Exploring the moderating role of university environmental performance in shaping students' environmental awareness and behaviors

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dc.authoridEroğlu, Erdal / 0000-0002-5359-2420
dc.authoridDalgın, Kübra / 0009-0005-6301-3671
dc.contributor.authorEroğlu, Erdal
dc.contributor.authorAydemir Dev, Mine
dc.contributor.authorDalgın, Kübra
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-29T02:57:42Z
dc.date.available2025-05-29T02:57:42Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractPurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the moderating role of university environmental performance in the relationship between students' environmental awareness and behavior, with a particular focus on the imperative for universities to adopt comprehensive sustainability frameworks. Design/methodology/approachUsing a quantitative research methodology, the study administered a survey to 775 undergraduate students from diverse academic departments at a public university. The survey aimed to assess students' environmental awareness, behaviors and perceptions of university environmental performance. The Mann-Whitney U test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test and Friedman test were applied, and a simple moderation analysis was performed.FindingsThe results indicate that environmental awareness significantly influences students' environmental behaviors. Crucially, the perception of environmental performance moderates the relationship between environmental awareness and behavior. The relationship between environmental awareness and environmental behaviors becomes stronger when environmental performance increases.Research limitations/implicationsWhile the scope of this research is limited to a single institution, potentially limiting the generalizability of the findings, future studies could extend this investigation to multiple universities to confirm and expand upon these results.Originality/valueThis research contributes to the existing body of literature by emphasizing the critical role universities play in cultivating students' environmental awareness and behaviors, and it underscores the importance of institutional environmental performance in promoting sustainable practices within academic environments. Although previous research has explored environmental awareness and behavior, this study offers a unique contribution as it establishes a connection between the awareness-behavior gap and environmental performance.
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity Students Research Projects Support Program [TUBITAK-2209-A]; TUBITAK
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study is supported by TUBITAK-2209-A University Students Research Projects Support Program. The authors would like to thank TUBITAK for their support.
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/IJSHE-05-2024-0323
dc.identifier.issn1467-6370
dc.identifier.issn1758-6739
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85216330337
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-05-2024-0323
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/30145
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001406092000001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEmerald Group Publishing Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Sustainability In Higher Education
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250529
dc.subjectEnvironmental performance
dc.subjectEnvironmental awareness
dc.subjectEnvironmental behaviors
dc.subjectSustainable campus
dc.subjectSustainable communities
dc.titleExploring the moderating role of university environmental performance in shaping students' environmental awareness and behaviors
dc.typeArticle

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