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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
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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 …