Title
Employee Preference on Sustainable Organizational Messaging According to Individual Differences
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Abstract
Sustainable human resource management is an emerging practice in the future of global business environments. Research into this topic has been accelerated as organizations are moving away from the standard business protocols and onto more sustainable methods. This study builds on prior research investigating employees' preferences regarding organizational sustainability communications (e.g. Joyal-Desmarais et al., 2022; Kataria et al., 2013). In this study, we assess the relationship between employee individual differences and sustainability informational meetings attendance preferences. Additionally, this study aims to examine the potential relationship between individuals' egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric values using a scale developed by de Groot and Steg (2008) and preferences for value-laden organizational sustainability messaging. Finally, this study will take an exploratory view regarding relationships between other demographic variables, intent to attend a sustainable orientation sessions, and value preferences. We recruited 201 respondents on Prolific and then distributed a survey through Qualtrics for respondents to complete. Measures will be assessed with factor analysis, and relationships will be assessed with correlation and regression. We expect that individual differences will predict an individual's sustainable message preferences. Additionally, we expect to find positive correlations between an individual's ratings on egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric values and their preferences for matching value-laden sustainable messaging. The findings of this study will inform business leaders on effective practices that may increase the attendance of their orientation sessions regarding sustainable business practices and contribute to the emerging research field of employee sustainability message preferences.
Subject
Industrial and organizational psychology
Document Type
posters
Language
English
Rights
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License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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Employee Preference on Sustainable Organizational Messaging According to Individual Differences
Sustainable human resource management is an emerging practice in the future of global business environments. Research into this topic has been accelerated as organizations are moving away from the standard business protocols and onto more sustainable methods. This study builds on prior research investigating employees' preferences regarding organizational sustainability communications (e.g. Joyal-Desmarais et al., 2022; Kataria et al., 2013). In this study, we assess the relationship between employee individual differences and sustainability informational meetings attendance preferences. Additionally, this study aims to examine the potential relationship between individuals' egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric values using a scale developed by de Groot and Steg (2008) and preferences for value-laden organizational sustainability messaging. Finally, this study will take an exploratory view regarding relationships between other demographic variables, intent to attend a sustainable orientation sessions, and value preferences. We recruited 201 respondents on Prolific and then distributed a survey through Qualtrics for respondents to complete. Measures will be assessed with factor analysis, and relationships will be assessed with correlation and regression. We expect that individual differences will predict an individual's sustainable message preferences. Additionally, we expect to find positive correlations between an individual's ratings on egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric values and their preferences for matching value-laden sustainable messaging. The findings of this study will inform business leaders on effective practices that may increase the attendance of their orientation sessions regarding sustainable business practices and contribute to the emerging research field of employee sustainability message preferences.
Department
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dept. of Psychology