Stimulate Sustainability in the Workplace: A Survey on the Pro-environmental Behavior of Academicians

Pro-environmental behavior (PEB) engages an individual to take protective actions towards the environment. Environmental quality strongly depends on the human behavior patterns. In order to understand the sustainable behavior of an Academician their attitude and interest which could lead to the pro-environmental behavior in the workplace are studied. The research aims at understanding the influence of attitude that contribute to pro-environmental behavior among the academicians. The relationship between the environmental cognition and pro environmental behavior of the academicians are also studied in this research. Based on a comprehensive literature review, factors were identified which could predict pro-environmental behavior in the workplace. Statistical tools including Anova and Multi regression are used to analyze the data that are collected from 104 respondents using a structured questionnaire. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that the attitude and environment cognition of the academician plays an important role in exhibiting pro environmental behavior. This behavior largely contributes to sustainability in the workplace.