Psychological Green Climate for Environmental Sustainability in Selected Public Universities in Lagos, Nigeria

Abstract

The success of an organisation's environmental sustainability agenda is contingent on the personal environmental beliefs of its employees and their pro-environmental behaviours. This study examined psychological green climate and environmental sustainability in selected public universities in Lagos. This study adopted a descriptive design anchored on a positivist research philosophy. Multi-sampling techniques were used, and a sample size of two hundred and seventy-nine respondents from five selected public universities made up the study, with responses harvested through a structured questionnaire. Findings heralding from the study stipulated that individual green values were positively associated with environmental well-being. A significant relationship was found between green employee behaviour and green creativity. The study holds that a psychologically green climate could enhance individual green values and influence their conviction towards effective accomplishment of environmental objectives by addressing environmental challenges and creatively carrying out green initiatives.