Exploring How and When Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility Impacts Employees’ Green Innovative Work Behavior: The Mediating Role of Creative Self-Efficacy and Environmental Commitment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Background and Hypotheses Development
2.1. S-O-R Framework
2.2. Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility (ECSR)
2.3. ECSR and Employees’ Green Innovative Work Behavior (GIWB) in the Chinese Manufacturing Sector
2.4. ECSR, Creative Self-Efficacy, and Employees’ GIWB
2.5. ECSR, Environmental Commitment, and Employees’ GIWB
2.6. Moderating Role of P-O Fit
3. Methods
3.1. Participants and Procedures
3.2. Measures
3.3. Control Variables
3.4. Common Method Bias (CMB)
3.5. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA)
4. Results
4.1. Descriptive Statistics and Correlations
4.2. Hypotheses Testing
5. Discussion
5.1. Theoretical Implications
5.2. Practical Implications
5.3. Limitations and Future Directions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Constructs | Items | References |
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ECSR | Compared with our major competitors: | Wei et al. (2015) [45] |
Our products are more environmentally friendly. | ||
Our production process requires fewer natural resources. | ||
Our production process decreases environmental pollution. | ||
Our products are easier to recycle for reuse. | ||
P-O fit | My personal values match my organization’s values and culture. | Cable & DeRue (2002) [97] |
The things that I value in life are very similar to the things that my organization values. | ||
My organization’s values and culture provide a good fit with the things that I value in life. | ||
Creative self-efficacy | I have confidence in my ability to solve problems creatively. | Tierney & Farmer (2002) [25] |
I feel that I am good at generating novel ideas. | ||
I have a knack for further developing the ideas of others. | ||
I am good at finding creative ways to solve problems. | ||
Environmental commitment | I really care about the environmental concern of my company. | Raineri & Paillé (2016) [72] |
I would feel guilty about not supporting the environmental efforts of my company. | ||
The environmental concern of my company means a lot to me. | ||
I feel a sense of duty to support the environmental efforts of my company. | ||
I really feel as if my company’s environmental problems are my own. | ||
I feel personally attached to the environmental concern of my company. | ||
I strongly value the environmental efforts of my company. | ||
GIWB | I generate green creative ideas. | Aboramadan et al. (2022) [9] |
I search out new environmentally-related technologies, processes, techniques and/or product ideas. | ||
I promote and champion green ideas with others. | ||
I Investigate and secure the funds needed to implement new green ideas. | ||
I develop adequate plans and schedules for the implementation of new green ideas. | ||
I am environmentally innovative. |
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Demographics | Sample No. (%) (N = 300) | |
---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Female | 146 (48.67%) | |
Male | 154 (51.33%) | |
Age | ||
Under 30 years | 123 (41%) | |
31–40 years | 156 (52%) | |
Over 40 years | 21 (7%) | |
Ownership | ||
State-owned enterprise | 80 (26.67%) | |
Private-owned enterprise | 191 (63.67%) | |
Foreign-invested enterprise | 29 (9.66%) | |
Education | ||
Junior college or below | 65 (21.67%) | |
Undergraduate | 203 (67.67%) | |
Postgraduate or above | 32 (10.66%) | |
Grade | ||
Frontline employee | 148 (49.33%) | |
Supervisor | 152 (50.67) |
Models | Factor Loaded | χ2 | Df | Δχ2(Δdf) | CFI | TLI | RMSEA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5-factor model | ECSR, POF, EC, CSE, GIWB | 415.93 | 242 | - | 0.93 | 0.92 | 0.05 |
4-factor model | ECSR, POF, EC + CSE, GIWB | 532.46 | 246 | 116.53(4) | 0.89 | 0.88 | 0.06 |
3-factor model | ECSR, POF, EC + CSE + GIWB | 625.76 | 249 | 209.83(7) | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.07 |
2-factor model | ECSR, POF + EC + CSE + GIWB | 777.77 | 251 | 361.84(9) | 0.80 | 0.78 | 0.08 |
1-factor model | ECSR + OC + POF + JI + EGIB | 839.93 | 252 | 424(10) | 0.78 | 0.75 | 0.09 |
Variables | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. ECSR | 4.14 | 0.58 | 1 | ||||
2. P-O fit | 4.09 | 0.60 | 0.55 ** | 1 | |||
3. Creative self-efficacy | 4.01 | 0.62 | 0.46 ** | 0.56 ** | 1 | ||
4. Environmental commitment | 4.32 | 0.52 | 0.53 ** | 0.54 ** | 0.52 ** | 1 | |
5. GIWB | 4.10 | 0.60 | 0.48 ** | 0.46 ** | 0.56 ** | 0.56 ** | 1 |
Creative Self-Efficacy | Environmental Commitment | GIWB | ||||||
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Variables | Model1 | Model2 | Model3 | Model4 | Model5 | Model6 | Model7 | Model8 |
Gender | 0.00 | −0.00 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Age | −0.11 * | −0.10 * | −0.04 | −0.04 | −0.05 | −0.00 | −0.03 | −0.00 |
Ownership | −0.09 | −0.08 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.04 |
Education | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.00 | −0.03 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
Grade | 0.16 ** | 0.10 * | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.05 | −0.02 | 0.01 | −0.03 |
ECSR | 0.44 *** | 0.29 *** | 0.52 *** | 0.29 *** | 0.47 *** | 0.28 *** | 0.25 *** | 0.18 ** |
Creative self-efficacy | 0.43 *** | 0.33 *** | ||||||
Environmental commitment | 0.42 *** | 0.30 *** | ||||||
P-O fit | 0.47 *** | 0.31 *** | ||||||
ECSR×P-O fit | 0.19 ** | −0.12 * | ||||||
R2 | 0.26 | 0.40 | 0.29 | 0.38 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.43 |
ΔR2 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.27 | 0.01 | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.05 |
Adjusted R2 | 0.25 | 0.38 | 0.27 | 0.36 | 0.22 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.41 |
F | 17.38 *** | 23.74 *** | 19.80 *** | 22.25 *** | 15.21 *** | 25.10 *** | 23.67 *** | 27.40 *** |
Mediation | Effect | SE | 95% CI |
---|---|---|---|
Creative self-efficacy | 0.14 | 0.04 | [0.08, 0.22] |
Environmental commitment | 0.16 | 0.05 | [0.07, 0.27] |
Total indirect | 0.30 | 0.58 | [0.20, 0.43] |
Contrasts (Creative self-efficacy vs. Environmental commitment) | −0.01 | 0.06 | [−0.15, 0.10] |
Path | Levels of Moderator (P-O Fit) | Conditional Indirect Effect | SE | 95%CI | Index | Pass or Not |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ECSR-Creative self-efficacy-GIWB | −1SD | 0.06 | 0.03 | [0.01, 0.12] | 0.06 [0.01, 0.14] | Pass |
+1SD | 0.13 | 0.04 | [0.06, 0.24] | |||
Contrasts | 0.07 | 0.04 | [0.01, 0.16] | |||
ECSR- Environmental commitment -GIWB | −1SD | 0.11 | 0.04 | [0.04, 0.21] | −0.03 [−0.11, 0.02] | Not |
+1SD | 0.07 | 0.03 | [0.02, 0.14] | |||
Contrasts | −0.04 | 0.04 | [−0.12, 0.03] |
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Chen, J.; Zhang, A. Exploring How and When Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility Impacts Employees’ Green Innovative Work Behavior: The Mediating Role of Creative Self-Efficacy and Environmental Commitment. Sustainability 2024, 16, 234. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010234
Chen J, Zhang A. Exploring How and When Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility Impacts Employees’ Green Innovative Work Behavior: The Mediating Role of Creative Self-Efficacy and Environmental Commitment. Sustainability. 2024; 16(1):234. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010234
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Jiali, and Aiqing Zhang. 2024. "Exploring How and When Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility Impacts Employees’ Green Innovative Work Behavior: The Mediating Role of Creative Self-Efficacy and Environmental Commitment" Sustainability 16, no. 1: 234. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010234
APA StyleChen, J., & Zhang, A. (2024). Exploring How and When Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility Impacts Employees’ Green Innovative Work Behavior: The Mediating Role of Creative Self-Efficacy and Environmental Commitment. Sustainability, 16(1), 234. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010234