Tourism ManagementPub Date : 2025-01-24DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105150
Robin Nunkoo, John Armbrecht
{"title":"What theory is and is not? The need for theorizing in tourism research","authors":"Robin Nunkoo, John Armbrecht","doi":"10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105150","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48469,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143031407","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}
Tourism ManagementPub Date : 2025-01-21DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105131
Amandeep Dhir, N. Meenakshi, Juan Luis Nicolau, Puneet Kaur
{"title":"Wokeness in tourism management: Perceptions, attributes, and consequences","authors":"Amandeep Dhir, N. Meenakshi, Juan Luis Nicolau, Puneet Kaur","doi":"10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105131","url":null,"abstract":"Recent media articles highlight the rise of wokeness measures in the tourism and hospitality industry. Although the wokeness perspectives of the organization and travelers have been examined in this industry, employee voice has largely been ignored. This study aims to examine the different perceptions, attributes, and consequences of wokeness in the tourism and hospitality industry from the perspective of employees. A longitudinal qualitative research approach was adopted in which data collection was done through three studies conducted over more than two years using the open-ended essay method. Critical race theory (CRT) was used to explain the data. Wokeness is perceived to be a processual phenomenon in which different sources of wokeness and extents of authenticity are present. The consequences of implementing wokeness measures in tourism and hospitality organizations suggest that wokeness can have advantages as well as disadvantages. The study furthers the understanding of wokeness in the tourism and hospitality industry by clearly elucidating the voice of the insiders in an organization – its employees. Wokeness is perceived to be a multi-dimensional phenomenon emanating from internal and external sources, which could be authentic or inauthentic and can have advantages and disadvantages. Management can utilize the insights to consider woke initiatives and practices to improve employee and customer experience.","PeriodicalId":48469,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management","volume":"114 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143031406","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}
Tourism ManagementPub Date : 2025-01-17DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105132
Xi Zhang, Xiaoxia Zhang, Sai Liang, Yang Yang, Rob Law
{"title":"Why restaurants survive? A perspective of word-of-mouth dispersion","authors":"Xi Zhang, Xiaoxia Zhang, Sai Liang, Yang Yang, Rob Law","doi":"10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105132","url":null,"abstract":"Survival represents a fundamental aspect of business development, particularly for small-sized businesses. This study introduces a comprehensive framework for examining the determinants of restaurant survival from the perspective of word-of-mouth dispersion. Utilizing data collected from Yelp, we analyzed a sample of 9606 randomly selected restaurants across 309 cities in the United States from January 2018 to February 2022. Our findings revealed that topic dispersion exhibits a negative relationship with restaurant survival, albeit with a diminishing marginal effect. Conversely, sentiment dispersion demonstrates a positive but decreasing marginal relationship with restaurant survival. We also observed negative moderating effects of review length on the aforementioned relationships. The findings enhance our theoretical comprehension of the survival among small-sized businesses and offer practical recommendations for both restaurant owners and platform managers.","PeriodicalId":48469,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142988703","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}
Tourism ManagementPub Date : 2025-01-15DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105121
Gareth Shaw, Allan M. Williams
{"title":"Knowledge transfer and knowledge management in tourism organisations: A widening and deepening research agenda","authors":"Gareth Shaw, Allan M. Williams","doi":"10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105121","url":null,"abstract":"There have been substantial developments in research on knowledge management in the tourism economy in recent years. This is illustrated by the broadening of research away from an initial focus on hotels to a range of organizational forms as well as emergent issues such as climate change and online platforms. However, the research has mostly been fragmented, examining particular knowledge processes rather than overall knowledge management. Absorptive capacity models (ACAP) provide one means to address this research gap and their application and adaptation in tourism research is assessed. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between knowledge and uncertainty because how the latter is engaged with, determines how knowledge is managed and applied. Five potential foci for future research on ACAP are identified namely: uncertainty and crises, micro-foundations and nature of knowledge, intra-organizational knowledge theories, inter-organizational processes, and methodological issues.","PeriodicalId":48469,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142988704","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}
Tourism ManagementPub Date : 2025-01-13DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105133
Shasha Cai, Derong Lin, Honggen Xiao
{"title":"The collision of tradition and fashion: How anthropomorphizing museum exhibits influences cultural inheritance","authors":"Shasha Cai, Derong Lin, Honggen Xiao","doi":"10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105133","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined how museum exhibit anthropomorphism (MEA) influences cultural inheritance from the perspective of visitor cultural learning. Study 1 utilized a TF-IDF improved LDA topic model to identify the psychological processes and learning outcomes associated with MEA and developed a conceptual model. Study 2 validated this model through a scenario-based experiment (N = 302). Findings revealed that MEA fosters cultural inheritance by generating three positive learning outcomes: disseminating historical knowledge, improving value cognition, and awakening heritage responsibility. Perceived playfulness and sense of presence were found to be significant mediators between MEA and visitors’ cultural learning outcomes, while processing fluency was not. The research contributes to knowledge on novel outcomes of anthropomorphism from communal-educational perspectives. Practical implications for museums are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":48469,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142988706","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}
Tourism ManagementPub Date : 2025-01-13DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105134
Leyi Zhang, Yongpeng Ma, Rosli Mahmood, Xi Pan
{"title":"Balancing consistency and incongruence: Influences on consumer booking intentions in the sharing economy","authors":"Leyi Zhang, Yongpeng Ma, Rosli Mahmood, Xi Pan","doi":"10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105134","url":null,"abstract":"On peer-to-peer accommodation platforms like Airbnb, users rely heavily on both hosts' property descriptions and guest reviews to make booking decisions, yet it remains unclear how these two information sources interact to influence booking intentions. This research aims to fill this gap by examining how the alignment and variations between these two types of content influence booking intentions. Analysis of large-scale real-world data from Airbnb revealed that booking intentions increase when (1) hosts’ descriptions share more common themes with guest reviews, (2) these shared themes carry similar sentiment between hosts and guests, and (3) interestingly, some variations in how hosts and guests emphasise different themes can actually boost booking intentions, particularly for higher-priced properties. These findings help hosts craft more effective property descriptions and guide platforms in developing content strategies that better connect host offerings with guest expectations.","PeriodicalId":48469,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142988705","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}
Tourism ManagementPub Date : 2025-01-06DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105130
Shiyao Jiang, Junqi Jia, Runfeng Gao, Jianfeng Ma
{"title":"Guiding hands and peer bonds: Impact of supervisory mentoring and peer coaching on hotel newcomers’ job crafting","authors":"Shiyao Jiang, Junqi Jia, Runfeng Gao, Jianfeng Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105130","url":null,"abstract":"The value of job crafting in hospitality research is growing, yet few studies explore it from varied career-learning perspectives among hotel newcomers. Drawing upon the conservation of resources theory, the current study integrated two differentiated career-learning approaches (i.e., supervisory mentoring and peer coaching) and investigated their impact on hotel newcomers' job crafting. We used a mixed-methods design that included two scenario-based experimental studies and a two-wave survey study to evaluate the proposed theoretical model. Results indicated that supervisory mentoring and peer coaching positively affected hotel newcomers' job crafting. Furthermore, hotel newcomers’ perceived insider status and elevation mediated the effects of supervisory mentoring and peer coaching on their job crafting. Additionally, the promotion focus of the hotel newcomers amplified the positive effects of elevation and PIS on job crafting, whereas the prevention focus mitigated these positive effects. We discussed the implications of hotels tailoring differentiated onboarding programs to facilitate newcomers in proactively crafting their jobs.","PeriodicalId":48469,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142967745","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}
Tourism ManagementPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105115
Jin Rui, Yuhan Xu, Chenfan Cai, Xiang Li
{"title":"Leveraging large language models for tourism research based on 5D framework: A collaborative analysis of tourist sentiments and spatial features","authors":"Jin Rui, Yuhan Xu, Chenfan Cai, Xiang Li","doi":"10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105115","url":null,"abstract":"Experience-oriented travel models have posed new demands for optimizing urban environments to promote tourism development. This study introduced a natural language classification and scoring method to explore the relationship between tourism experiences and spatial characteristics. We found that online textual data can infer and represent physical spatial features. Our findings include: (1) Tourists perceive density from moving objects, with threshold effects caused by their temporal instability. (2) Ecological and cultural-technological tourism models have varied dependencies on transportation facilities. (3) Central areas dominated by artificial functions and landscapes require more natural planning approaches to enhance the tourist experience. (4) Accessibility perceptions are influenced by driving time and proximity to the city center, rather than walking duration or the actual distance. (5) The development of a dual-network policy for buses and subways is crucial to enhance the travel experience. Our study provides evidence-based recommendations for urban renewal to improve tourism experiences.","PeriodicalId":48469,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142925024","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}
Tourism ManagementPub Date : 2024-12-31DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105128
Sandhiya Goolaup, Robin Nunkoo, Meehee Cho
{"title":"Food tourists social interactions: A social capital and social learning perspective","authors":"Sandhiya Goolaup, Robin Nunkoo, Meehee Cho","doi":"10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105128","url":null,"abstract":"Research has often considered the attitudinal and behavioral consequences of social interaction. However, there is a paucity of studies on how the social capital of tourists influences the nature of social interactions. Using a social capital perspective and social learning theory with a phenomenological approach based on two sets of interviews with food tourists, we develop a conceptual framework demonstrating the influence of social capital on tourist social interactions. We find that based on their level of social capital, tourists socialize in four different ways: (1) strengthening sense of belonging; (2) learning and sharing knowledge; (3) spending quality time; and (4) nurturing temporal friendship. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of the study.","PeriodicalId":48469,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142925021","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}
Tourism ManagementPub Date : 2024-12-31DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105116
Francisco Barbosa Escobar, Florian Kock, A. George Assaf
{"title":"What is a cool restaurant? Understanding, measuring, and leveraging coolness for restaurants","authors":"Francisco Barbosa Escobar, Florian Kock, A. George Assaf","doi":"10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105116","url":null,"abstract":"Restaurants operate in competitive markets, forcing them to differentiate themselves. The use of coolness represents a novel tactic to do so. Although the literature has started to investigate coolness in people, brands, and cities, the complex nature of restaurants and their inherent human factor calls for further research on what makes restaurants cool. We conceptualize restaurant coolness and identify its constituent features empirically. We find that cool restaurants are original, authentic, welcoming, purposeful, and communal. We develop a parsimonious and reliable measure of restaurant coolness and show that restaurant coolness significantly influences relevant downstream variables related to consumers' attitudes and intentions (i.e., self-restaurant connection, trust, and emotional attachment). Furthermore, we experimentally demonstrate that restaurant coolness can enhance restaurants’ service failure recovery, including attribution, failure management perception, recovery satisfaction, and forgiveness. Our findings reveal differentiating features of restaurant coolness compared to other contexts and that coolness has crucial implications for restaurants.","PeriodicalId":48469,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142925022","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}