Impact of Employees' Environmental Passion on Their Green Behaviors

Öz

The main subject of the research was to determine the effects of green behaviors and environmental passions of 60 female and 80 male participants who are sports and health service employees. The results of the research were obtained there demographic questions and scales of passion for green behavior and interpretation. The data obtained were subjected to descriptive and confirmatory factor analysis, and in the case where the effect of the current passion on green behavior was determined in the validated model, equality modeling is here. According to the findings of the research, we played something in our relationship with them and are sought by leaders; Businesses will be able to create a working environment for training by choosing investments, interpersonal and technical workers skills for employees' psychological teams. Again, research can enhance an employee's pro-behavior that surrounds positive emotions about maintaining, protecting and protecting. As a result, this study aims to investigate the literature by showing the compulsory role of passion while the results of the pro-environmental behaviors of the employees can be explained.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Environmental Passion,Green Behavior,Eco-Friendly Behavior,Structural Equation Modeling

Çalışanların Çevresel Tutkusunun Yeşil Davranışları Üzerindeki Etkisi

Öz

Araştırmanın temel konusu, spor ve sağlık hizmeti çalışanı 60 kadın ve 80 erkek katılımcının yeşil davranışlarının ve çevresel tutkularının birbirlerine olan etkisinin belirlenmesidir. Araştırma verileri demografik sorular ve yeşil davranış ve çevresel tutku ölçekleri aracılığıyla elde edildi. Elde edilen veriler açıklayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizine tabi tutulmuş ve doğrulanan model üzerinde çevresel tutkunun yeşil davranışa olan etkinin belirlenmesinde yapısal eşitlik modellemesi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın bulgularına göre, çevresel tutkunun yeşil davranışları yerine getirilmesinde önemli bir rol oynadığı ve üzerinde anlamlı ve olumlu etkiye sahip olduğu tespit edilmiştir. İşletmeler, çalışanların psikolojik ihtiyaçlarını karşılamak için yatırımlar, kişilerarası ve teknik iş becerilerini geliştirmek için eğitim yoluyla olumlu bir çalışma ortamı yaratabilecektir. Yine araştırma, bir çalışanın çevresel aktivizm, sürdürülebilirlik ve korunma konusunda olumlu duyguları varsa çevre yanlısı davranışlarını artırılabileceğini göstermektedir Sonuç olarak bu araştırma, çalışanların çevre yanlısı davranışlarının sonuçlarının açıklanmasında çevresel tutkunun zorunlu rolünü göstererek literatüre katkıda sağlamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Çevresel Tutku,Yeşil Davranış,Çevre Dostu Davranış,Yapısal Eşitlik Modellemesi

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