Theses and Dissertations

Date of Award

2009

Document Type

Dissertation - NSU Access Only

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Department

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice

Advisor

Candace Lacey

Committee Member

William Austin

Committee Member

Maryellen Maher

Keywords

Recycling/Attitudes/ Community Colleges/Higher Education/Employee Attitudes

Abstract

Reducing the amount of trash that is generated is important to the environment and should be a high priority at colleges and universities across America. This research study investigated the effects of two types of posted feedback, written and graphic, on the paper recycling behaviors and attitudes of selected community college employees at a large urban campus in South Florida.

A quasi-experimental control-group study with an O-X1-O-X2 baseline withdrawal design was used. Data collection and measurement of the employees’ paper recycling behavior took place over an 11-week period. Attitudinal questionnaires were administered to assess employees’ attitudes toward recycling at the end of the first baseline phase and at the end of the second treatment phase. Mean comparisons of treatment phase and baseline data from the two feedback interventions were conducted; findings were not significant for both feedback treatments.

A review of the study methodology and related literature determined that inconvenience might have been a conflicting variable and might have had an impact on the recycling behavior findings. Additionally, mean scores of the attitudinal assessment indicated favorable attitudes toward recycling on both the pretest and posttest administrations; however, no significant change in attitudes was evidenced.

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