The Behavioral Intention of Hospitals to Promote Sustainable Development of Green Healthcare from the Perspective of Organizational Stakeholders during the COVID-19 Epidemic: A Case Study of Hospitals in Taiwan

Po-Chun Lee (), Ching-Yuan Huang, Min-Hsin Huang and Meng-Jun Hsu
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Po-Chun Lee: Department of Business Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
Ching-Yuan Huang: Department of Marketing Management, SHU-TE University, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan
Min-Hsin Huang: Department of Business Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
Meng-Jun Hsu: Department of Hotel Management, National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism, Kaohsiung 812301, Taiwan

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-16

Abstract: When the World Health Organization (WHO) analyzed the culprits of global warming, it was found that in developed countries with relatively few high-polluting heavy industries, the medical sector is one of the sources of high-density carbon emissions. Therefore, the medical industry has a noticeable impact on the environment. Amid the current COVID-19 epidemic, this study adopts the theory of planned behavior (TPB), widely used in decision-making science. We selected a regional teaching hospital with 339 employees in Taiwan to obtain valid questionnaire data. We explore the comparative analysis of different intra-organizational stakeholders’ “attitudes,” “subjective norms,” and “perceived behavioral control” on the hospital’s behavioral intention to promote green healthcare. The results show that the TPB model has reliable explanatory power. All three factors have a positive and significant effect on promoting green hospital behavior. Among them, perceived behavioral control was the most notable. A comparative analysis of the differences among stakeholders in the research model shows that “medical administrators” and “nursing staff” have a higher proportion of significant influence effects in various hypotheses, highlighting the critical roles of these two groups in promoting green hospitals. This research policy suggests that the cross-departmental staff in the hospital put forward green innovation ideas, strengthen internal environmental education and management, establish a good incentive system for front-line nursing staff, and implement the sustainable development strategy of the hospital.

Keywords: green hospital; green healthcare; sustainable development; stakeholders; COVID-19 epidemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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