The myth that military culture could not drive environmental sustainability? Cross-level influence of military culture on pro-environmental behavior

AbstractThe promotion of sustainable development goals (SDGs) is a crucial government policy, and military units are government departments responsible for constructive affairs. However, few studies have explored the effects of perceived military social responsibility on environmental attitude and green organizational citizenship behavior. The present study addresses this research gap by developing a research framework regarding sustainability by applying organizational identity theory to the military. The results indicate that perceived military social responsibility is crucial in improving environmental attitude and green organizational citizenship behavior and promoting sustainable development. These results can be used as a reference by military units to achieve sustainable development goals and provide practical implications for sustainable management.Keywords: military cultureperceived military social responsibilityorganizational citizenship behavior for the environmentenvironmental attitudeenvironmental awareness AcknowledgmentsThe authors are grateful to Yun-Ting Hung, Wan-Lin Chang, Ten-Yu Huang, and, Syuan-Di Yuan for assistance in the collection of the related literature at the early stage of this work.Author contributionsTai-Wei Chang proposed the research framework and ideas. Cheng-Ze Hung wrote the paper in English and edited the manuscript. Feng-Yi Jiang proposed the research and analyzed the results. Kuo-Ching Yen collected and organized literature materials.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).