The determinants of hospitality employees' pro-environmental behaviors: The moderating role of generational differences
- Authors
- Kim, Soon-Ho; Kim, Minseong; Han, Hye-Sook; Holland, Stephen
- Issue Date
- Jan-2016
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Keywords
- Motivation; Environmental concern; Self-efficacy; Pro-environmental behavior
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT, v.52, pp.56 - 67
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
- Volume
- 52
- Start Page
- 56
- End Page
- 67
- URI
- http://scholarworks.bwise.kr/ssu/handle/2018.sw.ssu/7720
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijhm.2015.09.013
- ISSN
- 0278-4319
- Abstract
- Seeking to build a deeper understanding of the determinants of hospitality employees' pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs), this study explored linkages between employees' autonomous and external motivations to perform PEBs, environmental concerns, self-efficacy, and employees' reported PEBs. Hospitality employees (n = 432) indicated that autonomous motivation was associated with increases in employees' environmental concern, self-efficacy, and PEBs. External motivation was significantly related to employees' levels of environmental concern and PEBs. Employees' environmental concern levels had positive effects on self-efficacy and PEBs. Self-efficacy was, in turn, positively associated with PEBs. The relationships between these variables were moderated by generational differences (e.g., Gen X and Gen Y) because generational characteristics might lead to formulating distinct generational perceptions in an organizational context. There were significant differences in the effects of autonomous motivation on environmental concern levels and PEBs between Gen X and Gen Y. In addition, the differences in effects of external motivation on environmental concern and PEBs were statistically significant between the two generations. Lastly, the impacts of environmental concern and self-efficacy on PEBs were significantly different between the two generations as well. Overall, our results suggest that the interplay of autonomous motivation, external motivation, environmental concern, and self-efficacy is important to the process of influencing hospitality employees' PEBs. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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