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A Proposition Relationship Between Green Workplace Environment and Employees Green Behavior on Organizational and Environmental Impacts

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Energy Transition, Climate Change, and COVID-19

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A green workplace environment can be seen as an antecedent of clean energy leading to support ecosystem efficiency. Modern and digitalized firms are looking to upgrade and leverage green practices at all organizational levels. The nature of their businesses does not matter. In light of the coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19), this study highlights the key factors influencing Algerian firms during the COVID-19 to deploy green practices to enhance cleanliness, employee satisfaction, and organizational and environmental impact. Therefore, this scenario is expected to enhance the efficiency of employee’s green behavior toward the rationalization of resource use, improving energy efficiency, and thus reducing environmental impacts of COVID-19 as such. Even though COVID-19 has a significant implication, it opens a new room yielding considerable opportunities and new research streams to look into the deficiencies associated with individuals, organizations, governments, and scientists. Hence, this study will discuss the managerial implications of the COVID-19 on organizations and the emerging research streams related to it.

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  1. School of Technology and Logistics, University Utara, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia

    Lahcene Makhloufi

  2. Faculty of Management, Economics & Sciences, UMR 9221, LEM-Lille Économie Management, Lille Catholic University, Lille, France

    Fateh Belaïd

  3. Faculty of Economics, University Bouira, Bouira, Algeria

    Karima Zidane

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  2. LEDA UMR 760 and Climate Economics Chair, Dauphine, PSL University, Paris, France

    Anna Cretì

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Makhloufi, L., Belaïd, F., Zidane, K. (2021). A Proposition Relationship Between Green Workplace Environment and Employees Green Behavior on Organizational and Environmental Impacts. In: Belaïd, F., Cretì, A. (eds) Energy Transition, Climate Change, and COVID-19. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79713-3_10

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