THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PERCEPTION OF EMPLOYEES: A RESEARCH ON GREEN STAR HOTELS

Yıl 2015, Cilt: 2 Sayı: 2, 169 - 184, 29.06.2015

Orhan Gokova Ayse Gozde Yasar Ahmet Aslan , Gurel Cetin

Öz

This study aims to investigate the relationship between organizational culture types (adhocracy, clan,  bureaucracy, market) and environmental management perception  of green 4-star and 5-star hotel employees in Istanbul. It will also explore the links between different organizational cultures of hotels, their brand affiliation and star ratings. Organizational culture has an important impact on realization of management aims. The main focus of the study is to determine the organizational culture types among green star hotels that are approved by Ministry of Tourism and Culture. The role of organizational culture is important to settle certain standards and implementations of being a green star hotel. Hence organizational culture has to be flexible enough to comply with the standards and implementetions and it should also be adopted by employees. In this frame,a research was conducted to examine the organizational culture types among green  star hotels. For this purpose a survey was utilized on 212  employees working in 22 green star hotels in İstanbul. The results revealed that green star hotels tend to adopt market culture but hotel employees who have a positive perception toward environmental management tend to comply with the characteristics of a clan culture.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Organisational culture, environmental management systems, hotel management, green hotel, clan culture

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