Abstract:

The paper presents a comprehensive review of theoretical frameworks and models used to explain pro-environmental behavior. In particular, conceptual approaches and determinants of specific patterns of pro-environmental behavior at work are identified and characterized. The presented approaches applied to explain pro-environmental behavior at work include, inter alia, the theory of planned behavior, the value-belief-norm theory, the social exchange theory, the cognitive theory of stress, and multilevel motivational model. It is indicated that pro-environmental behavior in organizational settings is the effect of different internal and external factors compared to green behavior observed in the private sphere. Therefore, based on the analysis results, an integrative research framework is proposed for holistic studies on determinants of pro-environmental behavior at work.