School of Management, Xi'an Polytechnic University, Xi'an 710043, China.
School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Nov 18;19(22):15284. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192215284.
Despite the significance of pro-environmental behavior (PEB) in the workplace, most of the existing studies have neglected its negative work outcomes. Drawing upon moral licensing theory and cognitive dissonance theory, we construct a conceptual model of the influence mechanism of employees' PEB (i.e., public-sphere PEB, private-sphere PEB) on workplace deviance through psychological entitlement, and the moderating effect of rationalization of workplace deviance on the relationship between psychological entitlement and workplace deviance. Using two-stage survey data from 216 employees in China, we performed hierarchical regression analysis and structural equation modeling method to test our hypotheses. Our findings reveal that public-sphere PEB positively affects psychological entitlement, while private-sphere PEB negatively affects psychological entitlement. Psychological entitlement further positively affects workplace deviance. In addition, rationalization of workplace deviance strengthens the positive impact of psychological entitlement on workplace deviance. This study offers novel insights into the dark side of PEB literature by exploring the PEB-workplace deviance relationship. This study also contributes to managerial implications of how PEB leads to workplace deviance and how to address this issue.
尽管亲环境行为（PEB）在工作场所中具有重要意义，但大多数现有研究都忽视了其负面工作结果。本研究以道德许可理论和认知失调理论为基础，通过心理授权构建了一个员工 PEB（即公共领域 PEB、私人领域 PEB）对工作场所越轨行为影响机制的概念模型，并探讨了工作场所越轨合理化对心理授权与工作场所越轨行为之间关系的调节作用。我们采用来自中国 216 名员工的两阶段调查数据，运用分层回归分析和结构方程模型方法检验了假设。研究结果表明，公共领域 PEB 正向影响心理授权，而私人领域 PEB 负向影响心理授权。心理授权进一步正向影响工作场所越轨行为。此外，工作场所越轨合理化增强了心理授权对工作场所越轨行为的正向影响。本研究通过探讨 PEB 与工作场所越轨行为的关系，为 PEB 文献的阴暗面提供了新的见解。本研究还为如何通过 PEB 导致工作场所越轨以及如何解决这一问题提供了管理启示。
