Date of Award
Spring 2025
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
College
College of Science and Health
First Advisor
Ian Katz
Abstract
Employee green behavior (EGB) is a construct that includes environmentally related workplace behaviors (Zacher et al., 2023). This construct has been researched in terms of its relationship with personality traits under the Big 5 but has scarce research on its relationship with Core Self Evaluation (CSE) (Katz et al., 2022; Patrasc-Lungu & Iliescu, 2022). This is important to examine for the purpose of increasing the understanding of how personality characteristics relate to EGB. The present research aims to identify the strength of the relationship between CSE and EGB. Autonomy, which is the degree to which an employee has control over their workplace activities (Hackman & Oldham, 1975), is predicted to be a moderator in this research. CSE, and each of its components significantly and positively impact EGB. However, autonomy does not appear to moderate the relationship between CSE and EGB. This provides organizations an opportunity to modify hiring practices, incorporating personality characteristics into those practices, if they wish to become more environmentally friendly.
Copyright
Copyright © 2026 Matthew Nyquist
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Recommended Citation
Nyquist, Matthew, "Core Self-Evaluation and the Relationship to Employee Green Behavior" (2025). Theses and Dissertations from DePaul University. 132.
https://via.library.depaul.edu/theses-dissertations/132