Authors :
Yi Sean Ong; Nurakmal Binti Ahmad Mustaffa
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 8 - August
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DOI :
10.38124/IJISRT20AUG472
Abstract :
Lately, Malaysia is confronted with a low
quality environment and the government needs to
provide more efforts in alter strategies to minimize
wastes. Universities bear a great responsibility in
encouraging waste separation because a higher
education institute campus has most of the similar
characteristics as a city. This study aims to develop an
index of waste separation practice among the UUM
community in order to cultivate a green campus culture.
With the method of systematic literature review, a
conceptual model is developed and five factors that
influence waste separation practice involved are
identified in this study; attitude, subjective norm,
perceived behavioral control, moral obligation and
situational factor. Data were collected from the 1002
UUM community by using questionnaires and analysis
was done by index development. The development of
waste separation practice index presented in this study
requires three main steps; the first involves
identification of factor influence waste separation
practice, the second requires weighting factor, which
involves application of correlation and Hellwig method,
and the final involves building of waste separation
practice index using linear combination method. The
result of index development displays that students are
more dedicated to waste separation practice compared
to academic lecturers and administrative staffs.
Keywords :
Environment; Higher education; Waste separation practice; Index; Hellwig method; Linear combination method.
Lately, Malaysia is confronted with a low
quality environment and the government needs to
provide more efforts in alter strategies to minimize
wastes. Universities bear a great responsibility in
encouraging waste separation because a higher
education institute campus has most of the similar
characteristics as a city. This study aims to develop an
index of waste separation practice among the UUM
community in order to cultivate a green campus culture.
With the method of systematic literature review, a
conceptual model is developed and five factors that
influence waste separation practice involved are
identified in this study; attitude, subjective norm,
perceived behavioral control, moral obligation and
situational factor. Data were collected from the 1002
UUM community by using questionnaires and analysis
was done by index development. The development of
waste separation practice index presented in this study
requires three main steps; the first involves
identification of factor influence waste separation
practice, the second requires weighting factor, which
involves application of correlation and Hellwig method,
and the final involves building of waste separation
practice index using linear combination method. The
result of index development displays that students are
more dedicated to waste separation practice compared
to academic lecturers and administrative staffs.
Keywords :
Environment; Higher education; Waste separation practice; Index; Hellwig method; Linear combination method.
