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ABSTRACT
Hotels generate substantial environmental footprint. To minimise this footprint, hoteliers are increasingly engaging in environmental management programmes (EMPs). When designing such a programme, it is important that hotel managers do not only evaluate its effect on corporate strategy, finance, and reputation, but also analyse its impact on staff. This is because employees are in the forefront of hotel environmental management interventions and can determine their success or failure. This is also due to the impact that EMPs can make on staff attitudes, both at work and in private life. This study explores how hotel employees perceive an opportunity to engage in an EMP in a luxury hotel. It finds that a well-designed and implemented programme can strengthen the levels of job satisfaction and organisational commitment among hotel staff, subject to explaining the reasons for and outlining the benefits of environmental management interventions, incentivised participation, regular evaluation, and adequate training. The study also shows that EMPs implemented in a hotel may drive more environmentally responsible behaviour of employees outside work.
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Angelina Sourvinou
Angelina Sourvinou is a student in Faculty of Management at Bournemouth University. Her primary research interest is environmental management in hospitality enterprises.
Viachaslau Filimonau
Viachaslau Filimonau is senior lecturer in hospitality management in Faculty of Management at Bournemouth University. His research interests include sustainable mobilities, water and carbon footprint management in tourism and hospitality, and environmental management in hospitality enterprises.