نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 دانشیار، گروه مدیریت بازرگانی، دانشگاه سمنان، ایران،

2 دانشجوی دکترا، مدیریت دولتی، دانشگاه سمنان، سمنان، ایران.

3 دانشجوی دکترا، مدیریت بازرگانی ، دانشگاه سمنان، سمنان، ایران.

چکیده

امرزه صنایع تولیدی و خدماتی در تلاش هستند تا در حوزه فعالیت خود جهت‌گیری سبز را در دستور کار داشته باشند. با این حال مفهوم سبزشویی نقطه مقابل جهت گیری سبز بوده و پژوهش پیش رو در نظر دارد تا مؤلفه‌های تشکیل دهنده این مفهوم را در صنعت هتلداری مورد بررسی قرار داده و راهکارهای مقابله با آن ارائه شود.تحقیق پیش رو رویکرد توسعه ای دارد و از تحلیل تم به منظور تحلیل داده ها استفاده شده است. خبرگان این پژوهش را تعداد 15 نفر از متخصصین امور هتلداری و بهداشت و سلامت تشکیل می دهند که به روش نمونه گیری هدفمند انتخاب شدند. همچنین ابزار گردآوری داده‌ها نیز مصاحبه نیمه‌ساختار یافته است. تحلیل داده ها نشان می دهد که سبزشویی در صنعت هتلداری شامل سبزشویی محیطی، سبزشویی اجتماعی، سبزشویی واژگانی، سبزشویی قانونی و سبزشویی غذایی است که باید ابزارهای دیجیتال و فرهنگ سازی عمومی با آن مقابله کرد.

کلیدواژه‌ها

موضوعات

عنوان مقاله [English]

Identification and explanation of instances of greenwashing in the Iranian hospitality industry

نویسندگان [English]

  • Mohsen Farhadinejad 1
  • Atiye Saberi 2
  • Mohammad Ebrahim Baghernezhad Hamze kolaie 3

1 Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, Semnan University, Iran.

2 PhD student, Public Administration, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.

3 PhD student, Business Administration, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.

چکیده [English]

Nowadays, manufacturing and service industries are trying to have a green orientation in their field of activity. However, the concept of greenwashing, which is a kind of mental deception of the audience, is the opposite of green orientation, and the upcoming research aims to examine the components of this concept in the hotel industry and provide solutions to deal with it. The current research has a developmental approach and theme analysis was determined as the method of data analysis. The experts of this research are 15 experts in hospitality and health matters, who were selected by purposeful sampling. Also, the data collection tool is a semi-structured interview. Data analysis shows that environmental greenwashing, social greenwashing, lexical greenwashing, legal greenwashing, and food greenwashing are the dimensions of the concept of greenwashing in the hotel industry. Also, with digital tools and the correct culture we can deal with greenwashing.
Introduction
Nowadays, manufacturing and service industries are trying to have a green orientation in their field of activity. However, the concept of greenwashing, a kind of mental deception of the audience, is the opposite of green orientation. The upcoming research aims to examine the components of this concept in the hotel industry and provide solutions to deal with it.
Materials and Methods
The present research has an exploratory approach in terms of its nature and a developmental approach in terms of its goal, and theme analysis was used to analyze the data. The experts of this research are 15 experts in hospitality and health matters, who were selected by purposeful sampling. Also, the data collection tool is a semi-structured interview.
Discussion and Results
Data analysis shows that environmental greenwashing, social greenwashing, lexical greenwashing, legal greenwashing, and food greenwashing are the dimensions of the concept of greenwashing in the hotel industry.
Conclusions
It is possible to deal with the phenomenon of greenwashing by using new digital tools, increasing public awareness,       and enacting restrictive laws.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Greenwashing
  • Hotel industry
  • Tourism industry
  • Green orientation
  • theme analysis method
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