Environmental Sustainability Performance: Conceptual Development, Propositions and Future Research Directions

Purpose: This paper aims to conceptually link environmental sustainability performance with sustainable consumption behavior and proactive work behavior with the moderating role of workplace spirituality and to propose expected relations with future research directions. Design/Methodology/Approach: This paper develops the conceptual framework from existing literature which are published on the topic of sustainable consumption behavior, environmental sustainability performance, and other individual and organizational factors. The method of conceptual framework is reviews based on keyword searches in research databases. In addition, this paper also narrates empirical findings published in previous research to explain the conceptual model construct. Findings: Theoretically, the literature is evident that organization emphasizes policies and management decisions on sustainability on a different dimension, but forget to support employees' workplace well-being, motivate their behaviors, and align individuals from values phenomenon by cultivating a pro-environment culture in behavioral and values perspectives (e.g. in this study, workplace spirituality, sustainable consumption behaviors). Research Implications: The increasing issues of environmental problems worldwide impact the lives of existing and future generations. The organizations working in line with SDG goals and policymakers will benefit from the conceptual relationship the managerial and research implications will be based on value and behavioral phenomenon (i.e. spirituality, proactive work behaviors) and supporting employees with contextual and situational factors (i.e. workplace wellbeing, pro-environment culture) are the real research implication. Originality/Value: The study provides a novel attempt to propose a comprehensive framework for environmental sustainability performance by integrating several domains including organizational context, psychological support, and value-behavioral factors in alignment with SDG's global agenda. This study will contribute to combining individual behavioral factors (proactive work behaviors, sustainable consumption behaviors), psychological factors, value (workplace spirituality), and organizational factors (employee well-being; pro-environmental culture), which gives an edge over other studies.