252
A. A. Melo et al.
Psychology, with a JCR of 1.72, and 3 (three) articles. Figure 1, relates the journals
with the highest number of published articles used in this study.
By and large, after the first reading of the articles selected (ater all filtering stages),
it is observed that the implementation of programs and actions is still one of the major
obstacles in the theme of sustainability. Some authors argue that a great many of these
difficulties are due to the behavior of people directly involved in these actions and
programs, since the factors that influence the involvement of the actors in the process
are actually still being questioned. Due to these questionings, many studies proposed
to investigate the antecedents of the so-called sustainable behavior (Juárez-Nájera
et al. 2010).
Issues such as the lack of a deep understanding of what sustainability is already
have shown to be a major obstacle for managers in the process of implementing sustainability (Cebrián et al. 2015). Yet, this does not necessarily mean that individuals
with more advanced educational levels more frequently present behaviors considered
as sustainable (Kollmuss and Agyeman 2002).
In this perspective, it becomes important to also analyze the contribution of studies
carried out by higher education institutions regarding the implementation of their
sustainability programs, considering that education has proved to be an important
antecessor of sustainable behavior. Thus, among the articles collected, 2 articles
were highlighted due to the theme involved in each one. The first article (Pathways
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
Quantity
Fig. 1 Journals with articles used in this study. Source The author
A. A. Melo et al.
Psychology, with a JCR of 1.72, and 3 (three) articles. Figure 1, relates the journals
with the highest number of published articles used in this study.
By and large, after the first reading of the articles selected (ater all filtering stages),
it is observed that the implementation of programs and actions is still one of the major
obstacles in the theme of sustainability. Some authors argue that a great many of these
difficulties are due to the behavior of people directly involved in these actions and
programs, since the factors that influence the involvement of the actors in the process
are actually still being questioned. Due to these questionings, many studies proposed
to investigate the antecedents of the so-called sustainable behavior (Juárez-Nájera
et al. 2010).
Issues such as the lack of a deep understanding of what sustainability is already
have shown to be a major obstacle for managers in the process of implementing sustainability (Cebrián et al. 2015). Yet, this does not necessarily mean that individuals
with more advanced educational levels more frequently present behaviors considered
as sustainable (Kollmuss and Agyeman 2002).
In this perspective, it becomes important to also analyze the contribution of studies
carried out by higher education institutions regarding the implementation of their
sustainability programs, considering that education has proved to be an important
antecessor of sustainable behavior. Thus, among the articles collected, 2 articles
were highlighted due to the theme involved in each one. The first article (Pathways
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
Quantity
Fig. 1 Journals with articles used in this study. Source The author