The effect of environmental awareness and environmental knowledge on green behavior mediated by the employee's wellbeing

Abstract

This study aims to examine and analyze the effect of environmental awareness and knowledge on green behavior mediated by employee wellbeing. The research was conducted at the Batik Warna SMEs in the Kebon Indah Community located in Klaten, Central Java, with 118 respondents. Data analysis used the quantitative method of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) SMART – Partial Least Square (PLS) Software. The results showed that: (i) There is a positive and significant influence between environmental awareness and employee well-being, (ii) There is a positive and significant influence between environmental knowledge and employee well-being, (iii) There is a positive and significant effect between employee wellbeing and employee green behavior, (iv) There is a positive and significant effect between environmental awareness on employee green behavior mediated by employee wellbeing, (v) There is a positive and significant effect on environmental knowledge on employee green behavior mediated by employee wellbeing at Batik Warna Alam SMEs in the Kebon Indah Community, located in Klaten, Central Java.