The impact of Green Transformational Leadership on Green Human Resource Management in Tourism and Hotel Establishments

Authors

1 Hotel Management Department - Faculty of Tourism and Hotels - University of Sadat City

2 Tourism Studies Department– Faculty of Tourism and Hotels – University of Sadat City

Abstract

Organizations have increased interest in adopting leadership styles that support environmental preservation, such as green transformational leadership, because of its effective role in increasing the ability of these organizations to implement environmental activities and initiatives. Considering this the study aimed to evaluate the impact of green transformational leadership on green human resources management and its seven practices represented in green job descriptions, green recruitment, green choice, green guidance, green training, green performance evaluation and green rewards in five-star hotels and tourism companies category) A) in Sharm El Sheikh. The study also aimed to determine the statistical differences in the responses of the sample members according to demographic characteristics. The study used the questionnaire to collect data from the study sample, which was represented in workers in five-star hotels and tourism companies' category (A) in Sharm El-Sheikh, where 548 forms were distributed to hotel workers and 334 forms to workers in tourism companies' category (A), while the analysis of 416 forms was relied on for hotels and 288 forms for tourism companies. The results of the study highlighted a significant and positive correlation between green transformational leadership and green human resource management and all its practices. The results of the study also showed that green transformational leadership has a moral and positive impact on green human resource management and its seven practices. Finally the results highlighted the existence of statistical differences of the variables of green transformational leadership and green human resource management and some green human resource management practices represented in the practice of green job descriptions, green selection, green guidance, and green training, and the differences were all in favor of five-star hotels.

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