Saturday, November 1, 2014

GREEN BEHAVIOR (REUSE, REDUCE, RECYCLING - 3R) AT HOME AND AT WORKPLACE Ayu Dwi Nindyati ayu.nindyati@paramadina.ac.id


Abstract
Pro-environment behavior is not only the responsibility of environment field study itself, but also need involvement of other field study to keep the sustainability, especially if related to behavior so it will need psychology as behavior sciences. Pro-environment behavior usually known as green behavior could understand as three behavior such as reuse, reduce and recycling (3R). Sustainability of the 3R need support from surroundings include from home and workplace. The aim of this research is describing the 3R of employee behavior from some companies in Jakarta at home and work place. The home and the work place are places where respondents spent their time in their life. Research methods is using the quantitative-descriptive approach and also narrative-descriptive. Data was collected with open questioner and then analyze with statistic descriptive and narrative from 95 respondents. The research result showed that respondents said easier to conduct 3R behavior at home than at workplace. The reasons are first, the freedom and the simplicity to do it at home because they don’t have any rules like at the workplace. Second, when conduct 3R behavior at home, there were not many perceptions or views about the behavior itself and it was effect directly to family member.


Keywords: Green Behavior, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle



Presented at The 5th International Asian Association of Indigenous and Cultural Psychology (AAICP) Conference
January 10th – 11th, 2014
Psychology Department of Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta - Indonesia

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