Attitude towards recycling among business undergraduate students in Malaysia
Pro-environmental concern is vital to each nation for continuous survival of future generations. Universities in Malaysia should inculcate pro-environmental behaviour among students since they are the future managers who will design and lead Malaysian organizations with better green strategies which...
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| author | Osman, Abdullah Md Isa, Filzah Othman, Siti Norezam Jaganathan, Mathivannan |
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| description | Pro-environmental concern is vital to each nation for continuous survival of future generations. Universities in Malaysia should inculcate pro-environmental behaviour among students since they are the future managers who will design and lead Malaysian organizations with better green strategies which will benefit both the organizations and the country.Objective of this study is probe the recycling behaviour among business undergraduate students in Malaysia. About 370 undergraduate business students from Universiti Malaya (UM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) participated in the study.The result indicates that the attitude of undergraduate business students on recycling is positive and able to influence their intention to perform recycling activities in their respective university campus. Intent to recycle depends on the sufficient knowledge and information they have whether it is been translated to their mind or behavioural belief. |
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| spelling | uum-139732016-04-18T04:34:54Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13973/ Attitude towards recycling among business undergraduate students in Malaysia Osman, Abdullah Md Isa, Filzah Othman, Siti Norezam Jaganathan, Mathivannan GE Environmental Sciences HB Economic Theory Pro-environmental concern is vital to each nation for continuous survival of future generations. Universities in Malaysia should inculcate pro-environmental behaviour among students since they are the future managers who will design and lead Malaysian organizations with better green strategies which will benefit both the organizations and the country.Objective of this study is probe the recycling behaviour among business undergraduate students in Malaysia. About 370 undergraduate business students from Universiti Malaya (UM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) participated in the study.The result indicates that the attitude of undergraduate business students on recycling is positive and able to influence their intention to perform recycling activities in their respective university campus. Intent to recycle depends on the sufficient knowledge and information they have whether it is been translated to their mind or behavioural belief. AENSI 2014-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc4_by https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13973/1/6-12.pdf Osman, Abdullah and Md Isa, Filzah and Othman, Siti Norezam and Jaganathan, Mathivannan (2014) Attitude towards recycling among business undergraduate students in Malaysia. American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 8 (13). pp. 6-12. ISSN 1995-0748 http://www.aensiweb.com/AEJSA |
| spellingShingle | GE Environmental Sciences HB Economic Theory Osman, Abdullah Md Isa, Filzah Othman, Siti Norezam Jaganathan, Mathivannan Attitude towards recycling among business undergraduate students in Malaysia |
| title | Attitude towards recycling among business undergraduate students in Malaysia |
| title_full | Attitude towards recycling among business undergraduate students in Malaysia |
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| title_short | Attitude towards recycling among business undergraduate students in Malaysia |
| title_sort | attitude towards recycling among business undergraduate students in malaysia |
| topic | GE Environmental Sciences HB Economic Theory |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13973/1/6-12.pdf |
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