Environmental management and hotel profitability: operating performance matters

• Yenidogan, Alp ^[1] ; Gurcaylilar-Yenidogan, Tugba ; Tetik, Nilufer
  1. [1] Akdeniz University

     Akdeniz University

     Turquía

     
• Localización: Tourism & Management Studies, ISSN-e 2182-8466, ISSN 2182-8458, Vol. 17, Nº. 3, 2021, págs. 7-19
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.18089/tms.2021.170301
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Gestão ambiental e rentabilidade hoteleira: questões de desempenho operacional
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  • English

    While there is growing consensus on the benefits of going green, the relative benefits of revenue-enhancing and cost-cutting effects of environmental practices over performance have remained a more conservative and less explored phenomenon in corporate management studies. The present study investigates the two parallel mediation effects of cost-saving and revenue generation on profitability through environmental management practices. A bootstrap method is employed to make a statistical inference of the causal mediation effects. The data collected from the lodging industry in Antalya/Turkey revealed that the revenue-enhancing and cost-cutting effects of environmental participation have a positive impact on profitability, while no difference was identified in the strength of the indirect effects. In conclusion, the findings of this study indicate a complementary effect of cost reduction and revenue enhancement for green profit.

  • português

    Embora exista um consenso crescente sobre os benefícios ambientais, os benefícios relativos dos efeitos do aumento de receita e redução de custos das práticas ambientais sobre o desempenho permaneceram um fenómeno mais conservador e menos explorado nos estudos de gestão corporativa. O presente estudo investiga os dois efeitos paralelos de mediação de economia de custos e geração de receita sobre os resultados através de práticas de gestão ambiental. Um método bootstrap é utilizado para fazer uma inferência estatística dos efeitos da mediação causal. Os dados obtidos do setor de alojamento em Antalya/Turquia revelaram que os efeitos do aumento de receita e redução de custos da participação ambiental têm um impacto positivo no lucro das empresas, enquanto nenhuma diferença foi identificada na intensidade dos efeitos indiretos. Em conclusão, os resultados deste estudo indicam um efeito complementar de redução de custos e aumento de receita relativamente ao lucro verde

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