{"title":"Human-robot collaboration and planned resilience for the financial and environmental success of green hotels","authors":"Foad Irani","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104091","url":null,"abstract":"The study intends to investigate the impact of deploying human-robot collaboration through planned resilience to enhance the financial and environmental performances of green hotels operating in Turkey. The study investigates the conceptual model using the Dynamic Capabilities Theory. Data collected from 490 full-time employees of all green hotels operating in Turkey through convenience sampling method. The evaluation of the measurement model and examination of the structural model carried out using a two-step approach. The data examined utilizing SPSS 25 and AMOS 24. The paper has made a significant contribution by addressing gaps in existing theories and establishing connections between innovative leadership, human-robot collaboration, and specific aspects of resilience, particularly planned resilience. Outcomes revealed planned resilience as a mediator implies a long-term perspective on sustainability. Green hotels that invest in both human-robot collaboration and resilience planning are better positioned for long-term success because they are adaptable to changes and can weather a variety of obstacles over time.","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143049956","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 impact of industry network strength, centrality and heterogeneity on entrepreneurial performance in the hospitality and tourism: Perspectives on innovation and leadership","authors":"Haiyang Su, Simin Li, Tong Wen, Yi Liang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104088","url":null,"abstract":"Unlike previous research that focused on the influence of kinship networks, the importance of industry networks in fostering hospitality and tourism entrepreneurship, as well as sustainable development, has become increasingly important. This study, grounded in social network theory, utilizes SPSS to analyze data from 420 small hotel and tourism entrepreneurs. Through hierarchical multiple regression, it explores the direct impact of industry network characteristics on entrepreneurial performance, and further examines the mediating role of innovative behavior and the moderating role of leadership self-efficacy. The results show that network centrality and heterogeneity positively affect performance, while the effect of network strength is statistically non-significant. Innovative behavior mediates the relationship between network centrality, heterogeneity, and performance. Lastly, leadership self-efficacy either positively moderates the correlation between network centrality and performance or alters the previously non-significant relationship between network strength and innovative behavior. Theoretical and practical implications are also discussed in this context.","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143049930","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}
Cecilia Bartaloni, Linda Osti, Charles Frederick Hofacker
{"title":"Unpacking the affective dimension of memorable hospitality experiences","authors":"Cecilia Bartaloni, Linda Osti, Charles Frederick Hofacker","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104083","url":null,"abstract":"Memorable experiences have received considerable attention in tourism research. Yet, there is a lack of a consensus among scholars regarding the elements within the servicescape that contribute to the creation of memorable experiences. Based on this research gap, the present study aims at understanding which elements within the servicescape have a greater impact on guests’ emotions when recalling memorable hotel experiences. A sample of one thousand Italian consumers were asked to share their memories regarding positive, and negative memorable hotel experiences, which were later analyzed with a mixed-research approach. The response rate of the survey was 100 %, however 256 responses were discarded during the qualitative analysis because they did not contain any information related to the accommodation. The recollection of negative emotions in memorable experiences appears to be affected by the physical and social dimension of the service environment and influenced by the fading affect bias.","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143050029","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":"Shaping the future of sustainable dining in the US: Marketing insect-based food using degree of visibility and consumer adventurousness","authors":"Jinha Lee, Woo Gon Kim, Kavitha Haldorai","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104108","url":null,"abstract":"Insect-based food has been promoted as one of the most promising sustainable foods for more than a decade, but it still remains novel for the majority of Western consumers. Drawing upon theories of disgust, value-attitude-behavior, and reasoned action, this study investigates the pathways from perceived values of insect-based food to behavioral intention through a moderated serial mediation model. The results show that healthiness and sustainability are positive values and disgust is a negative value in predicting consumer acceptance and willingness to consume. More importantly, the findings reveal the effectiveness of invisible edible insects in food in reducing the negative impact of disgust on expected sensory liking and on subsequent indirect paths, and the positive influence of consumer adventurousness as a moderator. This study highlights the key influences on insect-based food acceptance and how they should be strategized to successfully market it to U.S. consumers.","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143049957","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":"Is someone listening to me? A topic modeling approach using guided LDA for exploring hospitality value proposition through online employee reviews","authors":"Yejia Guo, Baker Ayoun, Sidi Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104114","url":null,"abstract":"This study extends research on hospitality employee recruitment and retention by examining what employees are communicating through their online reviews. Centering on the Employee Value Propositions (EVPs) as a theoretical framework, the current study proposes that this industry presents distinct propositions that are valuable to employees but remain underexplored by earlier studies that tend to focus on presumptive knowledge. Using topic modeling techniques, including Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) and Guided LDA, the authors analyzed 19,488 unstructured employee reviews from Glassdoor.com. The findings confirmed that interactions with colleagues and other individuals in the workplace play a significant role in shaping employees' satisfaction or dissatisfaction with their hospitality jobs. In addition, the findings reveal that the diverse set of benefits, such as complementary travel and hospitality products, can become important economic values in hospitality positions, sometimes overcoming the weakness of low pay in salary. Altogether, the research illuminates how EVP can be understood by hospitality researchers and ultimately implemented by practitioners.","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"116 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143049958","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}
Francisco Liébana-Cabanillas, María Eugenia Rodríguez-López, Ghazanfar Ali Abbasi, Elena Higueras-Castillo
{"title":"A behavioral study of food delivery service by drones: Insights from urban and rural consumers","authors":"Francisco Liébana-Cabanillas, María Eugenia Rodríguez-López, Ghazanfar Ali Abbasi, Elena Higueras-Castillo","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104098","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to analyze the current state and scope of drone food delivery services, exploring the factors that influence the intention to use and how these vary between urban and rural consumers. By utilizing the Goal-Directed Behavior Model and Social Cognitive Theory, the adoption of this emerging technology in different geographical contexts is examined, thereby providing a detailed understanding of its practical and theoretical implications. To meet the objectives, a company specializing in market analysis was contracted. A total of 302 valid responses were collected. The results confirm the importance of knowledge, intrinsic motivation, and Attitude as antecedents of intention, but discarding willingness to pay more. In addition, the existing differences between users living in rural and urban areas were verified, highlighting the greater importance that users in rural areas confer to the relationships proposed in the general model. The results obtained in the present study serve to expand and improve scientific literature on the analysis of the antecedents of the adoption of food delivery service by drone and the definition of strategies by stakeholders.","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143049960","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":"An eye for an eye: Exploring how human-robot service attributes affect customers’ negative electronic word-of-mouth","authors":"Xinhua Guan, Lu Zhang, Xin Liu, Qiangqiang Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104104","url":null,"abstract":"The integration of artificial intelligence and robotics has revolutionized the hospitality industry, significantly influencing customer cognition, emotion and behavior. However, the impact mechanism of robotic service failures warrants further investigation. This research explores the relationship between human-robot service attributes and customers’ negative electronic word-of-mouth (e-WOM). A mixed-method research design was adopted. Study 1 employs a content analysis with 219 negative online reviews whereas Study 2 conducts a combined online and offline questionnaire survey of 575 customers who have experienced robotic services. Results indicate that incompetence of robots and social loafing of employees both positively influence negative e-WOM by reducing perceived value and intensifying negative emotions. Higher levels of robot task interdependence enhance the negative impact of robot incompetence on perceived value. The research findings can effectively guide tourism and hospitality organizations to take measures to reduce negative e-WOM, especially in the context of robot services.","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"100 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990490","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":"Antecedents of restaurant franchisee switching and termination intentions","authors":"Shiwen Lu, Jiseon Ahn","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104101","url":null,"abstract":"With consideration for the increasing competition among franchise brands, this research empirically identifies the factors influencing franchisee switching and termination intentions in the franchise restaurant context based on the push-pull-mooring framework. A total of 179 responses was collected from restaurant franchisees in the United States and analyzed using partial least squares-structural equation modeling. The results revealed that franchisee dissatisfaction with the present brand influences both switching and termination intentions. The attractiveness of alternative brands and variety seeking characteristics of the franchisee also had impacts on switching intentions. Also, the multigroup analysis was conducted to examine the difference of franchisee behavior depending on the duration of operation. Perceived norms typically were not significant determinants of franchisee behavior, although they were significant among franchisees with short franchise operation. In contrast, variety seeking is an important factor of termination intention among franchisees with long-term relationships with their franchisors. Thus, this study extends our knowledge of franchisee behavior, facilitating formation of effective franchise strategies to maintain long-term relationships.","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990492","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":"Hospitality and Tourism Technology and Organizational Performance: An Integrated Framework of HTT Business Value and Future Research Agenda","authors":"Araceli Hernandez, Minwoo Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104092","url":null,"abstract":"Despite increased scholarly interest in the economic impacts of hospitality and tourism technology (HTT), scarce studies provide an overview of HTT’s effects on organizations’ performance, namely the business value of HTT. By reviewing the existing literature on the business value of HTT, the purpose of this study is to identify performance metrics used, strategic roles, and theories applied and to uncover potential gaps for future research agendas. Sixty-nine research articles were collected from top-tier journals and analyzed through content analysis. Results highlight the dominance of organizational performance over business process performance metrics, an organization/firm-level approach within hospitality, and a destination-level perspective in tourism literature. Findings also emphasize the study of HTT strategy in contrast with an aggregated HTT factor and the need for updated strategic roles of HTT. We discuss five critical topics for future research: digital transformation, HTT management/capability, co-creation through HTT, service innovation, and novel theorizing.","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990495","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":"Transforming spaces, shaping choices: The impact of room aesthetics on guest booking preferences","authors":"Luana Nanu, Veena Chattaraman, Imran Rahman","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104100","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the impact of hotel room design, in terms of innovativeness and typicality, on guests' booking intentions within the upper-midscale hotel sector in the United States. Drawing from the Pleasure-Interest Model of Aesthetic Liking and the Most Advanced Yet Acceptable (MAYA) principle, the research explores how design aesthetics influence consumer pleasure and interest, affecting booking intentions. The study also delves into the moderating effects of travel goals (hedonic vs. utilitarian) and travel expertise (high vs. low) on the relationships. Findings indicate that a balance between innovativeness and typicality in hotel room design fosters favorable booking intentions, especially when aligned with utilitarian travel goals. Moreover, travel expertise moderates the impact of room design on booking intentions, suggesting that experienced travelers exhibit a stronger preference for the MAYA principle. The results offer insights into the optimal design strategy for upper midscale hotels, emphasizing the significance of a harmonious blend of innovativeness and typicality to cater to guests' functional and aesthetic preferences.","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990494","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}