Evaluation of environmental literacy among polytechnic business students : A case study in Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah

This study is conducted to evaluate the environmental literacy of polytechnic business students when it was found that their employability was lower than students from to other fields. This due to the fact that there are sufficient employment opportunities for business students in the environment...

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Main Authors: Ramdas, Murugadas, Mohamed, Badaruddin
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/34969/1/HBP9.pdf
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description This study is conducted to evaluate the environmental literacy of polytechnic business students when it was found that their employability was lower than students from to other fields. This due to the fact that there are sufficient employment opportunities for business students in the environmental field. A total number of 269 questionnaire were distributed to business student from Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Shah stratified according to according gender and business programs. Analysis results show that level of environmental literacy was at a very low level. A significant relationship between environmental literacy and environmental activity was also found. Male students tend to have higher level of environmental literacy than female students where else students from International Business had higher level of environmental literacy than other programs.
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spelling usm.eprints-349692017-06-07T06:50:51Z http://eprints.usm.my/34969/ Evaluation of environmental literacy among polytechnic business students : A case study in Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Ramdas, Murugadas Mohamed, Badaruddin TH1-9745 Building construction This study is conducted to evaluate the environmental literacy of polytechnic business students when it was found that their employability was lower than students from to other fields. This due to the fact that there are sufficient employment opportunities for business students in the environmental field. A total number of 269 questionnaire were distributed to business student from Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Shah stratified according to according gender and business programs. Analysis results show that level of environmental literacy was at a very low level. A significant relationship between environmental literacy and environmental activity was also found. Male students tend to have higher level of environmental literacy than female students where else students from International Business had higher level of environmental literacy than other programs. 2013-02 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/34969/1/HBP9.pdf Ramdas, Murugadas and Mohamed, Badaruddin (2013) Evaluation of environmental literacy among polytechnic business students : A case study in Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah. In: International Conference on Tourism Development: Building The Future Of Tourism, 4 - 5 February 2013, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
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title_full Evaluation of environmental literacy among polytechnic business students : A case study in Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
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title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of environmental literacy among polytechnic business students : A case study in Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
title_short Evaluation of environmental literacy among polytechnic business students : A case study in Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
title_sort evaluation of environmental literacy among polytechnic business students a case study in politeknik sultan salahuddin abdul aziz shah
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