Puiu Silvia, Yilmaz Sidika Ece, Udriștioiu Mihaela Tinca, Raganova Janka, Raykova Zhelyazka, Yildizhan Hasan, Ameen Arman
Department of Management, Marketing and Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, 200585, Craiova, Romania.
Career Planning Application and Research Center, Adana Alparslan Türkeş Science and Technology University, 46278, Adana, Turkey.
Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 22;15(1):2772. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-86795-1.
Given the escalating global energy consumption and the concurrent economic and energy crises, energy-saving behaviour must be adopted on a large scale. Universities that are energy-intensive institutions should be one of the institutions where energy-saving behaviour is widely adopted. Academics devote a substantial portion of their time to their offices, which leads to increased energy usage. However, no study has investigated academics' energy-saving behaviours in the literature. Most studies focus on students or employees in various organizations. Our study tries to cover the gap by examining the energy-saving behaviour of academics in four countries (Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Slovakia) based on the expanded Theory of Planned Behaviour. A questionnaire was distributed to 228 academics from the four countries to gather data. The research hypotheses were tested using partial least squares structural equation modelling. The findings show that individual factors (attitude and perceived behaviour control) influence the energy-saving intention of academics but not the organisational factors due to the weak identification with their universities. The study offers valuable insights for policymakers seeking to promote energy-saving programs in academic institutions. The academics can be seen as role models for their students which emphasizes the need to study more their sustainable behaviours.
鉴于全球能源消耗不断攀升以及同时出现的经济和能源危机，必须大规模采取节能行为。大学作为能源密集型机构，应该是广泛采用节能行为的机构之一。学者们在办公室花费大量时间，这导致能源使用增加。然而，文献中尚无研究调查学者的节能行为。大多数研究关注的是各类组织中的学生或员工。我们的研究试图通过基于扩展的计划行为理论考察四个国家（罗马尼亚、保加利亚、土耳其和斯洛伐克）学者的节能行为来填补这一空白。向来自这四个国家的228名学者发放了问卷以收集数据。使用偏最小二乘结构方程模型对研究假设进行了检验。研究结果表明，个人因素（态度和感知行为控制）会影响学者的节能意愿，但由于他们对大学的认同感较弱，组织因素并未产生影响。该研究为寻求在学术机构推广节能项目的政策制定者提供了有价值的见解。学者可被视为学生的榜样，这凸显了进一步研究他们可持续行为的必要性。
