Special Issue "New Organizational Values and Mental Health"

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Occupational Safety and Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Gabriela Topa
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Guest Editor
Social and Organizational Psychology Department, The National Distance Education University, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Interests: occupational health; retirement; late career; psychological contract; organizational justice; healthy aging; aging at work; migrant workers; gender gap in retirement
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Dr. Cristina García-Ael
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Assistant Guest Editor
Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, National Distance Education University (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: gender and leadership; return to work; gender stereotypes; group discrimination

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Values are the fundamental beliefs of a person or organization, and these guiding principles orientate behavior and allow people interpret what is right and wrong. Values also help organizations to determine if they are on the correct pathway and to fulfill their goals by creating a solid guide. As the organizational paradigm is constantly evolving, new values emerge, highlighting the relevance of integrity, accountability, commitment to customers, trust, and social responsibility. The focus of this Special Issue is devoted to understanding the ways of bringing new organizational values to life, how organizations communicate and promote values change, how they demonstrate their core values to the whole society, and the paths by which these new sets of organizational values could affect workers’ and citizens’ mental health. Evidence is also needed on possible conflicting workplace values, and their relationship with personal wellbeing at work and in non-work environments.

Moreover, as masculinity and/or femininity are considered as key motivators for specific beliefs and behaviors, papers dealing with gender issues on organizational values implementation and mental health are also welcome.

New research papers, reviews, case reports, and conference papers are welcome to this Issue. Other manuscript types accepted include empirical research, methodological papers, position papers, brief reports, and commentaries.

We will accept manuscripts from different disciplines, including psychology, organizational theory, sociology, epidemiology, occupational health and safety studies, and social sciences.

Prof. Dr. Gabriela Topa
Dr. Cristina García-Ael
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Giorgi
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Organizations
  • Values
  • Gender
  • Mental health
  • Personal well-being
  • Organizational socialization
  • Professional values
  • Gender issues
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Organizational change
  • Values learning and acquisition
  • Work psychology
  • Organizational psychology
  • The psychological and social environment
  • Smart learning and working environments
  • Occupational health promotion
  • Prevention of risk factors at work
  • Employees wellbeing
  • Positive attitudes at work
  • Prosocial behavior in groups and organizations
  • Healthy organizations
  • Decent and flexible work
  • Quality of working life
  • Psychological and social capital
  • New management styles
  • Psychological and physical workability
  • Work-health balance
  • Work–life interface
  • Employability promotion
  • Innovative and intrapreneurial skills

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The Executive Skills Questionnaire-Revised: Adaptation and Psychometric Properties in the Working Context of Malaysia
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(17), 8978; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18178978 - 26 Aug 2021
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Executive functions (EFs) are a set of high-level cognitive and behavioral monitoring skills that are important to employees’ work performance. The 25-item Executive Skills Questionnaire-Revised (ESQ-R) measures executive dysfunction in five dimensions (e.g., emotional regulation). Nevertheless, the usability of this newly developed scale [...] Read more.
Executive functions (EFs) are a set of high-level cognitive and behavioral monitoring skills that are important to employees’ work performance. The 25-item Executive Skills Questionnaire-Revised (ESQ-R) measures executive dysfunction in five dimensions (e.g., emotional regulation). Nevertheless, the usability of this newly developed scale for employees remains unclear. The present study evaluated the psychometric properties of the adopted ESQ-R for working adults in Malaysia. A total of 325 employees responded to an online survey consisted of the ESQ-R, Executive Function Index (EFI), self-rated creativity scale (SRCS), and 9-item Utretch Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9) and Employee Well-being Scale. Several CFAs were conducted to compare three competing models. While all models showed a good fit, the 5-factor second-order model that is in line with the theoretical structure is preferable. The ESQ-R showed excellent internal consistency. Moreover, the ESQ-R score was negatively correlated with EFI, creativity, and UWES-9 scores, supporting the convergent, discriminant, and concurrent validity. The ESQ-R score also explained incremental variance in well-being above and beyond scores of the UWES-9 and SRCS. Taken together, the ESQ-R is a useful tool for assessing employees’ executive dysfunction and suggesting intervention programs helping employees with deficits in EFs. Full article
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How Can Agricultural Corporate Build Sustainable Competitive Advantage through Green Intellectual Capital? A New Environmental Management Approach to Green Agriculture
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(15), 7900; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157900 - 26 Jul 2021
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Based on natural resource-based theory, this study constructed a relational model between green intellectual capital, green innovation, and an agricultural corporate sustainable competitive advantage. The samples included a total of 341 agricultural companies in China, and multiple regression methods are used for the [...] Read more.
Based on natural resource-based theory, this study constructed a relational model between green intellectual capital, green innovation, and an agricultural corporate sustainable competitive advantage. The samples included a total of 341 agricultural companies in China, and multiple regression methods are used for the analysis. The results showed that green product innovation and green process innovation had a mediation effect between green human capital, green structural capital, green relational capital, and the sustainable competitive advantage of agricultural corporate. Beyond the simple moderation effect, a new integrated moderated-mediation effect model was established. It was shown that environmental leadership, green organizational identification, and green dynamic capability had different moderated-mediation effects under different conditions. The study is expected to close the previous research gaps and insufficiency in agricultural corporate environmental management and green agricultural. The empirical results and conclusions bring enlightenment and meaningful theoretical guidance to managers, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers in the green and sustainable development of agricultural corporates. The new environmental management path can help agricultural corporates conduct green innovation effectively, adapt to the green agricultural products market, and achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Ultimately, this will help to accelerate the development of green agriculture. Full article
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The Interplay between Corporate Social Responsibility at Employee Level, Ethical Leadership, Quality of Work Life and Employee Pro-Environmental Behavior: The Case of Healthcare Organizations
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(9), 4521; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094521 - 24 Apr 2021
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The notion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been around for many decades. However, even in 2021, its spectrum is still evolving. Several studies addressed CSR for realizing different organizational outcomes. However, its significance in achieving employee-related consequences is relatively new to the [...] Read more.
The notion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been around for many decades. However, even in 2021, its spectrum is still evolving. Several studies addressed CSR for realizing different organizational outcomes. However, its significance in achieving employee-related consequences is relatively new to the literature. In the same manner, it is not clear from existing literature how ethical leaders can impact their followers’ CSR-related behavior, for example, employee pro-environmental behavior (EPB). With this background, the current study aims to explore the relationship of CSR at the employee level (CSR-E) with EPB through the mediating effect of ethical leadership (ELS) in the healthcare sector of a developing economy. This study also proposes a conditional indirect effect of quality of work-life (QWL) in this relationship. The data for the current study were obtained from different hospitals located in a large city through a self-administered questionnaire. The data were examined through the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique. The results validated that CSR-E positively influences EPB, and ELS partially mediates this relationship. Furthermore, the results also confirmed the presence of the conditional indirect effect of QWL in the proposed relationship of the current study. These findings will be helpful for healthcare policymakers to enhance the pro-environmental behavior of employees at the workplace through CSR-E and ELS. These results will also be helpful in reducing the overall environmental footprint of a hospital. Full article
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Corporate Social Responsibility at the Micro-Level as a “New Organizational Value” for Sustainability: Are Females More Aligned towards It?
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(4), 2165; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042165 - 23 Feb 2021
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While prior studies have largely addressed corporate social responsibility (CSR) at a macro or institutional level, its importance at the micro or individual level is to date underexplored, especially in the context of developing economies. Further, it is not clear from the studies [...] Read more.
While prior studies have largely addressed corporate social responsibility (CSR) at a macro or institutional level, its importance at the micro or individual level is to date underexplored, especially in the context of developing economies. Further, it is not clear from the studies in the extant literature how the role of females is more important in the context of environmental management as compared to males. Similarly, micro-level CSR (MCSR) is emerging as a “new organizational value”, and the organizations that acknowledge this “new organizational value” and incorporate it into their business operations are likely to achieve sustainability objectives far better as compared to their counterparts. The present study investigates the impact of MCSR on employees’ pro-environmental behavior with the moderating effect of gender in the healthcare sector of Pakistan. The data were collected from five large hospitals in the city of Lahore through a self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) in AMOS software. A total of 533 out of 800 responses were received, which were used for data analysis of the present study. The results revealed that MCSR positively influences employee’s pro-environmental behavior, and gender moderates this relationship but the moderating effect of females is stronger as compared to males. The findings of the present study would help policymakers understand the importance of MCSR as a “new organizational value” to influence employees’ pro-environmental behavior with a special focus to promote the proactive role of females at workplaces. Full article
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Could Emotional Intelligence Ability Predict Salary? A Cross-Sectional Study in a Multioccupational Sample
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(3), 1322; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031322 - 01 Feb 2021
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The study of emotional intelligence (EI) in work environments is a trending topic. However, few studies have examined the relationship between EI and salary. Therefore, the presented research aims to analyze the influence of EI on salary using a multioccupational sample. The participants [...] Read more.
The study of emotional intelligence (EI) in work environments is a trending topic. However, few studies have examined the relationship between EI and salary. Therefore, the presented research aims to analyze the influence of EI on salary using a multioccupational sample. The participants were 785 subjects aged between 18 and 58 years (M = 39.41; SD = 10.95). EI ability was measured using the Mobile Emotional Intelligence Test (MEIT), while the salary was collected together with other sociodemographic variables in a questionnaire created ad hoc. After controlling for the age, gender, social class, educational level, and work experience variables, the results of correlation and regression analysis showed that participants with higher EI and emotional-repair capacity generally have higher salary. These findings provide preliminary evidence that EI is a relevant variable in achieving career success. The ability to channel and manage emotions could help employees develop stronger interpersonal relationships, leading to higher positions and greater financial compensation. Full article
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Inculcation of Green Behavior in Employees: A Multilevel Moderated Mediation Approach
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(1), 331; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010331 - 05 Jan 2021
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In this era of globalization, preventing organizations from undermining and degrading the environment has become a great challenge, especially when considering that organizations are among the major contributors to environmental deterioration. As a result, scholars have recently begun to focus on understanding the [...] Read more.
In this era of globalization, preventing organizations from undermining and degrading the environment has become a great challenge, especially when considering that organizations are among the major contributors to environmental deterioration. As a result, scholars have recently begun to focus on understanding the key determinants of employee green behavior (EGB), a nascent field within the area of sustainable development and organizational behavior. This study extends the emerging discussion over EGB by investigating how green behavior can be inculcated into employees’ mindsets and under what conditions this can best be accomplished. The present research examines the relationship between ethical leadership and EGB by the mediating mechanisms of green psychological climate, employees’ harmonious environmental passion, and employees’ environmental commitment, through the underpinnings of social learning theory. Further, the study examines the contingency effects of leaders’ pro-environmental attitudes to determine how leaders with ethical attributes and pro-environmental attitudes can create a green psychological climate that ultimately leads to EGB through employees’ harmonious environmental passion and employees’ environmental commitment. The approach to implementing theory development is deductive as the research employed a quantitative research design and survey administration with a time-lagged approach. Multi-level data were collected from 400 respondents working in public and private sector hospitals and universities in Pakistan. The analysis was conducted in MPlus. The results show positive and statistically significant effects of ethical leadership on EGB through the serial mediations of a green psychological climate and employees’ harmonious environmental passion, and a green psychological climate and employees’ environmental commitment. Moreover, the leaders’ pro-environmental attitude contingency strengthens the indirect impact of ethical leadership on EGB. This research provides several managerial implications through which organizations can strategically concentrate on EGB, including saving energy by turning off unused lights, reducing waste, and recycling. Full article
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