Levers of Eco-control and Green Behavior in Medical Waste Management

Eka Ardhani Sisdyani, Bambang Subroto, Erwin Saraswati and Zaki Baridwan
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Eka Ardhani Sisdyani: Universitas Udayana, Jl. PB Sudirman Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia,
Bambang Subroto: Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia.
Erwin Saraswati: Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia.
Zaki Baridwan: Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia.

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2020, vol. 10, issue 4, 194-204

Abstract: This research examines the mediating role of the levers of eco-control on the effect of the green behavior intention on actual behavior, in the context of the management of medical waste. Data were collected using a questionnaire survey method, from a randomly selected sample of 125 top managers of Indonesian public hospitals. The results show that the green behavior intention affects the importance use of the four eco-control mechanisms, namely belief, boundary, diagnostic, and interactive eco-control. However, only boundary and interactive eco-control influence actual green behavior. Furthermore, the indirect effect of the test results shows the role of boundary eco-control in mediating the relationship of green behavior s intention and green behavior. This means that the stronger the intention is, the more likely that the actual behavior will be realized through the implementation of boundary eco-control. Accordingly, the main implication of the study is that the government should formulate mandatory regulations regarding medical waste s management. The mandatory nature of the regulation will provide a coercive way to force compliant behavior, as the underlying dimension of the boundary control mechanism.

Keywords: behavior; levers of eco-control; management control system; waste management; health-care industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M41 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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