Title: Pro-environmental behaviour of healthcare professionals: a study applying theory of planned behaviour

Authors: Sunu Widianto; Angga Prawira Kautsar; Sriwidodo; Rizky Abdulah; Rakhma Ramadhina

Addresses: Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia ' Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia ' Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia ' Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia ' Ikapharmindo Putramas, Bandung, 40114, Indonesia

Abstract: The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) has widely been used to make prediction about intention and behaviour for technology adoption and medication therapy. However, it lacks of investigation to predict green behaviour of healthcare professionals. Accordingly, this cross-sectional study is conducted to predict healthcare professional community towards green behaviour in public hospitals in Karawang, Indonesia. With the assistance of the hospitals' human resource divisions, data are collected from 157 healthcare professionals, consisting of pharmacists, nurses, and physicians, by means of convenience sampling. Partial least square is used to test the model of TPB. The study finds that three TPB, namely attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control, are the significant predictors of intention of the healthcare professionals towards green behaviours in their work setting.

Keywords: theory of planned behaviour; TPB; pro-environmental behaviour; healthcare professional.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBG.2021.115562

International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 2021 Vol.28 No.3, pp.219 - 232

Received: 12 Nov 2018
Accepted: 04 Feb 2019
Published online: 10 Jun 2021 *

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