What is the role of economics and business studies in the development of attitudes in favour of sustainability?

Noguera-Méndez, Pedro; Cifuentes Faura, Javier

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What is the role of economics and business studies in the development of attitudes in favour of sustainability?

dc.contributor.author	Noguera-Méndez, Pedro
dc.contributor.author	Cifuentes Faura, Javier
dc.contributor.department	Economía Aplicada
dc.date.accessioned	2025-01-13T12:35:42Z
dc.date.available	2025-01-13T12:35:42Z
dc.date.issued	2023-11-13
dc.description	© 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This document is the Accepted version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-10-2022-0324	es
dc.description.abstract	Purpose This paper aims to find out what attitudes Economics and Business students have towards sustainability and what they expect from their education in relation to the achievement of economic, social and environmental sustainability. The objective is to find out if the studies of Economics and Business favour the development of pro-sustainability attitudes, taking into account factors such as the gender of the students, the course in which they are enrolled and the economic training received before entering university. Design/methodology/approach A survey was designed covering ecological, social, cultural, economic and political aspects. The survey was conducted among students of the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management and the Bachelor’s Degree in Economics. The authors used discriminant analysis and analysis of variance to test the research hypothesis. Findings Students are concerned about environmental problems and are aware of the need for action, but there is little consensus on the actions needed to overcome them. Some negationist traits are detected: those who rely more on technology give less importance to environmental problems and to the possibility of a major ecological catastrophe. Girls are more in favour of sustainability than boys, and students who have previously studied economics consider that their training has enabled them to evaluate the resources available and necessary to perform any job more than those who have not studied economics, regardless of their sex and year. Originality/value Many articles have focused on the importance of sustainability in higher education, but hardly any have analysed the role of economic education in achieving sustainability. Given the importance and the proven inter-relationship between economics and sustainability, with this article, the authors contribute to fill the gap in the literature. It is necessary that current students and future professionals receive adequate economic education.	es
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dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023. Vol. 24, N. 7, pp. 1430-1451
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-10-2022-0324
dc.identifier.issn	Print: 1467-6370
dc.identifier.issn	Electronic: 1758-6739
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/148342
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Emerald	es
dc.relation	Sin financiación externa a la Universidad	es
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dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Economics	es
dc.subject	Sustainability	es
dc.subject	Higher education for sustainable development	es
dc.subject	Gender	es
dc.subject	Pro sustainability attitudes	es
dc.title	What is the role of economics and business studies in the development of attitudes in favour of sustainability?	es
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