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Understanding the Effects of Corporate Environmental Communication on Jobseekers

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  • Jennifer L. Robertson
  • Talib Karamally
  • Bonnie Simpson
  • A. Wren Montgomery

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Misleading corporate environmental claims, such as greenwashing, continue to increase, and the question of how jobseekers are affected by organizational greenwashing remains understudied. The present research conducts an experimental study on real jobseekers through Amazon Cloud Research, across two phases of online survey research. Participants viewed a fictitious corporation's website, which randomly exposed one of either a misleading environmental claim (greenwashing), an environmental claim substantiated by a neutral third party, or no environmental claim (i.e., control). Findings demonstrate that participants exposed to greenwashing reported higher levels of organizational cynicism when compared to control and substantiated claim conditions. Further, when greenwashing and control conditions were contrasted, the need for cognition moderated the link between claim and organizational cynicism, which predicts jobseekers' organization evaluations and environmental engagement. When greenwashing and substantiated conditions were contrasted, organizational cynicism mediates the effect of claim on organization evaluations and environmental engagement.

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  • Jennifer L. Robertson & Talib Karamally & Bonnie Simpson & A. Wren Montgomery, 2025. "Understanding the Effects of Corporate Environmental Communication on Jobseekers," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(8), pages 9844-9862, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:bstrat:v:34:y:2025:i:8:p:9844-9862
    DOI: 10.1002/bse.70094
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