Green human resource management and team performance in hotels: The role of green team behaviors

Abstract

Despite the growing research interest in green human resource management (green HRM) in the context of hospitality and tourism, little is known about its effects on team nongreen hospitality performance. To address this gap, this paper examines the relationship between team perceptions of green HRM and team nongreen performance in hotels. Drawing on social exchange theory (SET) and convergence and emergence in organization theory, we propose that green team behaviors in hotels, such as in-role and extra-role green team behaviors, mediate the relationship between team perceptions of green HRM and team nongreen performance. Analyses of multisourced data from 63 teams in four hotels in China support our hypotheses. The findings of this paper provide novel implications for green HRM research in the hospitality and tourism literature.