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Exposing Students to Environmental Sustainability in Accounting: An Analysis of Its Impacts in a US Setting

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  • W. Eric Lee
  • Rachel N. Birkey
  • Dennis M. Patten

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In this study, we examine whether the introduction of two different forms of an environmental sustainability intervention into differing sections of an introductory-level managerial accounting course at a US university induces changes in students’ environmental intentions and behaviors. Based on attributes from Ajzen’s [1991. “The Theory of Planned Behavior.” Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 50: 179–211; 2002. “Perceived Behavioral Control, Self-efficacy, Locus of Control, and the Theory of Planned Behavior.” Journal of Applied Social Psychology 32 (4): 665–683] theory of planned behaviour, results show that, in comparison to a control group with no intervention, students exhibited higher levels of attitude, perceived behavioural control, intentions, and behaviour following the interventions. However, the positive results were limited to students undergoing an experiential learning assignment beyond the basic reading, lecture, and discussion intervention. The findings provide some support for claims that bringing sustainability issues into the accounting curriculum can lead to positive student outcomes. But, given the increased efforts necessary to find and use experiential projects, they also suggest that inducing accounting faculty, at least in the US, to pursue such pedagogical approaches will require that more be done by those organisations calling for such efforts in terms of support, materials, and reward structures.

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  • W. Eric Lee & Rachel N. Birkey & Dennis M. Patten, 2017. "Exposing Students to Environmental Sustainability in Accounting: An Analysis of Its Impacts in a US Setting," Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(2), pages 81-96, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:seaccj:v:37:y:2017:i:2:p:81-96
    DOI: 10.1080/0969160X.2016.1270225
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    1. Teddy Ossei Kwakye & Emerald Edem Welbeck & Godfred Matthew Yaw Owusu & Fred Kwasi Anokye, 2018. "Determinants of intention to engage in Sustainability Accounting & Reporting (SAR): the perspective of professional accountants," International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility, Springer, vol. 3(1), pages 1-13, December.
    2. Maria Albertina Barreiro Rodrigues & Ana Isabel Morais, 2021. "How to Challenge University Students to Work on Integrated Reporting and Integrated Reporting Assurance," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(19), pages 1-19, September.
    3. Candy Chamorro Gonzalez & Jesús Peña-Vinces, 2023. "A framework for a green accounting system-exploratory study in a developing country context, Colombia," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 25(9), pages 9517-9541, September.
    4. Vanini, Ute & Bochert, Saskia, 2024. "Integration of sustainability issues into management accounting textbooks," Journal of Accounting Education, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).

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