The Impact of Green Training and Development and Perceived Environmental Responsibility on Green Behaviour at Work in the Banking Sector in Sri Lanka.

Abstract

Green behaviour among employees has become critical in the sustainability of an organization, especially to the green sensitive sectors such as banking. Although there are increasing green initiatives, there is a lack of empirical evidence on the role of Perceived Environmental Responsibility and green training and development in terms of this behaviour within the Sri Lankan banking industry. In this study, the effect of perceived environmental responsibility and green training and development on Employee green behaviour is explored with the mediating role played by PER. Adopting a positivist paradigm and deductive approach, the study uses a quantitative cross-sectional survey. The sample consisted group of 240 employees of licensed commercial banks in Sri Lanka. A five-point Likert scale questionnaire in the form of a structure, where the measures were modified based on previous studies of a validated variant. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) through SmartPLS4 was used to analyze the data. The results show that PER and GTD have a positive and significant impact on EGB. GTD also affects the PER that mediates the relationship between GTD and EGB to some extent. The study emphasizes the need to improve employee perceptions and training programs to improve sustainability efforts in banks, which adds to the literature of connecting organizational practices and employee perceptions to a single model and provides practicability implications on how to enhance workplace green behaviour.