Above and beyond? How businesses can drive sustainable development by promoting lasting pro‐environmental behaviour change: An examination of the IKEA Live Lagom project

Elf, Patrick; Isham, Amy; Gatersleben, Birgitta

doi:10.1002/bse.2668

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“…Moreover, there is a growing concern among contemporary scholars to realize the importance of employee's knowledge and GT to shape their PEBs. Although researchers have examined the significance of PEBs (Blok et al , 2015; Graves et al , 2013, 2019; Yuriev et al , 2018, 2020a), many studies focused on the behavior of customers, and college students' households (Donmez-Turan and Kiliclar, 2021; Elf et al , 2021; Jans, 2021). This is one of the first studies that focus exclusively on PEBs of employees by considering ETFL, GT and PGC to induce environmental passion (EP) which will lead toward green behavioral intention (GBI) and PEBs in employees at the workplace.…”

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Determinant analysis of employee attitudes toward pro-environmental behavior in textile firms of Pakistan: a serial mediation approach

Nisar

Khan

2021

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PurposeThe purpose of this study was to determine how environmentally specific transformational leadership (ETFL), green training (GT) and psychological green climate (PGC) affect environmental passion (EP) of employees which leads to pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs).Design/methodology/approachThe context of the study was set in textile industry of Pakistan which holds a promising future in the international markets as an emerging export-based industry. Using purposive sampling technique, cross-sectional self-report data were collected from the employees of textile exporting firms (n = 239) of Pakistan. Hypotheses were tested using PLS-SEM.FindingsThe findings revealed that ETFL and PGC act as important predictors of EP, whereas GT plays no role in influencing EP. EP predicts green behavioral intention (GBI) of employees, in turn, GBI predicts employees' PEBs. Further, mediation analyses revealed that EP and GBI sequentially mediated the link between PGC and PEBs.Research limitations/implicationsThe present study is not free from its limitations. First, the study adopted cross-sectional design that prevents the causal inferences which the researcher can make from the population. Second, the present study adopted purposive sampling technique which is a non-probability sampling technique. Third, the constructs of this study were assessed with self-report measures which are associated with social desirability bias (Podsakoff and Organ, 1986) or common-method variance (Podsakoff et al., 2003). Hence, this research suggests on the future direction of research based on these limitations.Practical implicationsAs per the results of this study, it is also suggested that managers may focus more on the overall organizational and psychological climate rather than on leadership styles alone. While conducting training, the leaders must pay close attention to training objectives to ensure that they do not lead to counterproductive behaviors.Originality/valueThis research adds to the literature in the area of PEBs at micro-level by focusing on how and why employees engage in PEBs.

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Determinant analysis of employee attitudes toward pro-environmental behavior in textile firms of Pakistan: a serial mediation approach

Nisar

Khan

2021

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“…From the side of low-income consumers, they can be regarded “as agents for change with potentially far-reaching influence on business strategy and businesses’ behavior” (Elf et al 2021 , p. 1038), which are also willing to buy as regular buyers new products and services, impelling prosperity and growth for firms (Prahalad 2019 ). From the side of businesses, providing frugal innovations within their market offerings to low-income consumers means influencing them to consume better and enhance their eco-friendly consumption patterns, thus contributing firms “to sustainable development by extending their business strategies” (Elf et al 2021 , p. 1038).…”

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“…Frugal innovation remains until today without a “single definition” (Hossain 2020 , p. 1) or a “common understanding and conceptualization” (Von Janda et al 2020 , p. 2), although it may constitute an indispensable requirement for firms’ success in resource-scarce environments while also driving sustainable development (Albert 2019 ; Köhler et al 2019 ; Iqbal et al 2021 ; Winkler et al 2020 ; Ekins and Zenghelis 2021 ; Elf et al 2021 ; Hossain et al 2021 ; Pinkse and Bohnsack 2021 ; Saha et al 2021 ; Wigboldus and Jochemsen 2021 ). Thus, recent studies underline that frugal innovation is connected with the idea of “developing resource-scarce but quality solutions that are cheaper than the existing products” (Hossain 2020 , p. 1) and can be considered a first step option for a sustainable future (Van Mossel et al 2018 ; Köhler et al 2019 ; Ekins and Zenghelis 2021 ; Hossain et al 2021 ; Wigboldus and Jochemsen 2021 ).…”

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Key capabilities for frugal innovation in developed economies: insights into the current transition towards sustainability

Sánchez

Vijande

2022

Sustain Sci

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Frugal innovation has become a requirement for success in resource-scarce environments, a situation that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated. In this context, the literature has developed several frugal innovation approaches for promoting sustainability, but there is no a widely accepted theory nor a predominant paradigm given the incipient and relatively new nature of a research domain that requires further studies. There is also a high potential for under-exploited markets, represented by low-income consumers who no longer concentrate on developing countries and where there is a cumulative number of consumers with minimal spending capacity, rising income distribution inequality, and the increasing polarization of wealth and risk of poverty. This paper contributes to the literature by examining from a Resource-Based View perspective, the critical role of two key organizational capabilities, namely market-focused learning and organizational ambidexterity, to develop firms’ innovation capability in low-end markets due to the unique characteristics of these markets. In doing so, the study employs partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) with a sample of 190 manufacturing firms to provide empirical support to our theoretical predictions that establish that: (1) market-focused learning capability drives organizational ambidexterity, (2) market-focused learning capability and organizational ambidexterity foster organizational innovation capability, which, ultimately, affects cash flow, and (3) market-focused learning capability has a stronger effect on organizational innovation capability in low-end markets. Contrary to our expectations, organizational ambidexterity has a stronger impact on organizational innovation capability in non-low-end markets, considering that this is the first step to shed light on this issue.

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“…Specifically, a study shows that perceived corporate social responsibility increases customers' donations to corporate supported non-profit organisations (Lichtenstein, et al, 2004). Furthermore, research suggests that organisations can promote pro-environmental behaviour among their customers (Elf et al, 2020). However, in this study, interventions were tested that directly targeted the behaviour of the customers; it did not aim to influence the extent to which customers see the organisation as pro-environmental.…”

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My company is green, so am I: the relationship between perceived environmental responsibility of organisations and government, environmental self-identity, and pro-environmental behaviours

2021

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To reduce environmental problems, citizens, governments, and organisations need to take action to reduce their environmental impact. In the current paper, we tested if and how perceived environmental responsibility of organisations and government is related to pro-environmental behaviour and acceptability of pro-environmental policies among employees, customers, and citizens. We hypothesised that the stronger perceived environmental responsibility of organisations and government, the stronger the environmental self-identity of employees, customers, and citizens because they are a part of that organisation. We hypothesised that a stronger environmental self-identity, in turn, is positively related to a range of pro-environmental actions as well as acceptability of pro-environmental policies. We tested our hypotheses in three studies. We found that a stronger perceived environmental responsibility of organisations is indeed related to a stronger environmental self-identity among employees and customers of the organisation. A stronger environmental self-identity was in turn related to a range of pro-environmental actions. An alternative explanation for our findings is that those with a stronger environmental self-identity are more likely to become a customer at an organisation with a strong perceived environmental responsibility. However, we found support for our hypotheses among those who chose and among those who did not freely choose to be a customer of the organisation, suggesting that the alternative explanation does not fully explain our findings. Furthermore, we found that citizens report a stronger environmental self-identity when perceived environmental responsibility of their government is stronger. A stronger environmental self-identity was in turn related to a higher acceptability of policies aiming to promote energy savings. Our findings are in line with social identity theory, which states that people partly infer how they see themselves based on the groups to which they belong. Furthermore, our findings have important practical implications for organisations and governments aiming to promote pro-environmental behaviour. Specifically, if organisations and government reduce their environmental impact and clearly communicate this, citizens, employees, and customers may also be more likely to do so.

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Above and beyond? How businesses can drive sustainable development by promoting lasting pro‐environmental behaviour change: An examination of the IKEA Live Lagom project

Cited by 16 publications

References 64 publications

Determinant analysis of employee attitudes toward pro-environmental behavior in textile firms of Pakistan: a serial mediation approach

Determinant analysis of employee attitudes toward pro-environmental behavior in textile firms of Pakistan: a serial mediation approach

Key capabilities for frugal innovation in developed economies: insights into the current transition towards sustainability

My company is green, so am I: the relationship between perceived environmental responsibility of organisations and government, environmental self-identity, and pro-environmental behaviours

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