Toward employee green creativity in the hotel industry: implications of green knowledge sharing, green employee empowerment and green values

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the implications of green knowledge sharing, green empowerment and participation and green values toward hotel employees’ green creativity. Design/methodology/approach Data was gathered from operational level employees of hospitality facilities Ghana. Through the partial least square structural equation modeling, bias-corrected and accelerated (BCa) confidence intervals obtained from 10,000 bootstrap subsamples were used to determine the significance of the hypothesized paths. This was preceded by examining the quality of the measurement and structural models. Findings It was established that green knowledge sharing is a positive predictor of green empowerment and participation. Green empowerment and participation also positively predicted employee green behavior and also partially mediated the link between green knowledge sharing and employee green behavior. Green values also positively moderated the connection green knowledge sharing has with employee green behavior. Practical implications To enhance the green creativity of their employees so that the sustainability objectives are attained, general managers in hotels should institute strategies that promote green knowledge sharing among their employees, ensure the green empowerment and participation of their employees and inculcate green values in their employees. Originality/value This study expands the hotel greening literature by establishing the mediating and moderating processes for employee green creativity which is underrepresented in the literature. Besides, it extends the social learning theory in a green context.