Environmentalism and Polish Coal Mining: A Multilevel Study

Zientara, Piotr; Zamojska, Anna; Maciejewski, Grzegorz; Nikodemska‐Wołowik, Anna Maria

doi:10.3390/su11113086

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“…Prior literature notes the importance of studying the effect of individual environmental concerns on PEB (Bak, 2018). However, the studies on personal environmental awareness and environmental concern as antecedents of employees' voluntary PEB at work are scarce (Zientara et al. , 2019) and inconsistent, presenting contradictive results: ones state that the previously mentioned variables promote such behavior while the others claim that the relationship is not statistically significant (Yang et al.…”

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“…During the last decades the awareness and transposing values of society towards environmental issues are growing (Karman and Savanevi cien_ e, 2020). Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable approaches are particularly relevant for emerging countries, since it allows free and active integration of these countries into the global economic and political system (Zientara et al, 2019).…”

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Effects of personal environmental awareness and environmental concern on employees' voluntary pro-environmental behavior: a mediation analysis in emerging countries

Saifulina

Penela²,

Ruzo‐Sanmartín³

2022

BJM

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PurposeSuccessful stimulation of employee engagement in pro-environmental behavior (PEB) at work can reduce organizational environmental footprint and boost its green performance. The aim of this paper is to investigate the individual factors that may promote such behavior at work, offering a complex model with mediating relationships not studied before.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper data was collected through a survey of 331 bank employees from different banks in Kazakhstan and Ecuador. Structural equation modeling was used to test the relationships between the different constructs.FindingsThe results identified that environmental values and attitudes mediate the relationship between (1) personal environmental awareness and (2) environmental concern and employees' voluntary PEB at work. Harmonious environmental passion (HEP) mediates the relationship between environmental values and attitudes and employees' voluntary PEB at work.Practical implicationsThis study presents important organizational policymaking implications with regard to organizational greening. The importance of environmental awareness is underlined, guiding managers to offer environmental education and training to the employees with the aim of improving environmental knowledge that may lead to employees' voluntary PEB at work. Also, managers should work on enhancing HEP.Originality/valuePrior literature on this topic is still scarce. This research presents important contributions by discussing how individual antecedents may act as stimuli of employees' voluntary PEB at work in the context of the banking sector in two emerging countries that are often neglected by prior literature.

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Effects of personal environmental awareness and environmental concern on employees' voluntary pro-environmental behavior: a mediation analysis in emerging countries

Saifulina

Penela²,

Ruzo‐Sanmartín³

2022

BJM

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“…Zientara et al [ 37 ] linked employee education to individual factors, such as beliefs or awareness. They indicated that people who are aware of environmental threats may be more eager to segregate and recycle waste, purchase ecological products, or commute to work by public transport.…”

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Organizational practices promoting employees’ pro-environmental behaviors in a Visegrad Group country: How much does company ownership matter?

Piwowar‐Sulej

Kwil

2022

PLoS ONE

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Although company ownership (local vs. foreign) has been used as a contingency variable that differentiates companies’ environmental activities and performance, the current understanding of these differences is fragmented. None of the previous studies examined the relationships between company ownership and a complex set of organizational practices which promote employees’ pro-environmental behaviors. The article fills the gap in previous research by analyzing the extent to which a total of 37 organizational practices are used. These practices are divided into technical (20 are related to environmental management) and “soft” (17 are related to HRM policies). For this study, both literature studies and a survey covering 199 companies located in Poland were used. In the theoretical part, the paper presents various typologies of factors that enhance employees’ green behavior, with the focus on organizational practices. There is also a review of studies on environmental sustainability which used company ownership as a variable. The results of the empirical research show that–although in foreign companies environmental issues are increasingly perceived as important or very important–many of the practices which are treated as crucial for developing employees’ eco-friendly behaviors are rarely used in both local and foreign companies. Moreover, company ownership was important in the context of using 88% of the “soft” practices and 50% of the technical practices discussed in the article. The article provides implications for policy and practice, as well as directions for further research.

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“…Although the importance of the mining industry has slightly decreased in EU countries, it still constitutes a crucial sector of the economy. Both mineral and energy raw materials extracted in EU countries make it possible to significantly satisfy their energy needs (e.g., Poland, Germany) [21][22][23][24][25][26][27] and provide raw materials used in almost all economic sectors (construction, chemical, pharmaceutical, space, automotive, electronic, and other industries) [28]. Contemporary economies of both developing and developed countries cannot function without gas, oil, iron ore, or copper.…”

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The Use of Artificial Neural Networks to Analyze Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollutant Emissions from the Mining and Quarrying Sector in the European Union

Brodny

Tutak

2020

Energies

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The European Union (EU) is considered one of the most economically developed regions worldwide. It was driven by the mining industry for several decades. Despite certain changes in this area, a number of mineral and energy resources are still being mined in the EU. Nevertheless, mining activities are accompanied by many unfavorable phenomena, especially for the environment, such as greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions. The great diversity of the EU countries in terms of the size of the "mining and quarrying" sector means that both the volume and structure of these emissions in individual countries varies. In order to assess the current state of affairs, research was conducted to look at the structure and volume of these emissions in individual EU countries. The aim of the study was to divide these countries into homogenous groups by structure and volume of studied emissions. In order to reflect both the specificity and diversity of the EU countries, this division was based on the seven most important gases (CO 2 , CH 4 , N 2 O, NH 3 , NMVOC, CO, NO x ) and two types of particulate matter (PM 2.5, PM 10) emitted into the atmosphere from the sector in question. The volume of studied emissions was also compared to the number of inhabitants of each EU country and the gross value added (GVA) by the mining and quarrying sector. This approach enabled a new and broader view on the issue of gas and air pollutant emissions associated with mining activities. The artificial Kohonen's neural networks were used for the analysis. The developed method, the analyses and the results constitute a new approach to studying such emissions in the EU. Research that looks only at the emission of harmful substances into the environment in relation to their absolute values fail to fully reflect the complexity of this problem in individual EU countries. The presented approach and the results should broaden the knowledge in the field of harmful substance emissions from the mining and quarrying sector, which should be utilized in the process of implementing the new European climate strategy referred to as "The European Green Deal".

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Environmentalism and Polish Coal Mining: A Multilevel Study

Cited by 8 publications

References 49 publications

Effects of personal environmental awareness and environmental concern on employees' voluntary pro-environmental behavior: a mediation analysis in emerging countries

Effects of personal environmental awareness and environmental concern on employees' voluntary pro-environmental behavior: a mediation analysis in emerging countries

Organizational practices promoting employees’ pro-environmental behaviors in a Visegrad Group country: How much does company ownership matter?

The Use of Artificial Neural Networks to Analyze Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollutant Emissions from the Mining and Quarrying Sector in the European Union

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