How does environmental corporate social responsibility contribute to the development of a green corporate image? The sequential mediating roles of employees' environmental passion and pro‐environmental behavior

Drawing on social cognitive theory and social information processing theory, this study investigated how organizations' efforts to embody environmental corporate social responsibility (ECSR) shape consumer perception of a green corporate image through employees' environmental passion and p...

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Published in:Business ethics (Oxford, England) England), 2023-07, Vol.32 (3), p.896-909
Main Authors: Ali, Muhammad Asghar, Khan, Abdul Zahid, Azeem, Muhammad Umer, Inam, ul Haq
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cognitive-behavioral factors
Customers
employee pro‐environmental behavior
Environmental behaviour
environmental corporate social responsibility
Environmental degradation
environmental passion
green corporate image
Multisource
Social cognitive theory
Social information processing
Social responsibility
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Summary:Drawing on social cognitive theory and social information processing theory, this study investigated how organizations' efforts to embody environmental corporate social responsibility (ECSR) shape consumer perception of a green corporate image through employees' environmental passion and pro‐environmental behavior (PEB). To test our hypotheses, we collected multisource time‐lagged data from 214 employee–customer dyads from hotel and banking sector organizations in Pakistan. The findings show that organizations' green corporate image is a function of their efforts to engage in ECSR activities as demonstrated through employees' environmental passion and PEB. These findings have important implications in the environment and management domains because it can help organizations draft useful strategies to counter environmental degradation and generate a green corporate image in customers' minds through employees' green behavior.
ISSN:2694-6416
2694-6424
DOI:10.1111/beer.12539