Green Behaviors in the Workplace: Nature, Complexity, and Trends

This book examines the spectrum of green behaviors in organizational settings, focusing on the contribution that employees make through their environmental engagement. The authors provide an overview of green behaviors while clarifying the meaning of the concept and its critical importance to greening employees. By distinguishing between voluntary (e.g., encouraging colleagues to express their ideas about environmental issues), prescribed (e.g., having an obligation to implement environmental policies), and counterproductive (e.g., not caring about water or electricity consumption) behaviors, the book rethinks sustainable development, placing the psychological and environmental dimensions on a par.

Aimed at researchers in human resource management, organizational behavior, organizational change, and psychology, this interdisciplinary study proposes a novel approach to sustainability by assessing employee behaviors at work.

Virginie Francoeur holds a bachelor’s degree in management, a master’s degree in organizational development (HEC Montreal) and a Ph.D. in administrative sciences (Université Laval, Quebec). To further develop her expertise in the field of environmental psychology, she also completed a doctoral internship at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Valencia, Spain. She is currently Assistant Professor of Organizational Change in the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering at Polytechnique Montreal. Her teaching and research focus on organizational change and sustainable development, with a particular interest in green behaviors. Her research has appeared in Journal of CleanerProduction, Organization & Environment, Journal of Business Research and European Management Journal. Alongside her academic research, Virginie Francoeur has published 5 books in Canada and France (2 essays, 2 books of poetry, and a novel).

Pascal Paillé is Full Professor of Human Resources in the People & Organisations Department at Neoma Business School, France. His research and teaching interests lie in sustainable human resource management. His research mainly focuses on greening the workplace through green human resource management and organizational citizenship behavior for the environment. He has published 4 books, 1 essay, 15 book chapters and over 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals. His research has appeared in Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of BusinessResearch, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal ofCleaner Production, and Organization & Environment. Pascal Paillé