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

Suárez-Perales, Inés (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Valero-Gil, Jesus (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Leyva-de la Hiz, Dante I. ; Rivera-Torres, Pilar (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Garcés-Ayerbe, Conchita (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: 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.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128972

Año: 2021

Publicado en: Journal of Cleaner Production 321 (2021), 128972 [15 pp.]
ISSN: 0959-6526

Factor impacto JCR: 11.072 (2021)

Categ. JCR: GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY rank: 5 / 47 = 0.106 (2021) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES rank: 24 / 279 = 0.086 (2021) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL rank: 9 / 55 = 0.164 (2021) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 15.8 - Engineering (Q1) - Energy (Q1) - Business, Management and Accounting (Q1) - Environmental Science (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.921 - Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Strategy and Management (Q1) - Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER/S42-20R-CREVALOR
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/EC02017-86305-C4-3-R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/PID2020-113338RB-I00

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Organización de Empresas (Dpto. Direcc.Organiza.Empresas)
Área (Departamento): Área Comerci.Investig.Mercados (Dpto. Direc.Mark.Inves.Mercad.)