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How to increase students' motivation to engage in university initiatives towards environmental sustainability

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  • Israel‐Javier Juma‐Michilena
  • Maria‐Eugenia Ruiz‐Molina
  • Irene Gil‐Saura
  • Sergio Belda‐Miquel

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Nowadays, it is of vital importance to make students aware of the problems that can be generated by the deterioration of the environment. The purpose of this study is to establish a suitable mechanism to predict behavior and to investigate the actions that most motivate students to participate in sustainability activities both on and off campus. To achieve this objective, a sample of 1446 students from nine Latin American universities is analyzed using the CHAID algorithm as a segmentation technique. In this way, the aim is to identify the most relevant actions that allow students to be segmented according to their motivations. From a theoretical point of view, the effectiveness of this segmentation technique in the context of environmental sustainability is confirmed, and from a practical point of view, university managers are provided with guidelines on the most effective measures to motivate students to develop pro‐environmental behavior.

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  • Israel‐Javier Juma‐Michilena & Maria‐Eugenia Ruiz‐Molina & Irene Gil‐Saura & Sergio Belda‐Miquel, 2023. "How to increase students' motivation to engage in university initiatives towards environmental sustainability," Journal of Consumer Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 57(3), pages 1304-1323, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jconsa:v:57:y:2023:i:3:p:1304-1323
    DOI: 10.1111/joca.12527
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