Workplace eco-anxiety: a scoping review of what we know and how to mitigate the consequences
PurposeEco-anxiety can affect individuals’ environmental engagement conditions. People spend approximately 35 h or more per week in a workplace environment. It is worth considering whether workplace initiatives exist to deal with eco-anxiety. Little research has been carried out on workplace-related...
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| description | PurposeEco-anxiety can affect individuals’ environmental engagement conditions. People spend approximately 35 h or more per week in a workplace environment. It is worth considering whether workplace initiatives exist to deal with eco-anxiety. Little research has been carried out on workplace-related eco-anxiety and no studies have been conducted on how to respond to this health issue within the workplace specifically. To address this issue, we explored eco-anxiety in a workplace context in the literature and developed a model of change to better respond to employees’ eco-anxiety.MethodologyFirst, a scoping review was conducted to investigate workplace eco-anxiety. Second, an analysis was performed in which Lewin’s theory of change was used to propose changes in the workplace designed to better respond to eco-anxiety.FindingsLewin’s three stages can guide action to reduce eco-anxiety in the workplace. Step 1 (unfreeze) involves becoming aware of the eco-anxiety problem within the organization, step two (change) consists of finding alternatives in the built environment such as green spaces and pro-environmental behavior through circular economy practices, and step 3 (refreeze) involves stabilizing this change.OriginalityOur study is among the few to explore eco-anxiety in the workplace specifically and, to our knowledge the first, to propose an intervention model for management and employees. Lewin’s three stages can guide action to reduce eco-anxiety in the workplace. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0d24d6d22f4e4fbf80007a7df50222fc2025-08-20T01:53:30ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainability2673-45242024-11-01510.3389/frsus.2024.13717371371737Workplace eco-anxiety: a scoping review of what we know and how to mitigate the consequencesPrisca Ayassamy0Virginie Francoeur1Pascal Paillé2Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, QC, CanadaPolytechnique Montréal, Montréal, QC, CanadaNEOMA Business School, Mont-Saint-Aignan, Upper Normandy, FrancePurposeEco-anxiety can affect individuals’ environmental engagement conditions. People spend approximately 35 h or more per week in a workplace environment. It is worth considering whether workplace initiatives exist to deal with eco-anxiety. Little research has been carried out on workplace-related eco-anxiety and no studies have been conducted on how to respond to this health issue within the workplace specifically. To address this issue, we explored eco-anxiety in a workplace context in the literature and developed a model of change to better respond to employees’ eco-anxiety.MethodologyFirst, a scoping review was conducted to investigate workplace eco-anxiety. Second, an analysis was performed in which Lewin’s theory of change was used to propose changes in the workplace designed to better respond to eco-anxiety.FindingsLewin’s three stages can guide action to reduce eco-anxiety in the workplace. Step 1 (unfreeze) involves becoming aware of the eco-anxiety problem within the organization, step two (change) consists of finding alternatives in the built environment such as green spaces and pro-environmental behavior through circular economy practices, and step 3 (refreeze) involves stabilizing this change.OriginalityOur study is among the few to explore eco-anxiety in the workplace specifically and, to our knowledge the first, to propose an intervention model for management and employees. Lewin’s three stages can guide action to reduce eco-anxiety in the workplace.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsus.2024.1371737/fulleco-anxietyworkplacetheory of change managementpro-environmental behaviornature-based interventionsgreen human resource management |
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