Environmental sustainability and employee satisfaction

Jing, C., Keasey, K. and Xu, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3512-5834 (2023) Environmental sustainability and employee satisfaction. Economics Letters, 233. 111402. ISSN 0165-1765 doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111402

Abstract/Summary

Given the increasing emphasis on environmental sustainability, we investigate whether firm pollution drives employee satisfaction and find that satisfaction is substantially lower in more polluting firms. We also show that more educated employees, employees aged between 30 and 40, and management employees are less satisfied when their firms pollute. Additionally, employees in heavy-polluting firms are less satisfied with their senior leadership, and are less likely to recommend their firms to their friends. Overall, employees care about environmental sustainability and reducing pollution seems essential to increasing employee satisfaction.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/122713
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111402
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Henley Business School > Finance and Accounting
Publisher	Elsevier
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