Influences of Green Human Resources Management on Environmental Performance in Small Lodging Enterprises: The Role of Green Innovation

Abu Elnasr E. Sobaih, Ahmed Hasanein and Ibrahim Elshaer
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Abu Elnasr E. Sobaih: Management Department, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Hassa 31982, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Hasanein: Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management, Helwan University, Cairo 12612, Egypt
Ibrahim Elshaer: Management Department, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Hassa 31982, Saudi Arabia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 24, 1-19

Abstract: Small lodging enterprises encompass a major proportion of the lodging industry worldwide. Nonetheless, limited research has addressed the HRM-innovation-performance link on these enterprises. This research draws on ability, motivation, opportunity (AMO) theory and resource-based view (RBV) theory to examine the influences of green human resources management (GHRM) practices by owner-managers of small lodging enterprises on their enterprises’ green innovation and environmental performance. More specifically, the research examines the direct influence of GHRM on the environmental performance of small lodging enterprises and the indirect influence through green innovation. A self-administered questionnaire was given to owner-managers of small lodging enterprises in Greater Cairo, Egypt. The results of structural equation modeling (SEM) showed direct, positive and significant influences of owner-managers’ green ability, motivation and opportunity on both enterprise green innovation and environmental performance. The ability of owner-managers was the most influential GHRM practices on both green innovation and environmental performance. Moreover, the results showed that the influence of GHRM on environmental performance was doubled with green innovation, reflecting the value and vital role of green innovation in small lodging enterprises’ environmental performance. Several policy-level, theoretical and practical implications are identified and discussed.

Keywords: green human resources management (GHRM); environmental performance; small lodging enterprises; green innovation; ability; opportunity; motivation (AMO) theory; resource-based view (RBV) theory; Egypt (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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