Greening minds before businesses: navigating SDGs hurdles for micro and small hotels in Saudi Arabia
This study explores the challenges that face micro and small hotels (MSHs) in their green transformation and meeting the UNSDGs. It explores strategies that should be undertaken by MSHs to mitigate such challenges and align their practices with UNSDGs. To achieve this purpose, a phenomenological res...
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| author | Abu Elnasr E. Sobaih Ahmed H. Abdou Hareth Z. Alshamayleh Ali Saleh Alshebami Ahmed E. Abu Elnasr |
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| description | This study explores the challenges that face micro and small hotels (MSHs) in their green transformation and meeting the UNSDGs. It explores strategies that should be undertaken by MSHs to mitigate such challenges and align their practices with UNSDGs. To achieve this purpose, a phenomenological research approach was adopted with an interpretive research paradigm using in-depth interviews were undertaken with 42 owners/managers of MSHs in Saudi Arabia. The findings of thematic data indicated several challenges that are categorized broadly under external challenges, resources and owners/managers’ perceptions and attitudes. Challenges are associated with each other and have many sub-associated challenges. These sub-challenges are connected to owners/managers’ erroneous assumptions about green transformation that require high financial capital and resources. They believe that their businesses have no or limited negative impact on the environment. The research stresses the need for greening owners/managers’ minds first to ensure successful green transformation of businesses. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-39bf1ae9606f40189e6febe9e98ee5852025-02-04T13:21:37ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Business & Management2331-19752025-12-0112110.1080/23311975.2025.2459325Greening minds before businesses: navigating SDGs hurdles for micro and small hotels in Saudi ArabiaAbu Elnasr E. Sobaih0Ahmed H. Abdou1Hareth Z. Alshamayleh2Ali Saleh Alshebami3Ahmed E. Abu Elnasr4Management Department, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al‐Ahsa, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Social Sciences, College of Arts, King Faisal University, Al‐Ahsa, Saudi ArabiaFaculty of Business Studies, Arab Open University, Riyad, Saudi ArabiaApplied College, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi ArabiaHigher Institute for Specific Studies, Future Academy, Cairo, EgyptThis study explores the challenges that face micro and small hotels (MSHs) in their green transformation and meeting the UNSDGs. It explores strategies that should be undertaken by MSHs to mitigate such challenges and align their practices with UNSDGs. To achieve this purpose, a phenomenological research approach was adopted with an interpretive research paradigm using in-depth interviews were undertaken with 42 owners/managers of MSHs in Saudi Arabia. The findings of thematic data indicated several challenges that are categorized broadly under external challenges, resources and owners/managers’ perceptions and attitudes. Challenges are associated with each other and have many sub-associated challenges. These sub-challenges are connected to owners/managers’ erroneous assumptions about green transformation that require high financial capital and resources. They believe that their businesses have no or limited negative impact on the environment. The research stresses the need for greening owners/managers’ minds first to ensure successful green transformation of businesses.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311975.2025.2459325Green businessgreen economygreen mindsmicro and small hotels (MSHs)Saudi Arabiasustainable tourism development |
| spellingShingle | Abu Elnasr E. Sobaih Ahmed H. Abdou Hareth Z. Alshamayleh Ali Saleh Alshebami Ahmed E. Abu Elnasr Greening minds before businesses: navigating SDGs hurdles for micro and small hotels in Saudi Arabia Cogent Business & Management Green business green economy green minds micro and small hotels (MSHs) Saudi Arabia sustainable tourism development |
| title | Greening minds before businesses: navigating SDGs hurdles for micro and small hotels in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | Greening minds before businesses: navigating SDGs hurdles for micro and small hotels in Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | Greening minds before businesses: navigating SDGs hurdles for micro and small hotels in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Greening minds before businesses: navigating SDGs hurdles for micro and small hotels in Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | Greening minds before businesses: navigating SDGs hurdles for micro and small hotels in Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | greening minds before businesses navigating sdgs hurdles for micro and small hotels in saudi arabia |
| topic | Green business green economy green minds micro and small hotels (MSHs) Saudi Arabia sustainable tourism development |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311975.2025.2459325 |
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