Leadership Roles for Sustainable Development: The Case of a Malaysian Green Hotel

Ahmed, Minhaz Farid; Mokhtar, Mazlin; Lim, Chen Kim; Hooi, Anthony Wong Kim; Lee, Khai Ern

doi:10.3390/su131810260

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“…Sustainable tourism is defined as "a positive approach intended to reduce the tensions and friction created by the complex interactions between the tourism industry, visitors, the environment and the communities which are host to holidaymakers" [44] (p. 2). Sustainable tourism contributes to the development and long-term sustainability of the tourist industry [45,46]. Therefore, STD can be considered as tourism development that contributes significantly to the process of development or, at least, do not contradict the maintenance of the principles of development in an indefinite time without compromising the ability of future generations to satisfy their own needs and desires [47].…”

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Sustainable Tourism Policy, Destination Management and Sustainable Tourism Development: A Moderated-Mediation Model

Khan

Lim

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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In the recent years, the rapid growth of the tourism industry has risen to prominence as a global concern. Tourism empowers communities and uplifts the economy. However, it poses social and environmental challenges, which in turn draws attention to tourism patterns. Sustainable tourism promises protection of the environment and the social-cultural elements of any given destination. Hence, this study aims to understand the complex relationship between sustainability policy, management, and tourist behavior. Thus, we examined the relationships between sustainable tourism policy and destination management, destination social responsibility, and tourist value orientation with sustainable tourism development. We recruited participants at managerial level coming from 163 Malaysian companies and conducted a cross-sectional quantitative study, using partial least square structural equation modeling. We propose that sustainable tourism policy and destination management and destination social responsibility significantly impact sustainable tourism development. Moreover, destination social responsibility partially mediates the relationship between sustainable tourism policy destination management and sustainable tourism development.

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Sustainable Tourism Policy, Destination Management and Sustainable Tourism Development: A Moderated-Mediation Model

Khan

Lim

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“…The staff engagement and training are critical for the successful implementation of sustainable food practices so that providing training and education programs it's possible to create awareness, knowledge, and behaviors towards sustainability among their staff. This includes regular staff training sessions, workshops, and ongoing communication about the importance and benefits of sustainable food practices [54][55][56][57][58]. Regarding the stakeholder collaboration, hotels are working with suppliers, vendors, and local communities to promote sustainable food practices by involving close communication and looking for someone that shares similar sustainability values and engagement to support local food systems and promote sustainability initiatives [59][60][61].…”

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A Conceptual Framework Proposal Regarding the Engagement of Hotels in the Modern Fight against Unsustainable Food Practices

2023

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The ecological crisis that emerged rapidly in the 2000s because of vertiginous economic growth is still one of the dominant themes today. This unprecedented phenomenon has led to intense political-economic and social tensions over reconsidering the priorities of “post-industrial capitalism”. The main issues here are increasing inequalities in the distribution of resources and high dependence on non-renewable energies. In response, valuable policies have been developed with the intention of creating new economic models that satisfy environmental and ecological needs. However, the literature shows that the effectiveness of the global schemes proposed to achieve sustainable behaviors and techniques has been very low. In the hospitality sector, particularly in the food and beverage department, pollution and consumption of scarce resources remain issues. In this paper, we propose a structural framework for analyzing the commitment of hotels regarding sustainable practices in the F&B department, centered on standards set by relevant institutions. To enhance understanding, an extension of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) is proposed. The use of this conceptual framework will enable us firstly to gain a perception of how a hotel acts through its F&B administrator in the light of relevant standard practices. Secondly, it will allow us to understand the role of the common internal and external factors behind the theories describing the behavior adopted. In this way, this research aims to contribute to a global understanding of the factors that influence the commitment of hotels to sustainable practices in their F&B department.

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“…This Langat River Basin Management Authority (LRBMA) model has followed the modified theory of transformational leadership by James MacGregor Burns [68] as well as the behavioral theory of leadership by John B. Watson [69,70]. The transformational leadership theory has been used by researchers on political leaders, organizational psychology, sustainable development, etc., to explore how leaders can create valuable and positive changes in their followers to encourage them for proactive leadership roles [71][72][73][74][75]. Similarly, the behavioral theory has been used by researchers to explore individuals' technical, human, and conceptual skills towards motivating proactive leadership roles to promote green growth [69,70,76].…”

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Identification of Water Pollution Sources for Better Langat River Basin Management in Malaysia

Ahmed

Mokhtar

Lim

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The shutdown of drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs) at the Langat River Basin, Malaysia, which provides drinking water to almost one-third population in the basin, is very frequent, especially due to chemical pollution in the river. This study explored the pollution sources in the Langat River based on eight specific water intake points of the respective DWTPs to suggest an integrated river basin management (IRBM). Analysis of Al (250.26 ± 189.24 µg/L), As (1.65 ± 0.93 µg/L), Cd (1.22 ± 0.88 µg/L), Cr (0.47 ± 0.27 µg/L), and Pb (9.99 ± 5.38 µg/L) by ICP-MS following the Chelex® 100 column resin ion exchange method found that the mean concentrations except Al were within the water quality standard of the Ministry of Health (MOH) as well as the Dept. of Environment (DOE) Malaysia. However, the determined water quality index based on physicochemical parameters (2005–2015) at the midstream of Langat River was Class III, which needs substantial treatment before drinking. The linear regression model of Al, As, Cd, and Pb suggests that water quality parameters are significantly influencing the increase or decrease in these metal concentrations. Moreover, the principal component analysis (PCA) and the hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) also support the regression models that the sources of pollution are both natural and man-made activities, and these pollution sources can be clustered into two categories, i.e., upstream (category 1) and mid to downstream (category 2) in the Langat River. The degraded water quality in the midstream compared to up and downstream of the river is mainly due to human activities apart from the natural weathering of minerals. Therefore, the implementation of policies should be effective at the local level for pollution management, especially via the proactive leadership roles of local government for this transboundary Langat River to benefit from IRBM.

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Leadership Roles for Sustainable Development: The Case of a Malaysian Green Hotel

Cited by 27 publications

References 83 publications

Sustainable Tourism Policy, Destination Management and Sustainable Tourism Development: A Moderated-Mediation Model

Sustainable Tourism Policy, Destination Management and Sustainable Tourism Development: A Moderated-Mediation Model

A Conceptual Framework Proposal Regarding the Engagement of Hotels in the Modern Fight against Unsustainable Food Practices

Identification of Water Pollution Sources for Better Langat River Basin Management in Malaysia

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