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Title Linking Green Human Resource Management Practices to Environmental Performance in Hotel Industry
ID_Doc 68534
Authors Yusoff, YM; Nejati, M; Kee, DMH; Amran, A
Title Linking Green Human Resource Management Practices to Environmental Performance in Hotel Industry
Year 2020
Published Global Business Review, 21, 3
DOI 10.1177/0972150918779294
Abstract The hotel industry is growing rapidly in developing countries due to an increase in the tourism industry; however, on the other hand, the hotel industry is one of the sectors largely increasing the burden on the environment. Therefore, due to the massive number of environmental issues that hotel industry has encountered, there is an increasing force to pay a correct reaction to environmental issues and executing sustainable business practices such as the adoption of green human resource management (HRM) practices provide a win-win situation for the organization and its stakeholders. It, therefore, signals the need to examine how green HRM practices will enhance the environmental performance in the hotel industry. Grounded by resource-based view theory, this study utilized a research model examining the relationship between green HRM practices (green recruitment and selection, green training and development, green performance appraisal, and green compensation) and environmental performance in Malaysia's hotel industry. Questionnaires were distributed to human resource (HR) managers/ executives in 3-, 4- and 5-star hotels in Malaysia. A total of 206 hotels participated in the study. The data collected were analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling. Based on the analysis, the study revealed that green recruitment and selection, green training and development, and green compensation have a meaningful relationship with environmental performance, while green performance appraisal did not have a significant relationship with environmental performance. Our results extend previous research by not only highlighting the importance of green HRM practices in driving environmental performance but also indicating how each dimension of green HRM practices either enhances or inhibits environmental performance. This is the first empirical research that investigates the relationship between green HRM and environmental performance in the hotel industry literature.
Author Keywords Green human resource management practices; environmental performance; hotel industry; Malaysia; partial least square structural equation modelling
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
EID WOS:000545449600004
WoS Category Business; Management
Research Area Business & Economics
PDF https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0972150918779294
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