Workplace Spirituality and Pro-Environmental Behavior: The Role of Employee Engagement and Environmental Awareness

Miss Ayesha Latif

Authors

Miss Ayesha Latif

Keywords:

Workplace spirituality, employee engagement, pro-environmental behavior, environmental awareness, nurses

Abstract

A key challenge facing organizations is how to encourage employees to engage in proenvironmental behaviors. Workplace spirituality has been conceptualized as offering new insights into how individuals experience a deeper level of intrinsic work motivation and engagement. Based on a survey of 349 nurses, we found that workplace spirituality was significantly associated with nurses' pro-environmental behavior and that employee engagement indirectly affects the relationship between workplace spirituality and pro-environmental behavior. The results suggest that environmental awareness moderated the effect of workplace spirituality on pro-environmental behavior of nurses. Managers of nursing services should consider workplace spirituality and its positive influence on nurses' outcomes in order to improve their performance and, subsequently, the healthcare system.

Downloads

How to Cite

Workplace Spirituality and Pro-Environmental Behavior: The Role of Employee Engagement and Environmental Awareness. (2018). Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 18(A5), 43-54. https://journalofbusiness.org/index.php/GJMBR/article/view/2511

Download Citation

References

D Abdelzaher, W Newburry (2016) Do green policies build green reputations?. 7(2), 226-246.

B Afsar, Y Badir, U Kiani (2016) Linking spiritual leadership and employee proenvironmental behavior: The influence of workplace spirituality, intrinsic motivation, and environmental passion. 45, 79-88.

U Ahmed, A Majid, M Zin (2016) Meaningful work and work engagement: A relationship demanding urgent attention. 6(8), 116-122.

R Ameer, R Othman (2012) Sustainability practices and corporate financial performance: A study based on the top global corporations. 108(1), 61-79.

Martin Binder, Ann-Kathrin Blankenberg (2017) Green lifestyles and subjective well-being: More about self-image than actual behavior?. 137, 304-323.

A Blass, S Da Costa, E De Lima, L Borges (2017) Measuring environmental performance in hospitals: A practical approach. 142, 279-289.

D Bolon (1997) Organizational citizenship behavior among hospital employees: A multidimensional analysis involving job satisfaction and organizational commitment. 42(2), 221.

Susan Cartwright, Nicola Holmes (2006) The meaning of work: The challenge of regaining employee engagement and reducing cynicism. 16(2), 199-208.

Neal Chalofsky, Vijay Krishna (2009) Meaningfulness, Commitment, and Engagement:The Intersection of a Deeper Level of Intrinsic Motivation. 11(2), 189-203.

N Chalofsky, V Krishna (2009) Meaningfulness, commitment, and engagement: The intersection of a deeper level of intrinsic motivation. 11(2), 189-203.

Eric Chan, Alice Hon, Wilco Chan, Fevzi Okumus (2014) What drives employees' intentions to implement green practices in hotels? The role of knowledge, awareness, concern and ecological behaviour. 40, 20-28.

L Clark, S Leedy, L Mc Donald, B Muller, C Lamb, T Mendez, S Kim, R Schonwetter (2007) Spirituality and job satisfaction among hospice interdisciplinary team members. 10(6), 1321-1328.

M Csutora, Á Zsóka (2014) May spirituality lead to reduced ecological footprint? Conceptual framework and empirical analysis. 10(1), 88-105.

Bonnie Daily, James Bishop, Nalini Govindarajulu (2009) A Conceptual Model for Organizational Citizenship Behavior Directed Toward the Environment. 48(2), 243-256.

Judith De Groot, Linda Steg (2010) Relationships between value orientations, self-determined motivational types and pro-environmental behavioural intentions. 30(4), 368-378.

F Djellal, F Gallouj (2016) Service innovation for sustainability: paths for greening through service innovation. 187-215.

H Ebrahimi, M Jafarabadi, H Arshetnab, S Khanmiri (2016) Relationship between Nurses' Spiritual Well-being and Nurses' perception of competence in providing spiritual care for patients. 3(2), 81-86.

Louis Fry, Melissa Nisiewicz (2013) Maximizing the Triple Bottom Line Through Spiritual Leadership.

Anthony Gatling, Jungsun Kim, John Milliman (2016) The relationship between workplace spirituality and hospitality supervisors' work attitudes. 28(3), 471-489.

J Gavin, R Mason (2004) The Virtuous Organization: The Value of Happiness in the Workplace. 33(4), 379-392.

Robert Giacalone, Carole Jurkiewicz (2003) Right from Wrong: The Influence of Spirituality on Perceptions of Unethical Business Activities. 46(1), 85-97.

T Jenkin, L Mc Shane, J Webster (2011) Green information technologies and systems: Employees' perceptions of organizational practices. 50(2), 266-314.

Hyo Jung, Hye Yoon (2016) What does work meaning to hospitality employees? The effects of meaningful work on employees' organizational commitment: The mediating role of job engagement. 53, 59-68.

M Kangasniemi, H Kallio, A Pietilä (2014) Towards environmentally responsible nursing: a critical interpretive synthesis. 70(7), 1465-1478.

Farahnaz Kazemipour, Salmiah Mohamad Amin, Bahram Pourseidi (2012) Relationship Between Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Among Nurses Through Mediation of Affective Organizational Commitment. 44(3), 302-310.

Soon-Ho Kim, Minseong Kim, Hye-Sook Han, Stephen Holland (2016) The determinants of hospitality employees' pro-environmental behaviors: The moderating role of generational differences. 52, 56-67.

Val Kinjerski, Berna Skrypnek (2008) The Promise of Spirit at Work: Increasing Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment and Reducing Turnover and Absenteeism in Long-Term Care. 34(10), 17-25.

A Kollmuss, J Agyeman (2002) Mind the gap: why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior?. 8(3), 239-260.

B Kuvaas (2006) Work performance, affective commitment, and work motivation: The roles of pay administration and pay level. 27(3), 365-385.

Eric Lamm, Jennifer Tosti-Kharas, Cynthia King (2015) Empowering Employee Sustainability: Perceived Organizational Support Toward the Environment. 128(1), 207-220.

C Laszlo, N Zhexembayeva (2011) Embedded sustainability: A strategy for market leaders. 15, 37-49.

J Mesmer-Magnus, D Glew, C Viswesvaran (2012) positive humor in the workplace. 27(2), 155-190.

John Meyer, Maryléne Gagnè (2008) Employee Engagement From a Self-Determination Theory Perspective. 1(1), 60-62.

John Meyer, Natalie Allen (1991) A three-component conceptualization of organizational commitment. 1(1), 61-89.

J Meyer, T Becker, R Van Dick (2006) Social identities and commitments at work: Toward an integrative model. 27(5), 665-683.

J Milliman, A Gatling, J Kim (2018) The effect of workplace spirituality on hospitality employee engagement, intention to stay, and service delivery. 35, 56-65.

M Nash, B Stewart (2002) Spirituality and social care: Contributing to personal and community well-being.

Deniz Ones, Stephan Dilchert (2012) Environmental Sustainability at Work: A Call to Action. 5(4), 444-466.

A Osman-Gani, J Hashim, Y Ismail (2013) Establishing linkages between religiosity and spirituality on employee performance. 35(4), 360-376.

Ritsuko Ozaki, Katerina Sevastyanova (2011) Going hybrid: An analysis of consumer purchase motivations. 39(5), 2217-2227.

A Paço (2015) Innovation in Public Health Care Institutions: The Case of Green Hospitals. 339-351.

Pascal Paillé, Nicolas Raineri (2015) Linking perceived corporate environmental policies and employees eco-initiatives: The influence of perceived organizational support and psychological contract breach. 68(11), 2404-2411.

A Pandey, R Gupta, A Arora (2009) Spiritual climate of business organizations and its impact on customers' experience. 88(2), 313-332.

B Pawar (2009) Workplace spirituality facilitation: A comprehensive model. 90(3), 375-386.

P Petchsawang, D Duchon (2009) Measuring workplace spirituality in an Asian context. 12(4), 459-468.

P Petchsawang, G Mclean (2017) Workplace spirituality, mindfulness meditation, and work engagement. 14(3), 216-244.

Ying Qu, Yakun Liu, Raveendranath Nayak, Mengru Li (2015) Sustainable development of eco-industrial parks in China: effects of managers' environmental awareness on the relationships between practice and performance. 87, 328-338.

A Rego, M Pina E Cunha (2008) Workplace spirituality and organizational commitment: an empirical study. 21(1), 53-75.

A Ruepert, K Keizer, L Steg, F Maricchiolo, G Carrus, A Dumitru, R Mira, A Stancu, D Moza (2016) Environmental considerations in the organizational context: A pathway to proenvironmental behaviour at work. 17, 59-70.

Alan Saks (2011) Workplace spirituality and employee engagement. 8(4), 317-340.

Wilmar Schaufeli, Marisa Salanova, Vicente González-Romá, Arnold Bakker (2002) The Measurement of Engagement and Burnout: A Two Sample Confirmatory Factor Analytic Approach. 3(1), 71-92.

Brad Shuck, Kevin Rose (2013) Reframing Employee Engagement Within the Context of Meaning and Purpose. 15(4), 341-355.

Siru Sihvonen, Jouni Partanen (2017) Eco-design practices with a focus on quantitative environmental targets: An exploratory content analysis within ICT sector. 143, 769-783.

J Stead, W Stead (2014) Building spiritual capabilities to sustain sustainability-based competitive advantages. 11(2), 143-158.

L Steg, J Bolderdijk, K Keizer, G Perlaviciute (2014) An integrated framework for encouraging pro-environmental behaviour: The role of values, situational factors and goals. 38, 104-115.

C Tang, D Lam (2017) The role of extraversion and agreeableness traits on Gen Y's attitudes and willingness to pay for green hotels. 29(1), 607-623.

Elisha Temminck, Kathryn Mearns, Laura Fruhen (2015) Motivating Employees towards Sustainable Behaviour. 24(6), 402-412.

Christian Vandenberghe, Kathleen Bentein, Florence Stinglhamber (2004) Affective commitment to the organization, supervisor, and work group: Antecedents and outcomes. 64(1), 47-71.

Jerry Vaske, Katherine Kobrin (2001) Place Attachment and Environmentally Responsible Behavior. 32(4), 16-21.

U Wassmer, R Paquin, S Sharma (2014) The engagement of firms in environmental collaborations: Existing contributions and future directions. 53(6), 754-786.

J Wierzbicki, A Zawadzka (2016) The Effects of the Activation of Money and Credit Card vs. that of Activation of Spirituality-Which One Prompts Pro-Social Behaviours. 35(3), 344-353.

L Zibarras, C Ballinger (2011) Promoting environmental behaviour in the workplace: A survey of UK organisations. 84-90.