Green Buildings, Environmental Awareness, and Organizational Image
Issue Date
2012Author
Rashid, Mahbub
Spreckelmeyer, Kent
Angrisano, Neal J.
Publisher
Emerald
Type
Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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The paper reports a study that was conducted to understand the relationships between the occupants’
assessments of the environmental design features of a “green” building and their assessments of
environmental awareness (EA) and organizational image (OI). The study hypothesized that the
occupant’s assessments of individual workspace and departmental space features of a “green” building
would directly affect their assessments of EA and OI, or that the occupant’s assessments of individual
workspace and departmental space features would indirectly affect their assessments of EA and OI
through their satisfaction with individual workspace, departmental spaces and/or the building. In order
to test these hypotheses, data were collected from 175 occupants of the Gold‐level LEED‐certified
“green” building using a questionnaire instrument. Using frequency, correlational, and regression
analyses of the data, the study found little or no evidence for direct relationships between the
occupant’s assessments of individual workspace and departmental space features and their assessments
of EA and OI. The study, however, found some evidence for indirect relationships between the
occupant’s assessments of individual workspace and departmental space features and their assessment
of EA and OI. The evidence showed that the occupant’s assessments of individual workspace and
departmental space features had affected their satisfaction with individual workspaces and the building,
which then affected the occupants’ assessments of EA and OI. The study is important for it provides
evidence for connecting green buildings to organizational benefits and values.
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Rashid M, Spreckelmeyer K, Angrisano N. “Green Buildings, Environmental Awareness, and Organizational Image.” Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 2012, 14(1), pp. 21-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14630011211231428
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