Exploring the Energy and Carbon Literacy Structure for Hospitality and Tourism Practitioners: Evidence from Hotel Employees in Taiwan

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 451-468

  Teng, Chih Ching ^a   Horng, Jeou Shyan ^b,d   Hu, Meng Lei Monica ^c   Chen, Pei Chun ^a  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DE LIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c JINWEN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

carbon reduction; energy and carbon literacy; energy conservation; environmental behavior; hospitality and tourism industry

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LEISURE INDUSTRY; TOURISM;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84896699466     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: 17416507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2013.764336     Document Type: Article

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