{"title":"Tricked into booking? The hidden influence of dark patterns on boutique hotel bookings","authors":"Hwijin Baldick , SooCheong (Shawn) Jang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104304","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104304","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite the widespread use of deceptive dark patterns by online travel agencies (OTAs) in the hospitality industry, research on their impact on booking boutique hotel rooms remains limited. Consumers who choose boutique hotels generally have higher expectations for their experiences, making them particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of dark patterns. This study investigates how exposure to varying levels of dark patterns (high vs. low) affects trust, distrust, booking intentions, and the willingness to postpone booking when using OTAs for a boutique hotel room. Additionally, the moderating effects of manipulation literacy (high vs. low) and trip purpose (hedonic vs. utilitarian) are analyzed. A between-subjects experimental design, featuring OTA images and scenarios, was employed to test the hypotheses across four experimental studies. The findings provide valuable insights for designing and selecting OTAs to enhance trust and booking intentions among boutique hotel consumers while mitigating distrust and postponement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"131 ","pages":"Article 104304"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144212648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pankaj C. Patel , Marcus T. Wolfe , Daniel A. Lerner , Markus Fitza
{"title":"Self-employment, perceived ageism, and stress among older adults","authors":"Pankaj C. Patel , Marcus T. Wolfe , Daniel A. Lerner , Markus Fitza","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115495","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115495","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We draw on the Conservation of Resources Theory of work and four studies based on self-reports and biomarkers to assess differences in psychological well-being between employed and self-employed senior individuals. Results of our study indicated that self-employed individuals over 50 report lower stress during work-related activity and lower biomarker-based stress levels at bedtime. Furthermore, we show that when compared to employed senior individuals, perceived ageism leads to less psychological distress among self-employed senior individuals. Additionally, we find that work enjoyment, but not work absorption or intrinsic work motivation, buffered the negative relationship between perceived ageism and psychological distress. The protective effect of work enjoyment was stronger among self-employed senior individuals compared to employed senior individuals. Our research holds implications for the development of interventions and work engagements that can help to promote mental health and well-being in senior working individuals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"199 ","pages":"Article 115495"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144212804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The interactive effects of professionalism and politicization: why professional standards and political control mix like oil and water","authors":"Anmol Soni, Evan Mistur, M. Blake Emidy","doi":"10.1080/14719037.2025.2513488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2025.2513488","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20785,"journal":{"name":"Public Management Review","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144219074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexander Sokolov , Anna Grebenyuk , Kuniko Urashima
{"title":"Biases in expert judgements in large-scale S&T Delphi Surveys: How to cope with them?","authors":"Alexander Sokolov , Anna Grebenyuk , Kuniko Urashima","doi":"10.1016/j.techfore.2025.124223","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techfore.2025.124223","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>When preparing to a new large-scale science and technology (S&T) Foresight study we decided to analyse available previous Delphi surveys in order to assess the results they achieve. The most important issue for us was how to avoid biases in expert judgements, in particular related to reaching convergence in the second round of the survey compared to the first round. This article presents the results, which turned out to be unexpected for us.</div><div>The paper is devoted to analyzing the key characteristics of the Delphi method used in large-scale S&T Foresight studies. It provides insight into the major features of the method, its strong and weak points. A closer analysis is paid to potential constraints of using the Delphi method related to expert judgement biases and approaches to cope with them. There were identified three major groups of typical biases in expert judgements in Delphi studies; for each of them a number of approaches proposed to minimize the biases.</div><div>Based on analysis of five large-scale national S&T Delphi surveys (conducted in Japan, Germany, UK, and Russia), it was shown that there is a systemic bias in judgements given by experts in their assessment of importance of topics in the second round compared to the first round. It is also shown that in most cases the variance of expert's judgements in the second round of the survey is higher than in the first round, which means that the second round both gives a systemic bias of judgements and in general does not lead to convergence of expert opinions. It leads to a discussion on the approaches and practical instruments, which can increase the quality of Delphi outputs and make them more useful for policy-making.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48454,"journal":{"name":"Technological Forecasting and Social Change","volume":"218 ","pages":"Article 124223"},"PeriodicalIF":12.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144204030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xinyuan Zhang , Yanling Wang , Feng Li , Yuanyuan Li , Xiangju Meng
{"title":"Frontline hotel employees’ job crafting: Scale development","authors":"Xinyuan Zhang , Yanling Wang , Feng Li , Yuanyuan Li , Xiangju Meng","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104295","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104295","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As an employee-initiated proactive behavior where they adjust their job boundaries, job crafting significantly influences organizations’ service quality, customer loyalty, and employee satisfaction in the hospitality industry. This study grounded in the frequent interactions between frontline hotel employees and customers, positing that the job crafting undertaken by these employees differs from that of traditional administrative and productive employees. As a result, a job crafting scale specifically tailored to frontline hotel employees has been developed in this study, aptly named frontline hotel employees’ job crafting scale (FHLE's JCS). This scale comprises 18 items which were carefully organized into three distinct dimensions: relational crafting, cognitive crafting, and task crafting. The three dimensions each underscore specific aspects of frontline hotel employees' job characteristics: enhancing customer relationships, acknowledging the value of service work, and enhancing customer service skills. In aggregate, this research forges a fresh avenue for advancing the refinement of job crafting studies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"131 ","pages":"Article 104295"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144204186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acknowledging the Contribution of Reviewers","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/ijmr.12405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12405","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48326,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Management Reviews","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144219147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘We need to play safe’: SME internationalization in a munificent environment","authors":"Heba Younis , Joanna Karmowska","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115493","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115493","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In response to the calls for better understanding of the impact of the non-Western business environment on business, this article explains how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) respond to resource-abundant rather than the more usually studied resource-constrained conditions. The evidence from six SMEs in Qatar exposes the role of a munificent environment in enabling SMEs’ early and proactive internationalization. We also explain that SMEs in this munificent national context follow ‘constrained internationalization’ trajectories because of concerns over risk and the potential of jeopardising and losing the benefits drawn from the home country incentives. The work contributes to the current understanding of the role of context in SME internationalization and outlines implications for management practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"199 ","pages":"Article 115493"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144203477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Developing employability digital competencies of Thai Gen Z business students: The role and matter of digital learning environments and digital adaptation skills","authors":"Narinthon Imjai , Suchart Chansamran , Sirinthra Sungthong , Berto Usman , Somnuk Aujirapongpan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijme.2025.101219","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijme.2025.101219","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the relationships among the digital learning environment (i.e., learning management systems e.g., Moodle, Google Classroom, virtual collaboration tools e.g., Zoom, Padlet), digital adaptation skills, and employability digital competencies among Generation Z business students in Thailand. Data were collected using convenience sampling from 445 Thai Gen Z business students via online questionnaires. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was employed to analyze the collected data. Results indicate that the digital learning environment significantly and positively impacts digital mindset, digital adaptation skills, and employability digital competencies. Such skills are not only desirable traits but also enablers of sustained employability, as they equip individuals to thrive amid rapid digital transformation and evolving industry demands. Additionally, indirect effects were observed from the digital learning environment to employability digital competencies through digital mindset and digital adaptation skills. These findings highlight the importance of enhancing the quality of digital learning environments to foster digital skills and enhance the competitiveness of Generation Z students in the future digital labor market. Apart from that, the empirical results imply that to foster employability, educational policies should emphasize not just digital access, but also pedagogical approaches that cultivate adaptive digital mindsets and broad-based digital skills among learners.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47191,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Management Education","volume":"23 3","pages":"Article 101219"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144204261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disclosure versus external certification: Evidence from the SEC vote waiver policy for PIPE’s during COVID 19","authors":"Miles Gietzmann, Claudia Imperatore","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2025.107320","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2025.107320","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates how publicly listed firms can raise new funding when voluntary disclosure is limited. Specifically, we investigate whether sophisticated expert investors can act as a source of information and how they can be incentivized to put “skin in the game” to signal their private information. We address our question in the setting of private investment in public equity (PIPE) offerings by inspecting whether PIPE issuance provides an additional source of information in the information valuation game. In the PIPE setting, knowledgeable expert institutional investors buy unregistered stock in a limited firm disclosure environment. Such purchases can act as a certification signal, reducing other investors’ uncertainty. However, we argue that the identification of such certification effect is hindered by potential selection issues as large PIPEs require the approval of incumbent shareholders who may vote against such issuances that dilute their interest. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the SEC facilitated companies’ PIPE issuance by relaxing previously necessary shareholder voting requirements. We use this change, where incumbent shareholders could no longer block large PIPEs, to uncover the presence and magnitude of a certification effect. We document that PIPE funding can provide a positive certification signal in settings with reduced possibilities for voluntary disclosure. In this way, we identify another information channel that may attenuate information frictions in high informational asymmetry environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting and Public Policy","volume":"52 ","pages":"Article 107320"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144205024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}