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Environmental Attitudes of Generation Y Students: Foundations for Sustainability Education in Tourism

Environmental Attitudes of Generation Y Students: Foundations for Sustainability Education in... Sustainability is an ongoing theme in the tourism literature and is a growing concern in the wider area of business studies. As a consequence, there has been growing recognition of the need for sustainability education in programs for business and tourism students. The development of such programs needs to be based on a sound understanding of the existing values and attitudes of current students. This article reports a study that explored the environmental attitudes of a sample of Generation Y students in a business and tourism program using the New Environmental Paradigm Scale. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal Of Teaching In Travel & Tourism Taylor & Francis

Environmental Attitudes of Generation Y Students: Foundations for Sustainability Education in Tourism

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
ISSN
1531-3239
eISSN
1531-3220
DOI
10.1080/15313220.2012.650063
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Abstract

Sustainability is an ongoing theme in the tourism literature and is a growing concern in the wider area of business studies. As a consequence, there has been growing recognition of the need for sustainability education in programs for business and tourism students. The development of such programs needs to be based on a sound understanding of the existing values and attitudes of current students. This article reports a study that explored the environmental attitudes of a sample of Generation Y students in a business and tourism program using the New Environmental Paradigm Scale.

Journal

Journal Of Teaching In Travel & TourismTaylor & Francis

Published: Jan 1, 2012

Keywords: Generation Y; sustainability education; environmental attitudes; New Environmental Paradigm; business education; tourism

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