How environmental (ir)responsibility of companies affects environmental behavior of employees

DOI:	https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.17538abstract
URL:	https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.17...
Dokumenttyp:	Konferenzveröffentlichung
Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Titel einer Zeitschrift oder einer Reihe:	Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
Band/Volume:	2020
Heft/Issue:	1
Seitenbereich:	Article 17538
Veranstaltungstitel:	80th AOM Annual Meeting
Veranstaltungsort:	Online
Veranstaltungsdatum:	07.-11.08.2020
Ort der Veröffentlichung:	Briarcliff Manor, NY
Verlag:	Academy of Management
ISSN:	0065-0668 , 2151-6561
Sprache der Veröffentlichung:	Englisch
Einrichtung:	Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaftslehre > ABWL, Personalmanagement u. Führung (Biemann 2013-)
Fachgebiet:	150 Psychologie 330 Wirtschaft 650 Management
Abstract:	Research on spillover versus compensation effects of work to non-work domains have yielded mixed findings in the human resource management (HRM) literature. In the social psychology literature, moral consistency versus moral balancing effects of an individuals’ own behavior are highly contested. In our study, we combine these theoretical lenses and argue that environmental corporate social (ir)responsibility (CSR and CSIR) may either spill over to (consistency effect) or compensate (balancing effect) for employees’ own moral behavior. In an experimental study, in which we randomly assign individuals to work for a company engaging either in CSR or CSIR, we investigate participants’ donation behavior. Our results indicate that individuals who work for a CSR compared to a CSIR company donate significantly more money to a charity that serves an environmental purpose, but not more money to a charity that serves a broader social mission.