Advances in Hospitality and Leisure

by Joseph S. Chen

Overview

"Advances in Hospitality and Leisure", a peer-reviewed series, delivers refreshing insights from a host of scientific studies in the domains of hospitality, leisure, and tourism. It provides a platform to galvanize thoughts on contemporary issues and emerging trends essential to theory advancement, as well as professional practices from a global perspective. The main focus of this series is to transcend the innovative methods of inquiry so as to inspire new research topics that are vital and have been in large neglected. The series is keen to address the needs of the populace having interests in disseminating ideas, concepts and theories derived from scholarly investigations. Potential readers may retrieve useful texts to outline new research agendas, suggest viable topics for a dissertation work, and augment the knowledge of the subjects of interest.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762314898
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	05/26/2008
Series:	Advances in Hospitality and Leisure , #4
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Joseph S. Chen is Professor of Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management at Indiana University(Bloomington), USA. His research centers on tourist behaviors, tourism impacts and sustainable development.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors ix

Aims and Submission Guidelines xiii

Editorial Board xv

Full Papers

Predictors of Turnover Intentions of Highly Educated Employees in the Hospitality Industry Robert J. Blomme Debbie M. Tromp Arjan van Rheede 3

Exploring Unspoken Words: Using Zmet to Depict Family Vacationer Mental Models Po-Ju Chen 29

Intervention Analysis of Inbound Tourism: A Case Study of Taiwan Jennifer C. H. Min 53

Analyzing Romania's Competitiveness as a Tourism Destination Ana Bobirca Cristiana Cristureanu 75

Service Performance Measurement: Developing Customer Perspective Calculators for the Hotel Industry Choon-Chiang Leong 101

Experience use History and Typology of Substitutability among Hikers Chung-Chi Wu Shih-Yun Hsu Wei-Ching Wang 121

At-Destination Referrals, Tie Strength, and Satisfaction Paul D. Rompf Denver E. Severt 139

Service Quality Evaluation and Multiattribute Attitude Measurement: The Case of a Chain Steakhouse in Taiwan David Y. Chang Katerina Annaraud 161

Using Population Projections to Identify Aspects of Future Tourism Demand Petra Glover Bruce Prideaux 185

Research Notes

What type of Outsourcing Relationship Should Hotels Maintain? A Model Based on Internal and Relational Strategic Value Tom?s F. Espino-Rodr?guez Manuel Rodr?guez-D?az 213

Chinese Tourists Visiting Singapore: Pull and Push Factors Tak-Kee Hui David Wan Miau Feng Chi 229

Tourism Economic Impacts: The Case of Equine Camping in Southern Illinois Kyungmi Kim Zaher Hallab Matthew Smith 245

Subject Index 261

Editorial Reviews

Contributed by management, hospitality and tourism, and other researchers from around the world, the 11 articles in this volume discuss topics in hospitality and leisure. They address the culinary preferences of international tourists to South Africa; Hong Kong's Quality Tourism Services scheme; the relationship between activity involvement, place attachment, and co-creation in a festival setting; customer retention among hotels in Ghana; the competitiveness of Chinese cities in the cruise market; attributes associated with tourist arrivals to forest parks in Taiwan; the impact of customer value co-creation behavior on the brand equity of online travel enterprises; the influence of management commitment on market orientation practices in Ghana's hotel industry; the structural relationships among humor leadership, psychological empowerment, innovative behavior, and job performance in the Korean hotel industry; tourism growth under India's new corporate social responsibility regime; and the connection between ethics and aesthetics in tourism.

Annotation ©2019

This year's volume contains eight full papers and two research reports. The topics include the emotional traveler: happiness and engagement as predictors of behavioral intentions among tourists in northern Norway, barriers to implementing green management in the hospitality industry, the inter-relationship between personality traits and psychological constraints on adventure activity participation, friends and relatives as a destination information source, and environmental-focused events: saving tourism landmarks for future generations.

Annotation ©2017

This year's volume contains eight full papers and two research reports. The topics include the emotional traveler: happiness and engagement as predictors of behavioral intentions among tourists in northern Norway, barriers to implementing green management in the hospitality industry, the inter-relationship between personality traits and psychological constraints on adventure activity participation, friends and relatives as a destination information source, and environmental-focused events: saving tourism landmarks for future generations.

Annotation ©2017

Contributed by management, hospitality and tourism, and other researchers from around the world, the 11 articles in this volume discuss topics in hospitality and leisure. They address the culinary preferences of international tourists to South Africa; Hong Kong's Quality Tourism Services scheme; the relationship between activity involvement, place attachment, and co-creation in a festival setting; customer retention among hotels in Ghana; the competitiveness of Chinese cities in the cruise market; attributes associated with tourist arrivals to forest parks in Taiwan; the impact of customer value co-creation behavior on the brand equity of online travel enterprises; the influence of management commitment on market orientation practices in Ghana's hotel industry; the structural relationships among humor leadership, psychological empowerment, innovative behavior, and job performance in the Korean hotel industry; tourism growth under India's new corporate social responsibility regime; and the connection between ethics and aesthetics in tourism.

Annotation ©2019