Entry

Undergraduate

Presentation Date

4-26-2019

Hosting Institution

California State University, Fullerton

Location

Fullerton, California

Document Type

Presentation

Department

Business

Supporting Program

UROC

Faculty Mentor

Jenny Lin and Angeline Nariswari

Abstract

The hospitality industry contributes significantly to global climate change through its high resource consumption and emissions due to travel. As public pressure for hotels to develop sustainability initiatives to mitigate their footprint grows, a lack of understanding of green behavior and consumption of hotel guests (Baker, Davis, & Weaver, 2013; Millar & Baloglu, 2011) hinders the adoption of effective programs. Most tourism research thus far has focused on the ecotourism segment, rather than the general population of travelers (Dolcinar, Crouch, & Long, 2008), and while research in consumer behavior shows that locus of control (LOC) and guilt can influence guests’ environmental behavior (Antonetti & Maklan, 2013; Biswas, Licata, McKee, Pullig, & Daughtridge, 2000), those factors have not been tested with consideration of the subjective norm to measure their interaction and effect on recycling behavior. This study first examines the importance of internal and external LOC on factors for selecting hotel accommodation and the extent of agreement about hotel practices and, second, examines the differences in recycling behavior among guests with internal versus external LOC under levels of positive versus negative subjective norms and feelings of low versus high guilt.

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