This study examined how employees of the hotel industry perceived green practices. Data was collected from 220 employees working in eight green certified hotels in Orlando. Research results revealed that performance levels of green practices implemented by hotels were lower than the importance levels of those same green practices as perceived by hotel employees. The results of the study illustrated that (1) the employees' perception regarding green practices was not different than one of hoteliers in terms of importance and performance, and (2) employees weighted the green practices that were beneficial to them as more important than green practices that required their behavior change. Also, a positive correlation between organizational commitment and green practices detected in this study which suggests that hotel organizations may anticipate positive ramifications of green practices in relation to HR approach when they embrace green practices. Unfortunately, employees' green perceptions at work were not generalized by their demographic characteristics, yet a number of considerable results were garnered from this study. These were (1) employees in operational departments were more green conscious than employees in other departments, (2) generation X was critical about green performance by the hotels, and (3) minorities showed more green concerns than other ethnicities. This study suggests that hotels need to spend more time and effort in communicating their green practice to employees. Training to improve green practices should be versatile and job-specific with strategies developed to motivate the employees to engage in green practices. Overall, this study proposes for hotels simply deploying green practices is not enough. They should carefully plan their green practices by training and motivating employees.

Este trabalho teve por finalidade analisar a importância e a qualidade percebida (desempenho) de determinados atributos, em serviços de atendimento secundário em saúde, sob a ótica de seus pacientes, visando gerar subsídios para aprovação e elaboração do planejamento estratégico e de orçamentos (investimentos) de seus serviços. O estudo foi realizado no Ambulatório Central (Amce) da Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), que tem sido um ponto de apoio à população caxiense e da região na prestação de serviços nas áreas da saúde, incluindo medicina, enfermagem, psicologia, fisioterapia, nutrição e serviço social. Foi realizada uma pesquisa quantitativa com a utilização de questionários distribuídos aos pacientes em três fases do serviço do Amce (fase A - recepção e atendimento clínico, fase B realização do exame e fase C resultado do exame e revisão da consulta). As principais variáveis investigadas incluem: a facilidade de acesso ao Amce, recepção e sala de espera, estrutura física e funcional, atendimento pelo profissional da saúde, confiança na própria recuperação, aceitação de atendimento por profissional da saúde junto com alunos, tempo de espera para ser atendido e propensão para indicar o Amce a outras pessoas. Os dados foram analisados por intermédio de uma matriz importância versus desempenho, sendo que todos os construtos permaneceram no quadrante superior direito (quadrante B), para o qual é sugerido que se mantenha o bom serviço. Foram realizadas análises estatísticas adicionais, as quais mostraram que as principais variáveis em estudo apresentaram diferenças significativas entre suas médias. Com análise dos resultados foi possível detectar que há um espaço para a realização de melhorias nos serviços prestados no desempenho dos serviços ambulatoriais. / Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-05-22T18:03:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Alexandre Calcagnotto.pdf: 655666 bytes, checksum: f4d497bb79461c6e26d6afc396ec2fce (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-05-22T18:03:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Alexandre Calcagnotto.pdf: 655666 bytes, checksum: f4d497bb79461c6e26d6afc396ec2fce (MD5) / The aim of this work was to measure the importance and the quality of some specific topics (performance) offered by a secondary health care Out-patient Clinic as perceived by the patients. It had the purpose of generating data that can help to develop strategic planning to manage the clinical services. This study was carried out at the Central Out-patient Clinic (Amce) of the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS). The Amce has been playing an important role in providing health care (medicine, nursing, psychology, physiotherapy, nutrition and social service) to the population of Caxias do Sul and neighborhood areas. To implement this study a quantitative research was performed, giving a questionnaire to a sample of patients of Amce (Phase A reception and clinical assistance, phase B - carrying out of complementary exams and phase C exams results and clinical follow up). The key variables of the study included: accessibility to the Amce, reception and waiting room, building conditions, behavior of the healthcare professional, confidence on the self-recovery, acceptance to be treated by a healthcare professional and students together, quickness to handle pacient´s demands, and readiness to indicate Amce services to other people. The data was analyzed by using a matrix method correlating importance versus performance. Additional statistical analyses were carried out, which indicated significant differences between means of the main research variables. With this study it was possible to verify that the importance and performance had relevant results. Therefore, the Acme may have room to improve the rendering of health care services.

Este trabalho teve por finalidade analisar a importância e a qualidade percebida (desempenho) de determinados atributos, em serviços de atendimento secundário em saúde, sob a ótica de seus pacientes, visando gerar subsídios para aprovação e elaboração do planejamento estratégico e de orçamentos (investimentos) de seus serviços. O estudo foi realizado no Ambulatório Central (Amce) da Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), que tem sido um ponto de apoio à população caxiense e da região na prestação de serviços nas áreas da saúde, incluindo medicina, enfermagem, psicologia, fisioterapia, nutrição e serviço social. Foi realizada uma pesquisa quantitativa com a utilização de questionários distribuídos aos pacientes em três fases do serviço do Amce (fase A - recepção e atendimento clínico, fase B realização do exame e fase C resultado do exame e revisão da consulta). As principais variáveis investigadas incluem: a facilidade de acesso ao Amce, recepção e sala de espera, estrutura física e funcional, atendimento pelo profissional da saúde, confiança na própria recuperação, aceitação de atendimento por profissional da saúde junto com alunos, tempo de espera para ser atendido e propensão para indicar o Amce a outras pessoas. Os dados foram analisados por intermédio de uma matriz importância versus desempenho, sendo que todos os construtos permaneceram no quadrante superior direito (quadrante B), para o qual é sugerido que se mantenha o bom serviço. Foram realizadas análises estatísticas adicionais, as quais mostraram que as principais variáveis em estudo apresentaram diferenças significativas entre suas médias. Com análise dos resultados foi possível detectar que há um espaço para a realização de melhorias nos serviços prestados no desempenho dos serviços ambulatoriais. / The aim of this work was to measure the importance and the quality of some specific topics (performance) offered by a secondary health care Out-patient Clinic as perceived by the patients. It had the purpose of generating data that can help to develop strategic planning to manage the clinical services. This study was carried out at the Central Out-patient Clinic (Amce) of the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS). The Amce has been playing an important role in providing health care (medicine, nursing, psychology, physiotherapy, nutrition and social service) to the population of Caxias do Sul and neighborhood areas. To implement this study a quantitative research was performed, giving a questionnaire to a sample of patients of Amce (Phase A reception and clinical assistance, phase B - carrying out of complementary exams and phase C exams results and clinical follow up). The key variables of the study included: accessibility to the Amce, reception and waiting room, building conditions, behavior of the healthcare professional, confidence on the self-recovery, acceptance to be treated by a healthcare professional and students together, quickness to handle pacient´s demands, and readiness to indicate Amce services to other people. The data was analyzed by using a matrix method correlating importance versus performance. Additional statistical analyses were carried out, which indicated significant differences between means of the main research variables. With this study it was possible to verify that the importance and performance had relevant results. Therefore, the Acme may have room to improve the rendering of health care services.