Key Factors Influencing Low-Carbon Behaviors of Staff in Star-Rated Hotels—An Empirical Study of Eastern China

Jie Li, Peng Mao, Hui Liu, Jiawei Wei, Hongyang Li and Jingfeng Yuan
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Jie Li: School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Peng Mao: College of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Hui Liu: College of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Jiawei Wei: Research Institute of Zhongjiao Sihang, Guangzhou 510220, China
Hongyang Li: Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
Jingfeng Yuan: School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 21, 1-26

Abstract: To guide sustainable development in the hospitality industry requires hotel staff engagement, so what causes and how to facilitate the implementation of low-carbon behaviors should be high priorities. However, most prior studies focused on hotel guest behavior or discussed, on an individual level, the psychological aspects of the factors of the low-carbon behavior of either managers or employees. Therefore, this research aims to examine the effect of influencing factors inside and outside of the hotel context on hotel staff’s low-carbon behaviors in star-rated hotels. A set of influencing factors were identified by using literature retrieval, ground theory and in-depth interviews. Structural equation modelling was then applied with 440 valid questionnaires collected from representative star-rated hotels in Eastern China. The results revealed that low-carbon managerial activities, strategic orientation, social norms, and perceived behavior control were four key factors affecting the low-carbon behavior adoption of staff from star-rated hotels. Among them, low-carbon managerial activities were found to be the strongest factor affecting hotel staff’s low-carbon behaviors. Consumer attitude, however, exerted no significant impact. Targeted strategies were finally proposed for the improvement of hotel staff’s low-carbon behavior from the perspectives of hoteliers and governments. This study contributes to the generation mechanism of low-carbon behavior among staff and, in practice, towards behavioral improvement by providing comprehensive insights about the attribution of factors belonging to multiple dimensions related to the low-carbon behavior of staff in the hotel industry.

Keywords: low-carbon behaviors; hotel staff; influencing factors; star-rated hotels; targeted strategies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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