Background and Objectives: In the present era, with increasing climate change and the role of irresponsible human behavior in environmental crises, the importance of environmental protection is paramount. Meanwhile, one of the important contexts for the emergence of pro-environmental behaviors is workplace; hence, this study aims to explore the obstacles and facilitators of employees' pro-environmental behaviors in the workplace.

Materials and Methods: This is a qualitative study with conventional content analysis using Graneheim & Lundman approach in Zanjan, 2024. The participants were 20 administrative staff members of the vice-chancellors of Zanjan University of Medical Sciences purposefully selected considering maximum variation. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews until data saturation, and were concurrently analyzed. MAXQDA 2020 software was used to manage the textual data. 

Results: During the inductive process of data analysis, the lack of supportive organizational infrastructure, lack of a sense of organizational belonging, moral-social disengagement towards the environment, extreme individualism, and lack of collective identity were identified as barriers to pro-environmental behaviors, and individual driving factors, policymaking, and promotion of organizational culture were identified as facilitators of behavior.

Conclusion: Strengthening and promoting environmentally friendly behaviors in the workplace is a multidimensional approach that requires creating physical infrastructure, binding organizational laws and policies, and enhancing employees' internal motivation to create the basis for sustainable behavioral changes.

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