As we move further into the 21st century, the global challenges and consequences posed by climate change are becoming increasingly apparent. Although organizations are considered significant contributors to climate change, they also have the potential to positively affect it through their employees. As a result, understanding how employees' pro-environmental initiatives can positively affect climate change has increasingly become the focus of inquiry among organizational researchers.The Psychology of Green Organizations brings together a number of these researchers to review leading research in different areas of organizational environmental sustainability. In so doing, this book consolidates available knowledge on employees' contributions to corporate environmental initiatives, stimulates future empirical research on this topic, and provides recommendations for how organizations can improve their environmental performance through their employees.Many chapters provide case examples of environmentally sustainable organizations to illustrate lessons gleaned from research. Chapters in part 1 provide a conceptual, theoretical, and methodological foundation for research on workplace pro-environmental behaviors, while those in parts 2 and 3 review research on the promotion of workplace pro-environmental behaviors at the individual and organizational levels, respectively. Part 4 explores one organization that has been successful at promoting employees' environmental initiatives, highlighting how both organizational and individual factors can be used to effect major changes in corporate environmental sustainability.

List of ContributorsPart I: Setting the StageChapter 1: IntroductionJennifer L. Robertson and Julian BarlingChapter 2: The Nature of Employees' Pro-Environmental BehaviorsOlivier Boiral, Pascal Paillé, and Nicolas RaineriChapter 3: Theoretical Basis for Organizational Pro-Environmental ResearchAngela M. Ruepert, Linda Steg, and Kees KeizerChapter 4: Research Methods in Pro-Environmental ResearchTimur Ozbilir and E. Kevin KellowayChapter 5: Diary Methods and Workplace Pro-Environmental BehaviorsMegan J. Bissing-Olson, Kelly S. Fielding, and Aarti IyerPart II: The Role of Individuals in Promoting Workplace Pro-Environmental BehaviorsChapter 6: Individual Determinants of Workplace Pro-Environmental BehaviorsSiu Hing LoChapter 7: The Relationship between Emotions and Workplace Pro-Environmental BehaviorsSally Russell and Elmar FriedrichChapter 8: Environmental LeadershipJennifer L. Robertson and Julian BarlingChapter 9: Environmental Locus of ControlMark Cleveland and Maria KalamasChapter 10: "Green Me Up, Scotty": Psychological Influence Techniques for Increasing Pro-Environmental Employee BehaviorKerrie L. UnsworthPart III: The Role of Organizations in Promoting Workplace Pro-Environmental BehaviorsChapter 11: Organizational ChangeMathew Davis and Phillipa CoanChapter 12: Green Human-Resource ManagementAndrew Bratton and John BrattonChapter 13: Ergonomic Initiatives Towards Environmental SustainabilityAndrew ThatcherChapter 14: Pro-Environmental Organizational Culture and ClimateThomas A. Norton, Hannes Zacher, and Neal A. AshkanasyPart IV: Tying It All TogetherChapter 15: Sustainable Innovation at Interface: Workplace Pro-Environmental Behavior as a Collective Driver for Continuous ImprovementSteve Kennedy, Gail Whiteman, and Amanda Williams