University of Twente Student Theses
Climate Conscience at Work : A Process Model of Value-Driven Employee Turnover in the Context of Ecological Sustainability
Borko, Celina (2024) Climate Conscience at Work : A Process Model of Value-Driven Employee Turnover in the Context of Ecological Sustainability.
|
PDF
1MB |
| Abstract: | As climate change awareness is increasing globally, ecological sustainability is also gaining more relevance in the labor market. This has given rise to a phenomenon called “Climate Quitting”, which describes voluntary employee turnover out of reasons related to ecological sustainability. While this is already being frequently discussed in the media, no academic literature exists on the matter yet. Considering that knowledge gap, this study aims to answer the research question “How does the process of climate quitting unfold?” To that end, a qualitative inductive research design was adopted. Data was collected by interviewing 17 people who have quit a job out of ecological sustainability-related reasons. These interviews were analyzed based on the Gioia method, and synthesized into a process model, named the “4-E Model” which divides the process into the four phases: 1. Entry; 2. Evaluation, 3. Exploration, and 4. Exit. These findings provide important insights for both theory and practice, by proposing a turnover model that includes values related to broad societal issues, which were not accounted for in previous turnover literature, and by being the first to connect turnover theory with cognitive dissonance theory, which in the research appeared as central to climate quitting. For practice, the findings emphasize the need for adjusted employee retention strategies, such as improved means for employee sustainability-engagement, and highlight the general necessity of serious corporate sustainability efforts. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 85 business administration, organizational science |
| Programme: | Business Administration MSc (60644) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/104662 |
| Export this item as: | BibTeX EndNote HTML Citation Reference Manager |
Show download statistics for this publication
Show download statistics for this publicationRepository Staff Only: item control page