The effect of green practice in employee green ability and employee job performance - A study of hotels in Ho Chi Minh city

Abstract

Nowadays, with the rapid rise in consumers' sustainability awareness, more and more hotels are considering greening their organization by applying ecological human capacity management. Despite the literature of Ecological HRM has been expanded, little exposure was given to Green HRM practices and its contribution to the green capacity of employees, employee job results, so far, especially in the hospitality sector. This thesis therefore examines a new philosophical paradigm to bridge this research gap, which discusses the direct and indirect impact of Green HRM activities (training, reward, and organizational culture) on the environmental potential of employees and job efficiency of employees. A quantitative analysis containing approximately 360 respondents is conducted by a survey. The data analysis process was done by of partial least squares (PLS) methodology. In depth, the findings suggest that: (1) two out of three Green HRM activities (training, culture) are valuable instruments to stimulate the ecological potential of employees (2) Green understanding, green skills of employees associated with training programs and sustainable culture have a strong influence on the performance of employees (3) Incentives for green performance are an unimportant factor in fostering employee ecological ability and their performance at work.