Employee green behavior: A case in manufacturing & service sector in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Rapid industrialization and globalization are major causes for environment abuses in modern world. In present, most of the companies are focused about environment friendly concepts/ green behavior and sustainability to overcome from environment pollution. This study aims to identify employee green behavior in manufacturing sector and service sector of Sri Lanka. Researchers have used descriptive study to achieve the research objective. Research data were collected by one hundred seventy (170) respondents from manufacturing sector organizations and service sector organizations by using convenience sampling. Self-administered questionnaire was distributed among the respondents which was developed by using organizational citizenship behavior for the environment scale by Boiral and Paille (2012). The findings of this study proved that respondents from manufacturing sector are greener than respondents from service sector.