Educating for the future: How higher education in environmental management affects pro-environmental behaviour

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:321

Article

Suarez-Perales, Ines¹  Valero-Gil, Jesus^1,2  Leyva-de La Hiz, Dante, I³  Rivera-Torres, Pilar⁴  Garces-Ayerbe, Conchita¹ 

[1] Univ Zaragoza, Dept Management, Gran Via 2, Zaragoza 50005, Spain

[2] Univ Zaragoza, CIRCE Inst, C Mariano Esquillor 15, Zaragoza, Spain

[3] Montpellier Business Sch, Dept Entrepreneurship & Strategy, 2300 Ave Moulins, Montpellier, France

[4] Univ Zaragoza, Dept Mkt Management & Mkt Res, Gran Via 2, Zaragoza, Spain

关键词: Environmental education;    Environmental knowledge;    Environmental concern;    Environmental willingness;    Emancipatory approach;    Instrumental approach;    Pro-environmental behaviour of individuals;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128972

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

This study analyses whether and how environmental education determines the adoption of pro-environmental behaviours. We conducted an experiment on 222 business administration students to examine this relationship from two theoretical approaches: instrumental and emancipatory perspectives. Structural equation modelling shows that environmental education in higher education affects pro-environmental behaviour, but only in an indirect way, i.e., through the knowledge-concern-willingness model. These results confirm the emancipatory perspective of higher environmental management education in detriment of instrumental counterpart. Thus, this research sheds light on the current theoretical debate around both perspectives and it offers important implications for both educators and policy makers in designing business educational programmes.

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