Theory of Planned Behavior: Public Employee Intentions to Recycle Correctly

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dc.contributor.advisorDr. Bands, Kathleen C.
dc.contributor.advisorDr. Jose, Anita
dc.contributor.advisorDr. Shaine, Megan D.
dc.contributor.authorWeyand, Michael G.
dc.contributor.departmentGraduate School of Hood Collegeen_US
dc.contributor.programDoctoral Program in Organizational Leadershipen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-14T19:35:41Z
dc.date.available2021-11-14T19:35:41Z
dc.date.issued2021-11-14
dc.description.abstractEnvironmental performance refers to the impact business operations have on the natural environment. The more employees perform green behaviors, the greater an organization’s environmental performance becomes, and the less its business operations damage the natural environment. Yet, there is a general lack of investigation into why employees voluntarily engage in green workplace behaviors. To address limited research in this area, this study took a formative research approach to identify and evaluate the determinants driving public employee intention to recycle correctly. Mixed methods were used first to elicit determinants from employees using semi-structured interviews (n = 22). Then, the saliency of each elicited determinant was validated using a cross-sectional survey administered to the entire workforce (n=105). Data analysis consisted of testing three mediated multiple regression models based on tenets from Ajzen’s (1991) theory of planned behavior. Results from the elicitation phase unearthed 32 initial determinants. Of these, nine were identified as salient determinants within the target population, and of those nine salient determinants, seven were found during data analysis to significantly impact public employee correct recycling intention. Behavioral beliefs of employees were the most influential determinant explaining 38% of the model variance. These findings are helpful for designing recycling initiatives within the studied municipality. Research implications are discussed in relation to the theory, practice, and future exploration in the field of pro-environmental workplace behavior. This study also proposes a scholar-practitioner framework for streamlining formative research on green workplace behaviors.en_US
dc.format.extent254 pagesen_US
dc.genreDissertationen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2606l-jxkl
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/23353
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtHood College
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectGreen Workplace Behaviorsen_US
dc.subjectOrganizational Citizenship Behavior for the Environment (OCBE)en_US
dc.subjectTheory of Planned Behavioren_US
dc.subjectFormative Researchen_US
dc.subjectMunicipal Greeningen_US
dc.subjectCity Environmental Performanceen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental Behavior Changeen_US
dc.subjectElicitation Study Protocolen_US
dc.subjectPro-environmental Behaviors at Worken_US
dc.subjectResearch Framework for Green Workplace Behaviorsen_US
dc.titleTheory of Planned Behavior: Public Employee Intentions to Recycle Correctlyen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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