Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1994

Publication Title

Journal of Managerial Issues

Volume

6

Issue

3

Pages

366-381

Abstract

This article investigates international differences in environmental knowledge and attitudes among business administration students. The Environmental Knowledge and Attitude Scale, developed by Maloney, Ward, and Braucht (1975) and used by Synodinos (1990), was administered to 85 upperdivision business administration students at Loyola University Chicago and 111 upperdivision business students at the National University of Singapore. No significant differences were found between the two samples on the Knowledge, Concern, or Willingness to Act subscales. The United States students' higher mean score on the Actual Behavior subscale was significant but may only reflect relative possibilities for participation in environmental activities. Overall, the United States sample falls short of what could be hoped for given the age of America's conservation movement and recent intensity of its environmental movement. The results underscore the importance of increasing the environmental/ecological component in business curricula.

Identifier

10453695

Comments

Author Posting. © Pittsburg State University 1994. This article is posted here by permission of Pittsburg State University for personal use, not for redistribution. The article was published in the Journal of Managerial Issues, vol. 6, no. 3, 1994, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40604033

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