.As a result,stimulating employees to actively implement green behavior has gradually become a widespread topic for academics and organizational practices.Researchers have extensively explored the aspects of employee personality traits and organizational contexts,nevertheless,they neglected the potential influence from the family domain.Based on the Spillover-Crossover Model(SCM),this study constructs a theoretical model of the relationships among spouses'voluntary workplace green behavior,work family interpersonal capitalization,and employees'voluntary workplace green behavior.Using the experience sampling method(ESM),the proposed research model is tested in a sample of 80 couples(containing both employees and their spouses)who completed surveys over 7 weeks.One week before the start of the weekly surveys,we sent a questionnaire containing the demographic information(e.g.,age,gender,educational background,industry,position,organization size,dyadic tenure and the number of children)and other control variables(green values of themselves and green human resources management of their companies)to the employees.During the weekly survey,employees were sent one survey each week including the voluntary workplace green behavior during the last week;while their spouses were asked to report their voluntary workplace green behavior,their work family interpersonal capitalization,and their green knowledge sharing willingness,and their green knowledge sharing ability.The results show that:(1)The voluntary workplace green behavior of spouses has a positive impact on their work family interpersonal capitalization.(2)The work family interpersonal capitalization of spouses plays as a mediator between the spouses'voluntary workplace green behavior and employees'voluntary workplace green behavior.(3)The indirect effect of spouses'voluntary workplace green behavior and employees'voluntary workplace green behavior through work family interpersonal capitalization is moderated by spouses'green knowledge sharing willingness,such that the indirect effect is stronger when spouses'green knowledge sharing willingness are high rather than low.(4)The indirect effect of spouses'voluntary workplace green behavior and employees'voluntary workplace green behavior through work family interpersonal capitalization is also by spouses'green knowledge sharing ability,such that the indirect effect is stronger when spouses'green knowledge sharing ability are high rather than low.Based on our review and conceptual model,we identify and highlight several key avenues for future research that will help extend the current employee green behavior literature.This study crosses the work-family domain and reveals the influence process and boundary conditions of employees'voluntary workplace green behavior from the perspective of significant others(spouse)in the family,extending the research perspective and scope of green behavior.The current study provides evidence for the association between spouses'and employees'green behavior through work family interpersonal capitalization,and contributes to the literature by clarifying the equivocal findings,as well as uncovering the underlying mechanisms of the above relationship.The conclusion integrated the SCM with the green studies,and extends the process of spillover-crossover-spillover,which further supports the applicability of the SCM in the field of green management research.It provides a theoretical and practical reference for how to promote the green development of organizations from the perspective of family.
voluntary workplace green behaviorgreen knowledge sharing willingnessgreen knowledge sharing abilitywork family interpersonal capitalization
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