Influences of Drivers and Constraints on Green Hotels' Environmental Performance and Competitive Advantages: The Mediating Role of Green Practices Adoption

Abstract

The current research aims to evaluate the influence of drivers and constraints on hotels' environmental performance and competitive advantages in a mediating role of green practices adoption in green star hotels. The target population of the research consisted of managers who are responsible for green practices adoption in certified green star hotels in the Red Sea region, in Egypt. The research focused on certified three, four and, five green star hotels in this region. Furthermore, a quantitative approach was adopted based on a questionnaire using five point Likert scale. A total of 250 questionnaires were distributed to the managers, whereas 228 questionnaires were collected but 206 questionnaires were valid to analysis. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS version 22. The main findings revealed that there was not a significant impact of external and internal constraints on green practices implementation in the green hotels. On the other hand, there was a significant impact of external and internal drivers on green practices implementation. Moreover, there was a significant impact of green practices implementation on hotels' environmental performance and competitive advantages. Thus, the green practices adoption had a mediating role between external and internal drivers and hotels' environmental performance and competitive advantages. Furthermore, there was a significant impact of hotels' environmental performance on hotels' competitive advantages.