An analysis about the environmental behavior of brazilian university students

Abstract

With the purpose to check the environmental behavior of undergraduate students in business administration of Brazilian universities, seeking to understand how future managers observe environmental issues in relation to their professional development. Thus, was carried out a survey of 732 college students in 39 universities. The applied scale was based on belief, attitude, concern and consumption and allowed to examine the environmental behavior of public and assume what aspects that generate environmental practices. With the results, it was possible to infer that the current scenario is not conducive to environmental issues in the academic environment, because students think that this matter can be a problem for business development.