Green Leadership and Sustainable Corporate Performance in Coastal Tourism

Andi Sylvana; Murtiadi Awaluddin; Muhammad Adam Sudariyanto

doi:10.24252/minds.v13i3.64786

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Vol. 13 No. 3 (2026): December

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Green Leadership and Sustainable Corporate Performance in Coastal Tourism

https://doi.org/10.24252/minds.v13i3.64786

Andi Sylvana

Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia

Murtiadi Awaluddin

Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar, Indonesia

Muhammad Adam Sudariyanto

Unversitas Terbuka, Indonesia

Corresponding Author(s) : Murtiadi Awaluddin

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Jurnal Minds: Manajemen Ide dan Inspirasi, Vol. 13 No. 3 (2026): December
Article Published : 9 October 2026

Abstract

This study explains how green leadership becomes sustainable organizational practice in environmentally sensitive coastal tourism settings. It contributes a context-sensitive mechanism in which leadership translates ecological values, green organizational culture stabilizes them as routines, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior for the Environment enacts them through voluntary practice. A qualitative multiple-case study examined five destinations in Eastern Indonesia through focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, document analysis, and cross-case thematic comparison involving nine key informants. The findings show that resource availability, community participation, and environmental governance shape whether leadership values become durable organizational practices. Environmental actions provide the strongest evidence, while their economic and social performance implications remain perceived rather than objectively verified. The proposed Contextualized Green Leadership Ecosystem is therefore an interpretive framework, not a validated dynamic model. Coastal tourism managers should align leadership, cultural routines, and employee initiative with local ecological and institutional constraints.

Keywords

Halal Tourism Muslim-Friendly Tourism Facilities Tourism Service Quality Government Support Tourist Visit Intensity

Sylvana, A., Awaluddin, M., & Sudariyanto, M. A. (2026). Green Leadership and Sustainable Corporate Performance in Coastal Tourism. Jurnal Minds: Manajemen Ide Dan Inspirasi, 13(3), 641–650. https://doi.org/10.24252/minds.v13i3.64786

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Eisenhardt, K. M. (2021). What is the Eisenhardt Method, really? Strategic Organization, 19(1), 147–160. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476127020982866

Font, X., & Lynes, J. (2018). Corporate social responsibility in tourism and hospitality. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 26(7), 1027–1042. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2018.1488856

Font, X., & McCabe, S. (2017). Sustainability and marketing in tourism: Its contexts, paradoxes, approaches, challenges and potential. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 25(7), 869–883. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2017.1301721

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Kim, Y. J., Kim, W. G., Choi, H.-M., & Phetvaroon, K. (2019). The effect of green human resource management on hotel employees’ eco-friendly behavior and environmental performance. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 76, 83–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2018.04.007

Lenzen, M., Sun, Y.-Y., Faturay, F., Ting, Y.-P., Geschke, A., & Malik, A. (2018). The carbon footprint of global tourism. Nature Climate Change, 8(6), 522–528. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0141-x

Luu, T. T. (2019). Green human resource practices and organizational citizenship behavior for the environment: The roles of collective green crafting and environmentally specific servant leadership. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 27(8), 1167–1196. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2019.1601731

Luu, T. T. (2020). Integrating green strategy and green human resource practices to trigger individual and organizational green performance: The role of environmentally-specific servant leadership. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 28(8), 1193–1222. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2020.1729165

Norton, T. A., Zacher, H., Parker, S. L., & Ashkanasy, N. M. (2017). Bridging the gap between green behavioral intentions and employee green behavior: The role of green psychological climate. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 38(7), 996–1015. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2178