Greening Organizations: The Relationship between Employee Environmental Concern, Perception of Advantages of Eco-Innovations, and Support for Innovation

Greening Organizations: The Relationship between Employee Environmental Concern, Perception of Advantages of Eco-Innovations, and Support for Innovation * Sustainability 2023 , 15 (24), 16718; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152416718 (registering DOI) Abstract : 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Framework 2.1. Employees’ Environmental Concern and Eco-Innovation Hypothesis 1 (H1): 2.2. The Role of Climate of Support for Innovation Hypothesis 2 (H2): 3. Materials and Methods 3.1. Participants and Procedure 3.2. Measures 3.3. Data Analysis 4. Results 5. Discussion 5.1. Theoretical and Practical Implications 5.2. Study Limitations 6. Conclusions Author Contributions Funding Institutional Review Board Statement Informed Consent Statement Data Availability Statement Acknowledgments Conflicts of Interest References Biscione, A.; Caruso, R.; de Felice, A. Environmental Innovation in European Transition Countries. Appl. Econ. 2021 , 53, 521–535. 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Moderator Values B BootSE z p Low CSI (−1 SD) 0.41 0.11 3.60 <0.001 Average CSI (M) 0.16 0.08 2.08 0.04 High CSI (+1 SD) −0.08 0.11 −0.72 0.47 Disclaimer/Publisher’s Note: The statements, opinions and data contained in all publications are solely those of the individual author(s) and contributor(s) and not of MDPI and/or the editor(s). MDPI and/or the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to people or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content. © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Share and Cite MDPI and ACS Style Zappalà, S.; Radassao, L.; Toscano, F. Greening Organizations: The Relationship between Employee Environmental Concern, Perception of Advantages of Eco-Innovations, and Support for Innovation. 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