Behavioral Expectations of Business School Students Concerning Extreme Climate Events: Regional Insights and Implications for Southeast Europe

Nikša Alfirević (), Darko Rendulić and Sonja Mlaker Kač
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Nikša Alfirević: Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia
Darko Rendulić: Department for Management, Karlovac University of Applied Sciences, Trg Josipa Jurja Strossmayera 9, 47000 Karlovac, Croatia
Sonja Mlaker Kač: Faculty of Logistics, University of Maribor, 3000 Celje, Slovenia

World, 2025, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: This article presents the role of environmental attitudes and self-efficacy in shaping the behavioral expectations of business students in Southeast Europe regarding extreme climate events. Conducted across twelve public and private business schools in five countries, the study provides a baseline for comparison with similar empirical research. Using multiple linear regression, we analyze the relationship between the pro-environmental attitudes and environmental self-efficacy to the students’ climate change expectations. Our results indicate that pro-environmental attitudes significantly predict the students’ expectations of extreme climate events, while environmental self-efficacy plays a secondary but statistically significant role. These findings extend the extant literature by focusing on the role of sustainability in business school curricula and the potential positive outcomes of experiential learning methods and approaches.

Keywords: pro-environmental attitudes; environmental self-efficiency; climate change expectations; business students; Southeast Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G15 G17 G18 L21 L22 L25 L26 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 R51 R52 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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