Universities in a country play a pivotal role in the development of society. It serves as a beacon for people attending the university. Universities, these days are focusing on several areas which have become the need of the hour. One of them which tops the list is campus sustainability. The study has been conducted in Hungary and students from various Hungarian universities have participated in the survey. It measures the impact of university’s role in sustainable development on campus sustainability with moderating role of student’s sustainability involvement and responsible behavior. The study emphasizes on the importance of sustainability at university and what factors are necessary to enhance it. No matter how much effort and sound infrastructure a university builds to maintain and build sustainability at campus, it cannot be successful until the entire campus community shows intent and strives to practice it. The findings of the study are expected to establish the fact that responsible behavior and student involvement will bring fruitful results in achieving sustainability at campus. The aim of the study is to inculcate the sense of responsibility and to emphasize that sustainability is everyone’s business. Convenience sampling has been and data has been collected quantitatively from students of University of Debrecen, Szent Istvan, Corvinus and Pázmány Péter Catholic University. The results of the research can firmly establish that responsible behavior and student’s sustainability involvement plays a major role in developing sustainable campuses. The findings of the research can be generalized for all higher education institutes in Hungary and Europe.
CONTROLLER INFO IX. ÉVF. 2021. KÜLÖNSZÁM 51-56
DOI: 10.24387/CI.2021.különszám.9
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