Workplace and Non-workplace Pro-environmental Behaviors: Empirical Evidence from Florida City Governments

Public employees are expected to be good stewards of public resources and engage in pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs). Using different categorizations of PEBs, this article examines whether public employees perform these PEBs in workplace and non-workplace settings. The article further investigates how PEBs are influenced by salient characteristics of public organizations-that is, public service motivation (PSM) and civic participation categorized as civic engagement and cognitive engagement. Data were collected through a survey of public employees in two city governments in Florida. A structural equation model was employed to test the proposed model. Findings indicate that PSM has a positive influence on workplace PEBs and similar PEBs in the non-workplace settings. Civic engagement has a positive influence on both workplace and non-workplace PEBs. Barriers significantly moderate the effects of PSM and cognitive engagement on workplace and non-workplace PEBs.