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An Investigation Into Hotel Employees' Perception Of Green Practices, Sun-Hwa Kim
An Investigation Into Hotel Employees' Perception Of Green Practices, Sun-Hwa Kim
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This study examined how employees of the hotel industry perceived green practices. Data was collected from 220 employees working in eight green certified hotels in Orlando. Research results revealed that performance levels of green practices implemented by hotels were lower than the importance levels of those same green practices as perceived by hotel employees. The results of the study illustrated that (1) the employees' perception regarding green practices was not different than one of hoteliers in terms of importance and performance, and (2) employees weighted the green practices that were beneficial to them as more important than green practices that …
Critical Success Factors In Florida's Bed And Breakfast Industry, Catherine I. Rash
Critical Success Factors In Florida's Bed And Breakfast Industry, Catherine I. Rash
HIM 1990-2015
Florida bed and breakfasts (B&Bs) were surveyed for the purpose of discovering the attitudes, beliefs, and actual behaviors of B&B owners and operators that contribute to an operation’s success. This study had several objectives: 1) to provide an analysis of attitudes and beliefs perceived to be necessary for success and the actual behaviors exhibited by operators based upon their self-definition of success, 2) to collect demographic information from various bed and breakfasts in Florida, and 3) to expand the limited amount of research that has addressed issues in the bed and breakfast industry. Between July 2009 and August 2009, data …