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Stimulating student’s pro-environmental behavior in higher education institutions: an ability–motivation–opportunity perspective

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The slow and inadequate environmental performance of higher education institutions is attracting the consideration of researchers toward a behavioral change of teachers and students rather than just concentrating on learning and technology adoption. Based on the ability–motivation–opportunity (AMO) theory, this research aims to explore a relationship between green human resource management practices (i.e., ability, motivation, and opportunity) with student’s pro-environmental behavior (PEB). The environmental knowledge as a mediator and the leader’s support as a moderator are examined in the developed relationship. Then, the model is analyzed among students of public universities in Pakistan. It has been observed that green AMO-enhancing practices are significantly affecting the student's PEB and environmental knowledge considerably mediates these associations. Moreover, the leader’s support moderates the effect of green ability-enhancing practices and green opportunity-enhancing practices on student’s PEB. The current study not only contributes to green human resource management research but also provides significant implications for decision makers to develop policies for a sustainable environment in higher education institutions of Pakistan.

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We are thankful to Prof. Song Wei (School of Public Affairs, University of Science and Technology of China) for providing all the research and laboratory facilities. We gratefully acknowledge to Professor Saeed Gul (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan) and students for helping us to collect the data. The first author would like to appreciate the CAS-TWAS Presidential Fellowship authorities for the scholarship award and financial support during PhD research studies at the University of Science and Technology of China.

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    Sadia Akhtar

  2. Department of Management Sciences and Humanities, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Pakistan

    Kashif Ullah Khan

  3. Department of Management Sciences, Women University Swabi, Swabi, Pakistan

    Fouzia Atlas

  4. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology and Anhui Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemical Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Hefei, 230009, China

    Muhammad Irfan

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Akhtar, S., Khan, K.U., Atlas, F. et al. Stimulating student’s pro-environmental behavior in higher education institutions: an ability–motivation–opportunity perspective. Environ Dev Sustain 24, 4128–4149 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01609-4

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