Original
Stimulating Pro‐Environmental Behavior Using Management Control: Survey Evidence From a City Government
Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how pro‐environmental behaviors (PEBs) of public sector employees can be stimulated using management control. We mobilize the theory of planned behavior to hypothesize that employee environmental concerns are associated with PEBs, and that this relation can be strengthened by management control instruments that provide structure and signals about prevailing norms. Using survey data from 151 public sector employees, we find support for most of our expectations. Specifically, our findings suggest that sustainability‐related output controls (e.g., sustainable performance budgets and accounting reports) can help employees to translate their environmental concerns into action through PEBs. Furthermore, we find that behavior controls (e.g., formats that incorporate sustainability and resilience‐enhancing action programs) positively associate with PEBs, regardless of employees' initial environmental concerns. Taken together, our findings have implications for public sector organizations seeking to stimulate employees to engage in more environmentally sustainable behaviors.
中文
运用管理控制激发亲环境行为：来自某市政府的调查证据
摘要
摘要 本文考察如何运用管理控制来激发公共部门员工的亲环境行为（PEBs）。我们运用计划行为理论，假设员工的环境关注与PEBs相关，并且这种关系可以通过提供结构以及关于 prevailing norms 信号的管理控制工具得到强化。使用来自151名公共部门员工的调查数据，我们发现大多数预期得到支持。具体而言，我们的发现表明，与可持续发展相关的产出控制（例如可持续绩效预算和会计报告）可以帮助员工通过PEBs将其环境关注转化为行动。此外，我们发现行为控制（例如纳入可持续性和韧性增强行动计划的格式）与PEBs正相关，无论员工最初的环境关注如何。综上，我们的发现对寻求激励员工参与更环境可持续行为的公共部门组织具有启示。
关键词
亲环境行为、管理控制、公共部门员工、计划行为理论、可持续发展、公共组织、产出控制、行为控制