Management commitment to the ecological environment, green work engagement and their effects on hotel employees’ green work outcomes
International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
ISSN: 0959-6119
Article publication date: 24 February 2022
Issue publication date: 26 July 2022
Abstract
Purpose
Using social exchange, signaling, job demands-resources and reformulation of attitude theories, the purpose of this paper is to propose and test a research model in which green work engagement (GWEN) mediates the impact of management commitment to the ecological environment (MCEE) on green creativity, task-related pro-environmental behavior (PEB) and proactive PEB.
Design/methodology/approach
Data for the paper were obtained from hotel customer-contact employees in Turkey and South Korea. The hypothesized associations were assessed via structural equation modeling.
Findings
The findings in Studies 1 and 2 supported the viability of the model. Specifically, GWEN partially mediated the effect of MCEE on task-related and proactive PEB, while it fully mediated the influence of MCEE on green creativity.
Practical implications
Management should invest and/or go on investing in environmental sustainability to send strong signals to employees that the organization really cares about the environment and is highly committed to the preservation and protection of the environment. With green training, empowerment and rewards, management can boost employees’ GWEN, which motivates them to engage in environmentally responsible behaviors.
Originality/value
The paper advances current knowledge by testing the relationship of MCEE, as appraised by employees, to their GWEN and green work outcomes. More importantly, the paper has explored the impact of GWEN in the intermediate relationship between MCEE and critical green work outcomes, such as green creativity, task-related PEB and proactive PEB. Further, the paper adds to the extant research by assessing the antecedents and outcomes of GWEN.
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Acknowledgements
This work was prepared using the data set of the first author’s doctoral dissertation, and its data came from part of a larger project.
Citation
Karatepe, T., Ozturen, A., Karatepe, O.M., Uner, M.M. and Kim, T.T. (2022), "Management commitment to the ecological environment, green work engagement and their effects on hotel employees’ green work outcomes", International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 34 No. 8, pp. 3084-3112. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-10-2021-1242
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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