Adopting Industrial Organizational Psychology for Eco Sustainability

AbstractCristina Ciocirlan and Petterson [1] conducted research that investigated the Fortune 500 Companies, “…Workforce Diversity Mattered in the Fight against Climate Change? ...” Among the researchers’ findings, the notion of “Environmental Workplace Behavior” was introduced. Companies that hired more females with a stronghold in the European Union tended to display stronger friendly climate change strategies although the “young and minorities” were hardly considered during corporate climate change related to decision-making processes. Industrial Organizational Psychology (IO-P) can be harnessed to produce corporate eco-friendly initiatives. The current paper attempts to explore how IO-P can be maximized to ecologically enhance sustainable attitudes and actions of firms, employers and employees. The purpose of this paper is to stimulate a hybrid discussion on social psychology, strategic human resource and environmental management (SHREM) and how they interact with philosophical tones embedded within culture that shapes behavior which influences the well-being of the environment