Abstract:

This study investigates the relationship between environmental identity, resilience, and employee well-being in indoor work employees. Environmental identity, conceptualized as the extent to which individuals incorporate the natural environment into their self-definition, is investigated in relation to its direct links with subjective well-being and psychological resilience.

Two hypotheses were tested:
(i) environmental identity is positively related to subjective well-being, and
(ii) environmental identity is positively related to psychological resilience.

Data were collected from 173 Greek employees using a newly developed Environmental Identity Measure, the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), and the PERMA Profiler. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the Environmental Identity Measure confirmed its unidimensional structure, demonstrating good psychometric properties. Pearson correlation analysis revealed a significant positive relationship between environmental identity measure and subjective well-being (r = .235, p = .002), supporting the first hypothesis of the study, while the correlation between environmental identity measure and psychological resilience was also positive but not statistically significant (r = .122, p = .110), providing no support for the second hypothesis of the study. These findings highlight the role of environmental identity in enhancing well-being through nature exposure in indoor workplaces, emphasizing the importance of biophilic design strategies. Importantly, the implications of these findings extend to educational organizations, where educators operate under sustained cognitive and emotional demands. Integrating environmental identity within green school environments and outdoor pedagogical practices may further strengthen educator wellbeing and institutional resilience. Further research is suggested to explore the efficacy of multisensory nature-based interventions and their long-term effects on employee and educator health.

Keywords:

Nature Connectedness, Green Strategies, Psychological Resilience, Workplace Health.