Workplace and Non‐workplace Pro‐environmental Behaviors

Public employees are expected to be good stewards of public resources and engage in pro‐environmental behaviors (PEBs). Using different categorizations of PEBs, this article examines whether public employees perform these PEBs in workplace and non‐workplace settings. The article further investigates how PEBs are influenced by salient characteristics of public organizations—that is, public service motivation (PSM) and civic participation categorized as civic engagement and cognitive engagement. Data were collected through a survey of public employees in two city governments in Florida. A structural equation model was employed to test the proposed model. Findings indicate that PSM has a positive influence on workplace PEBs and similar PEBs in the non‐workplace settings. Civic engagement has a positive influence on both workplace and non‐workplace PEBs. Barriers significantly moderate the effects of PSM and cognitive engagement on workplace and non‐workplace PEBs

Business · Civic engagement · Cognition · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Public sector · Public service · Public Service Motivation · Salient · Structural equation modeling · Test (biology · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Environmental Sustainability in Business · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sustainable Building Design and Assessment

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