Green Human Resource Management and Employee Retention in the Hotel Industry of UAE: The Mediating Effect of Green Innovation

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Dear authors, thanks for submitting your manuscript entitled Green Human Resource Management and Employee Retention in the Hotel Industry of UAE; the Mediating Effect of Green Innovation. As a result of the review the following recommendations are given:

Abstract: the importance of the analysis should be stated clearly;

the data collection process should be explained in detail;

the empirical results should be presented;

the main contributions and applications of received results should be clearly stated.

Conclusions: conclusions are not supported by obtained results;

the usage of references is not recommended in conclusions as they show the findings received by the authors;

it is not clear how the following statement is related to the Green Innovation:

"it is essential that hotels and their HR departments implement strategies that are directed towards retaining employees while providing them with the necessary means to improve and shine in their roles. "

Contributions and implementation are poorly presented and the findings do not expand the existing literature as plenty of similar studies were done, in this regard, the authors are encouraged to expand their conceptual model by adding additional research questions/hypotheses;

in summary, this manuscript can be reviewed after major corrections made by the authors.

 

 

Author Response

Abstract: the importance of the analysis should be stated clearly;

Response: it has been added to the abstract.

the data collection process should be explained in detail;

Response: it has been revised

the empirical results should be presented;

Response: it has been revised

the main contributions and applications of received results should be clearly stated.

Response: it has been added to the conclusion section.

Conclusions: conclusions are not supported by obtained results;

Response: it has been revised

the usage of references is not recommended in conclusions as they show the findings received by the authors;

Response: it has been revised

 

it is not clear how the following statement is related to the Green Innovation:

 

"it is essential that hotels and their HR departments implement strategies that are directed towards retaining employees while providing them with the necessary means to improve and shine in their roles. "

Response: it has been revised

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

1.       What is the purpose of the research? I am not sure. How and why you choose SET and AMO in this research?

2.       Format and translation errors were detected, especially in REFERENCE part. Check it, please.

3.       Regarding the method, how do you select research data? Need more information about this.

4.       Analysis part is very poor. There is lack many process and information.

5.       The discussion was poor. It should be expanded with more research. And what is the THEORETICAL implications and PRACTICAL implications?

6.       Some relative references suggest：

Wu, T. J., Zhang, R. X., & Li, J. M. (2023). How does goal orientation fuel hotel employees’ innovative behaviors? A cross-level investigation. Current Psychology, 42(27), 23385-23399.

Wu, T. J., Yuan, K. S., Yen, D. C., & Xu, T. (2019). Building up resources in the relationship between work–family conflict and burnout among firefighters: Moderators of guanxi and emotion regulation strategies. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 28(3), 430-441.

Shaikh, F., Afshan, G., & Channa, K. A. (2023). Organizational commitment to sustainability: considering the role of leadership, green HRM and green knowledge sharing. Journal of Organizational Change Management, (ahead-of-print).

Bakari, H., Patel, T., Habeeb, Y. O., & Metwally, D. (2024). Beware! Green skepticism hampers the effects of Green HRM on OCB environment and green hotel performance. Current Psychology, 1-16.

Comments on the Quality of English Language

 English very difficult to understand/incomprehensible

Author Response

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

1. What is the purpose of the research? I am not sure. How and why you choose SET and AMO in this research?

Response: it has been revised

 

2. Format and translation errors were detected, especially in REFERENCE part. Check it, please.

Response: we have revised the references, please elaborate on the translation issue?

3. Regarding the method, how do you select research data? Need more information about this.

Response; it has been added to the sampling section.

4. Analysis part is very poor. There is lack many process and information.

Response: according to the recommendations of Hair et al. (2017, 2019, 2021) the results of PLS-SEM analyses are based on a set criteria which has been presented in the current analysis. Please inform us of what exactly has been missed from the analysis?

5. The discussion was poor. It should be expanded with more research. And what is the THEORETICAL implications and PRACTICAL implications?

Response: The conclusion section has been revised, and there are both implications (theoretical and practical).

6. Some relative references suggest：

Response: we have included the most relevant ones from the listed references, and we highly appreciate your recommendation and concerns regarding our manuscript.

Wu, T. J., Zhang, R. X., & Li, J. M. (2023). How does goal orientation fuel hotel employees’ innovative behaviors? A cross-level investigation. Current Psychology, 42(27), 23385-23399.

 

Wu, T. J., Yuan, K. S., Yen, D. C., & Xu, T. (2019). Building up resources in the relationship between work–family conflict and burnout among firefighters: Moderators of guanxi and emotion regulation strategies. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 28(3), 430-441.

 

Shaikh, F., Afshan, G., & Channa, K. A. (2023). Organizational commitment to sustainability: considering the role of leadership, green HRM and green knowledge sharing. Journal of Organizational Change Management, (ahead-of-print).

 

Bakari, H., Patel, T., Habeeb, Y. O., & Metwally, D. (2024). Beware! Green skepticism hampers the effects of Green HRM on OCB environment and green hotel performance. Current Psychology, 1-16.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 3 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

This article appears to be a revised version for the second review. Most of the issues have been addressed, and with minor modifications, it should be acceptable for publication.

 

1.References must be numbered in order of appearance in the text (including table captions and figure legends) and listed individually at the end of the manuscript.

2.All references and citations must conform to Sustainability Standard. Please check the format of reference, some references need to be revised.

3.The author may consider conducting additional comparative analyses, such as comparing differences across genders or years of experience."

Comments on the Quality of English Language

Minor editing of English language required

Author Response

Dear reviewer, 

thank you for your relevant comments . you can find attached the revised manuscript based on your comments.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Thanks for submitting revised version of your manuscript. The paper can be recommended for publication as it is. 

Author Response

Dear reviewer,

First of all i want to thank you for the article acceptance.

you can find attached the revised manuscript.

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The author need to improve their theroetical implications.

Comments on the Quality of English Language

Moderate editing of English language required

Author Response

Dear reviewer,

First of all i want to thank you for your relevant comments.

you can find attached the revised manuscript based on your comments .