Intentions towards the sustainability of young adults: a cross-cultural comparison

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Autor(a) principal: Loureiro, S. M. C.
Data de Publicação: 2014
Outros Autores: Kaufmann, H.R.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/public/pub/id/18775
http://hdl.handle.net/10071/8382
Resumo: Education for sustainable development in higher education is becoming increasingly important for success of universities and other institutions where students will exercise their professions. The main goal of this study is to apply the theory of planned behaviour to analyse sustainability attitudes, behaviours and intentions among students in higher education institutions across five countries: USA, Portugal, Cyprus, Serbia, and South Korea. The results suggest that individualism, masculinity, and power distance moderate the effects of attitude and behaviour on sustainable intentions. Individuals in more individualistic and masculine societies tend to be more pro-active and assertive in their attitudes, decisions, and reactions towards sustainability. In universities located in societies that score high in power distance, professors and senior managers must be very clear when defining and practicing sustainability issues in courses, classes and on campus.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Intentions towards the sustainability of young adults: a cross-cultural comparison
title Intentions towards the sustainability of young adults: a cross-cultural comparison
spellingShingle Intentions towards the sustainability of young adults: a cross-cultural comparison
Loureiro, S. M. C.
Sustainable development
Higher education
Theory of planned behaviour
TPB
Cross-cultural studies
Young adults
title_short Intentions towards the sustainability of young adults: a cross-cultural comparison
title_full Intentions towards the sustainability of young adults: a cross-cultural comparison
title_fullStr Intentions towards the sustainability of young adults: a cross-cultural comparison
title_full_unstemmed Intentions towards the sustainability of young adults: a cross-cultural comparison
title_sort Intentions towards the sustainability of young adults: a cross-cultural comparison
author Loureiro, S. M. C.
author_facet Loureiro, S. M. C.
Kaufmann, H.R.
author_role author
author2 Kaufmann, H.R.
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Loureiro, S. M. C.
Kaufmann, H.R.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Sustainable development
Higher education
Theory of planned behaviour
TPB
Cross-cultural studies
Young adults
topic Sustainable development
Higher education
Theory of planned behaviour
TPB
Cross-cultural studies
Young adults
description Education for sustainable development in higher education is becoming increasingly important for success of universities and other institutions where students will exercise their professions. The main goal of this study is to apply the theory of planned behaviour to analyse sustainability attitudes, behaviours and intentions among students in higher education institutions across five countries: USA, Portugal, Cyprus, Serbia, and South Korea. The results suggest that individualism, masculinity, and power distance moderate the effects of attitude and behaviour on sustainable intentions. Individuals in more individualistic and masculine societies tend to be more pro-active and assertive in their attitudes, decisions, and reactions towards sustainability. In universities located in societies that score high in power distance, professors and senior managers must be very clear when defining and practicing sustainability issues in courses, classes and on campus.
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