Promoting Employees’ Environmental Behavior in the Workplace: Evidence from the Lodging Industry

Pro-environment behaviors in organizations are one of the subjects that have not received enough attention. According to this, and with regard to value framework of workplace spirituality, combining the organization citizenship and connectedness theories, the present study aims to propose a theoretical model to evaluate the impact of spirituality at workplace on the environmental friendly behaviors of hotel employees in 5 star hotels located in Northern Cyprus. A quantitative research approach was followed and the empirical measurements of the collected data from 380 employees supported the model, and results proved that workplace spirituality is effectively connected with employees’ pro-environmental behaviors. Moreover, connectedness to nature was confirmed that have an indirect effect in the link between workplace spirituality and such behaviors, while the environmental awareness had a moderator role. The results confirmed that being satisfy spiritually at work and their spirituality experiences, together with their sense of nature connectedness, provides a situation to increase their tend to show citizenship behaviors to protect the environment. In other words since the spirituality impacts the sustainability of workforce activities, it is practical if managers improve such climate in their organization and among workforces. The implications of the research as well as managerial implications were discussed finally. Keywords: Pro-environmental behavior, tourism and hospitality, workplace spirituality, environmental awareness, North Cyprus