Environmental Behavior Framework Revisited: Where Do We Stand Ten Years Later and Where Do We Go from Here?

Jamee A. Pelcher (), Sylvia Trendafilova and Brian P. McCullough
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Jamee A. Pelcher: Davis College of Business, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL 32211, USA
Sylvia Trendafilova: College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Brian P. McCullough: School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 17, 1-15

Abstract: Increasing environmental challenges are prompting sport managers to act to minimize negative ecological impacts. Educational opportunities for sport management students are critical for developing awareness and understanding of environmental sustainability across the sport industry. In 2012, Casper and Pfahl examined the personal environmental actions of sport administration and recreation students. The purpose of our current research is to expand on Casper and Pfahl’s work by assessing the predictive relationships of values, beliefs, and norms on behaviors related to environmental sustainability using the Value–Belief–Norm (VBN) framework. Sport management students (N = 510) representing 23 higher education institutions completed the online survey. Structural equation modeling showed minimal changes over ten years. Norms were the strongest predictors of pro-environmental behaviors, and results indicated that students hold sport management organizations to a higher environmental standard than traditional businesses. The authors provide discussion and recommendations on bridging the gap between academia and industry to better prepare students for their professional futures in the sport industry.

Keywords: sport; sustainability education; environmental sustainability; sport ecology; sport management curricula; sport ecology; environmental behaviors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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