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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112411
	Exploring the psychological mechanism underlying the relationship between organizational interventions and employees’ energy-saving behaviors
	Xie C.; Ding H.; Zhang H.; Yuan J.; Su S.; Tang M.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	03014215
卷号	156
英文摘要	Organizational interventions (OIs) and employees' psychological factors have a substantial effect on employees' energy-saving behaviors. However, existing studies have not considered the psychological mechanisms underlying the linkage between interventions and behaviors. To fill this gap, we explored the effect of OIs on employees' psychological factors and that of employees' psychological factors on their intentions to save energy. In doing so, we incorporated OIs in the theory of planned behavior model, and included employees' energy-saving knowledge and educational level as moderators. We found that (1) OIs improved employees' energy-saving attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control, and they strengthened employees' intention to engage in energy-saving behaviors; (2) conveying expectations regarding energy-saving behaviors to employees worked better than emphasizing the importance of such behaviors; (3) increasing employees' knowledge of energy consumption may have strengthened the positive effect of OIs on employees' attitudes and perceived behavioral control in this context; and (4) the positive effect of OIs on the perceived behavioral control of employees with high and low educational level was greater than that on those with moderate educational level. These findings can help decision makers in companies to understand employees’ energy-saving behaviors better and to formulate more effective energy-efficient policies. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Employees' energy-saving behaviors Organizational interventions Psychological mechanism
英文关键词	Behavioral research; Decision making; Energy efficiency; Energy utilization; Educational levels; Effect on employees; Employee' energy-saving behavior; Energy savings; Energy-savings; Organisational; Organizational intervention; Perceived behavioral control; Psychological factors; Psychological mechanism; Personnel; education; energy efficiency; knowledge; organization; perception; psychology; public attitude
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205411
作者单位	School of Economics and Management, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China; Department of Construction and Real Estate, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China; Greenland Group Nanjing Fengchuang Real Estate Co., Ltd, Nanjing, 210096, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xie C.,Ding H.,Zhang H.,等. Exploring the psychological mechanism underlying the relationship between organizational interventions and employees’ energy-saving behaviors[J],2021,156.
APA	Xie C.,Ding H.,Zhang H.,Yuan J.,Su S.,&Tang M..(2021).Exploring the psychological mechanism underlying the relationship between organizational interventions and employees’ energy-saving behaviors.Energy Policy,156.
MLA	Xie C.,et al."Exploring the psychological mechanism underlying the relationship between organizational interventions and employees’ energy-saving behaviors".Energy Policy 156(2021).