Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v29i1.1857
Contribution of Service-Learning and Supporting Factors to the Environmental Sustainability Commitment of Higher Education Institutions
Nikša Alfirević
orcid.org/0000-0002-2130-982X
; Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, University of Split, Split, Croatia
Saša Petković
orcid.org/0000-0001-7354-5931
; University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Matea Zlatković Radaković
orcid.org/0000-0002-2472-5407
; University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract
This study analyzes how service-learning contributes to the level of commitment to environmental sustainability in higher education institutions (HEIs), as perceived by their students. The empirical analysis has been conducted by using the PLS-SEM modelling, on a sample of 366 undergraduate students of business from Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina. The obtained results support the hypothesized influence of the service-learning development level on the sustainability commitment in higher education. We also consider the indirect effects within the model. They show that service-learning mediates the relationships between students’ idealism and sustainability commitment, as well as between students’ social trust and sustainability commitment. Implications of obtained empirical results for theory and higher education practice are discussed. The potential for generalizing results for other sustainability interventions is assessed.
Keywords
environmental sustainability commitment; higher education; service-learning; moral philosophy; social trust
Hrčak ID:
279594
URI
Publication date:
19.5.2022.
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