Stimulating student’s pro-environmental behavior in higher education institutions: an ability–motivation–opportunity perspective

Sadia Akhtar (), Kashif Ullah Khan (), Fouzia Atlas () and Muhammad Irfan ()
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Sadia Akhtar: University of Science and Technology of China
Kashif Ullah Khan: Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology
Fouzia Atlas: Women University Swabi
Muhammad Irfan: Hefei University of Technology and Anhui Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemical Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2022, vol. 24, issue 3, No 49, 4128-4149

Abstract: Abstract The slow and inadequate environmental performance of higher education institutions is attracting the consideration of researchers toward a behavioral change of teachers and students rather than just concentrating on learning and technology adoption. Based on the ability–motivation–opportunity (AMO) theory, this research aims to explore a relationship between green human resource management practices (i.e., ability, motivation, and opportunity) with student’s pro-environmental behavior (PEB). The environmental knowledge as a mediator and the leader’s support as a moderator are examined in the developed relationship. Then, the model is analyzed among students of public universities in Pakistan. It has been observed that green AMO-enhancing practices are significantly affecting the student's PEB and environmental knowledge considerably mediates these associations. Moreover, the leader’s support moderates the effect of green ability-enhancing practices and green opportunity-enhancing practices on student’s PEB. The current study not only contributes to green human resource management research but also provides significant implications for decision makers to develop policies for a sustainable environment in higher education institutions of Pakistan.

Keywords: Pro-environmental behavior; Ability–motivation–opportunity theory; Leader’s support; Environmental knowledge; Higher education institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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