Dataset on the predictors of employee green behavior among academics in Malaysia
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A regression analysis was conducted to assess the relationship between environmental knowledge, personal moral norms, attitude, perceived behavioral control, environmental concern and behavioral intention with employee green behaviour using the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) 26. The data was conveniently obtained from a cross-sectional survey of 425 university lecturers in Malaysia. This article provides data about the participants’ demographic characteristics and the descriptive data of participants’ responses. Further, the mean, standard deviation, reliability of the measured constructs, and regression analysis model summary are provided. This dataset offers suggestions to the top management of higher education institutions and commercial organizations in deducing ways to encourage green behaviour among employees in order to reduce environmental degradation.
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The face-to-face and online surveys were conducted from December 2019 to March 2020. The online survey, using google Forms, was emailed to the respondents' official email. A cover letter was included in the survey stating the study's objective, soliciting respondents' voluntary participation and assurance of anonymity. The questionnaire design was based adapted from relevant literature. The survey consists of eight sets of variables, including; (1) demographic data, (2) employee green behavior, (3) environmental knowledge (4) personal moral norms, (5) attitude, (6) perceived behavioral control (7) environmental concern and (8) behavioral intention. Employee green behaviour was measured by a 7-item scale, adapted from Blok et al. (2014) and Wesselink et al. (2017), with Cronbach's alpha of 0.793. The measurement scales were scored on a 5-point Likert-type scale with responses to statements ranging from (1) "Never" to (5) "Always". The environmental knowledge 4-item scale was adapted from Gatersleben et al. (2002) and Safari, A., Salehzadeh, R., Panahi, R., & Abolghasemian, S. (2018) with Cronbach's alpha of 0.807. It was measured on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from (1) "Not at all" to (5) "To a very great extent". The personal moral norm 4-item scale was adapted from (Steg & de Groot, 2010) and (Ruepert et al., 2016) with Cronbach's alpha of 0.849. It was measured on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from (1) "Strongly disagree" to (5) "Strongly agree". Attitude was measured by a 4-item scale adapted from (Blok et al., 2014) with Cronbach's alpha of 0.856 (Attitude item 4 was deleted). The measurement scales were scored on a 5-point Likert-type scale with responses ranging from (1) "Strongly disagree" to (5) "Strongly agree". Perceived behavioural control was measured by a 5-item scale, adapted from (Swaim et al., 2013) with Cronbach's alpha of 0.883. The measurement scales were scored on a 5-point Likert-type scale with responses ranging from (1) "Strongly disagree" to (5) "Strongly agree". Environmental concern was measured by a 5-item scale, adapted from Urban and Scasny (2012) with Cronbach's alpha of 0.923. The measurement scales were scored on a 5-point Likert-type scale with responses ranging from (1) "Not at all concerned" to (5) "Extremely concerned". The behavioural intention was measured using a 5-item scale adapted from Blok, Wesselink, Studynka, & Kemp, (2014) with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.787. A 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from (1) "Strongly disagree" to (5) "Strongly agree" was used for each item. This study utilized regression analysis using Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) 26.