This study aims to identify the essential indicators of hotel Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) performance measurement with a standardized and composite CSR performance measurement index for the hotel industry. Employing both Delphi and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) methods, three...
Author(s)
Wong KingFung [Wong, K. F. A.]; Kim Seongseop; Lee SuNa; Elliot, S.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2021, 29, 7, pp 1153-1179
This study aims to examine the effect of perceived corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance on hotel employees' behavior, as reflected in their attitude and satisfaction. Understanding employees' reaction to and perception of hotel CSR is essential before exercising effective CSR practices ...
Author(s)
Wong KingFung [Wong, K. F. A.]; Kim Seongseop; Hwang Yoohee
Publisher
Routledge, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration, 2022, 23, 6, pp 1145-1173
The prevalent trends of sustainability and responsible management have promoted corporate social responsibility (CSR) to attract considerable research and business interest. However, despite its importance, few efforts have been exerted to develop a standardized CSR scale in the hotel industry....
Author(s)
Wong KingFung [Wong, K. F. A.]; Kim SeongSeop
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2020, 87,
This study sought to examine the impacts of the global coronavirus pandemic on hotel employees' perceptions of occupational stressors and their consequences. Paired t-tests and structural equation modeling were applied to examine the responses of 758 hotel employees in the United States. The...
Author(s)
Wong KingFung [Wong, K. F. A.]; Kim Seongseop; Kim Jungkeun; Han Heesup
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2021, 93,
This article explores consumer tendencies to opt for luxury or economy hotels by identifying their most and least important selection attributes. The researchers investigate how sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics influence traveler assessments of hotel attributes. In explaining...
Author(s)
Kim BoNa; Kim SeongSeop; King, B.; Heo YoonJoung [Heo, Y. J. C. ]
Publisher
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, USA
Citation
Journal of Vacation Marketing, 2019, 25, 2, pp 162-175
Airline and hotel employees are experiencing multiple forms of precariousness amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which have increased workers' distrust of their respective airline/hotel businesses and affected job performance and retention. This research builds and tests two sturdy theoretical frameworks...
Author(s)
Han Heesup; Lee KaiSean; Kim Seongseop; Wong, A. K. F.; Moon Hyoungeun
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Tourism Management Perspectives, 2022, 44,
Robots and artificial intelligence represent a newly emerging trend in tourism and hospitality. However, studies examining how cultural perceptions influence tourists' experiences interacting with service robots are lacking. In response to the industrial trend, the experiential components of...
Author(s)
Choi Youngjoon; Oh Munhyang; Choi MiJu; Kim Seongseop
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Current Issues in Tourism, 2021, 24, 5, pp 717-733
It is important to understand customer dissatisfaction in order to maintain a sustainable business, given that the negative effects of customer dissatisfaction in service businesses may be even greater than the positive effects of satisfaction. This study investigates customer dissatisfaction and...
Author(s)
Kim BoNa; Kim SeongSeop; Heo YoonJoung [Heo, Y. J. C. ]
Publisher
Routledge, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration, 2019, 20, 1, pp 15-46
Hotel industry started to adopt service robots, which are considered a future workforce. However, no attempt was conducted to examine the dimensionality of service quality of service robots. This paper aims to understand the influence of human-robot interaction from the viewpoint of hoteliers and...
Author(s)
Choi YoungJoon; Choi MiJu; Oh MunHyang; Kim SeongSeop
Publisher
Routledge, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, 2020, 29, 6, pp 613-635
Purpose: This study aims to attempt to conceptualize agency in a hospitality setting and examine the psychological effects of agency-related visual cues on user perception and intention to use to understand the role of agency in the digitalization of hotel services. Design/methodology/approach:...
Author(s)
Choi YoungJoon; Mehraliyev, F.; Kim SeongSeop
Publisher
Emerald Publishing, Bingley, UK
Citation
International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 2020, 32, 3, pp 977-997