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A Study on Diffusion of Green Commitment in Hotel Employees : Focused on The Mediator Effects of Environmental Attitude of Line Supervisor and Peer Group  

Kim, Geon-Whee (Dept. of Hotel Management, Sangji Youngseo College)
Jung, Ji-Hye (Dept. of Hotel & Restaurant Management, Dongwon College)
Han, Ji-Soo (Dept. of Food Industry Management, HanKook Tourism College)
Ha, Heon-Su (Dept. of Foodservice Management, GyeongJu University)
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Culinary science and hospitality research / v.21, no.5, 2015 , pp. 72-87 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate how environmental attitudes of top managers of hotel business affect on environmental commitment of hotel employees and identify of the mediator effects of line supervisor and peer group during implementing green management process using Sobel z test. Data analysis is conducted by SPSS 18.0. The findings and implications can be summarized as follows. First, environmental attitudes of top managers has significantly positive effect on environmental attitude of line supervisors and peer group. Second, environmental attitude of line supervisors and peer group, in turns, has significantly positive effect on value or normative commitment on green management of hotel employments. Third, there is positive mediating effect of environmental attitude of line supervisors and peer group between environmental attitudes of top managers and value or normative commitment of hotel employees. Hence we can conclude that implementing of green management intention of top managers to hotel employs in work place needs strong support of line supervisors and peer group.
Keywords
environmental attitudes; value commitment; normative attitude; line supervisor; peer group;
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