Hotel environmental management initiative (HEMI) scale development |
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| Institution: | 1. International Center for Hospitality Research & Development, Dedman School of Hospitality, Florida State University, 288 Champions Way, UCB 4117, P.O. Box 3062541, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA;2. Graduate School of Tourism Management, National Institute of Development Administration, 118 Moo 3, Sereethai Road, Klong-Chan, Bangkapi, Bangkok 10240, Thailand;1. Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida, 9907 Universal Blvd., Orlando, FL, 32819, United States;2. Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States;1. Department of Business and Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Paseo Senda del Rey, 11, 28040 Madrid, Spain;2. Department of Business and Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Paseo Senda del Rey, 11, 28040 Madrid, Spain;1. School of Marketing, Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia;2. Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa;1. Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, HES-SO//University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Route de Cojonnex 18, 1000, Lausanne 25, Switzerland;2. Columbia University, 701 Uris Hall, New York, NY, 10027, United States;1. International Center for Hospitality Research & Development, Dedman School of Hospitality, Florida State University, 288 Champions Way, UCB 4117, P.O. Box 3062541, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, United States;2. Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, 80 Moo 1, Vichitsongkram Rd., Kathu, Phuket, 83120, Thailand |
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| Abstract: | Owing to a lack of construct reliability and validity of environmental management measurements, advancements in understanding hotels’ environmental management practices have been somewhat limited. The goal of this paper is to propose a uniform and parsimonious scale that captures Hotels’ Environmental Management Initiative (HEMI) with the most common three dimensions in the hotel industry: environmental resource conservation efforts, environmental policy and training, and environmental public relation efforts. After the refinement of the initial items, the scale was confirmed with cross-cultural data obtained from full-time hotel employees in two Asian countries. The twenty-one item HEMI scale demonstrated a satisfactory level of content, convergent, discriminant, cross, and criterion-related validity. The proposed HEMI scale will serve as a useful tool for future hospitality scholars who would like to further explore the impact of hotels’ environmental management initiatives on employees’ attitudes and behaviors toward the environment and their environmental performance. |
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| Keywords: | Hotels’ environmental management initiative Environmental resource conservation efforts Environmental policy and training Environmental public relation efforts Scale development |
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