Green organizational culture – its essence, elements and methods of diagnosis

The analysis of papers indexed in Scopus database revealed that insufficient attention is paid to organizational culture treated as one of the crucial factors in shaping employees’ appropriate behaviors towards natural environment. Taking this into account the purpose of this paper is to present green organizational culture which is an element of general organizational culture and reflects the organizational attitude towards environmental issues. In particular, the author discusses the essence of this culture, its elements – taking into account Schein’s concept of cultural layers – and methods of its diagnosis used in previous studies. Since the paper is of theoretical-conceptual nature, it is based on literature studies combined with a scientific reflection. It contributes to the development of knowledge through providing synthesis of previous studies and highlighting challenges related to proper diagnosis of this culture.