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August 15, 2026Journal of Organizational Effectiveness People and PerformanceOpen Access

When green becomes demanding: work-related stress and required versus voluntary employee green behavior

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LWLea WolfCRCaroline Ruiner

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Conceptual framework reveals how green job demands and workplace stress undermine voluntary eco-friendly actions among employees, indicating the need to balance demands with organizational resources.

Key Points

  • To examine how work-related stress interacts with required and voluntary employee green behaviors using the job demands-resources theoretical framework.
  • Conducted a conceptual synthesis and theoretical review integrating employee green behavior literature into the job demands-resources (JD-R) model.
  • Formulated a conceptual model and derived research propositions outlining the mechanisms connecting job demands, resources, stress, and sustainability behaviors.
  • Green job demands and resources trigger distinct stress and motivational processes that differentially impact required versus voluntary employee green behaviors.
  • Work-related stress predominantly constrains and diminishes voluntary, self-initiated green behaviors compared to mandatory organizational tasks.

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Wolf et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a801a2875c2e31742c86c06https://doi.org/10.1108/joepp-07-2025-0548
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