Sustainable Behaviour In Higher Education: Antecedents And Consequences

Abstract

There is a need to integrate education into sustainable development in higher education. The practice of sustainability in higher education is to disseminate sustainable development knowledge. Furthermore, sustainable universities should not merely focus on greening their curriculum and management practices, but also ways to promote social and economic sustainability. This study aimed to test a model of the antecedents and consequences of sustainable behaviour in higher education. A total of 403 students participated in the survey and were selected using purposive sampling. The questionnaires were analysed using Partial Least Squares Path Modeling (PLS-PM) and XLSTAT2020 as the statistical analysis software. The findings revealed that personality influenced sustainable behaviour, attitude did not have a significant effect on sustainable behaviour, and sustainable behaviour had a significant relationship wtih happiness and life satisfaction. This research contributed to sustainability efforts through studies of sustainable behaviour, particularly the understanding on why students involved in sustainable behaviour. One of the findings did not support the hypothesis, yet it may still be useful and broadened the findings of the research. Further research is needed for the non-significant hypothesis