In their article, "The Impacts of Employee Reviews and Employer Awards on Job Seekers’ Application Intentions," authors Yunxuan Zhang (Ph.D. student) and Cass Shum and Amanda Belarmino (both Hospitality) explored the effect of online reviews and best employer awards on organizational prestige and application intentions. The article can be…

Amanda Belarmino (Hospitality) examines the application of theory to two groups of literary tourists: members of literary societies and the general public in her article, Application of theory to literary tourism: A comparison of parasocial interaction theory and co-creation theory. Published in the Journal of Heritage Tourism…

Kasra Ghaharian (International Gaming Institute, College of Hospitality) collaborated with an interdisciplinary team of colleagues to review the current state of data science applications for responsible gambling. The article "Applications of data science for responsible gambling: a scoping review" is published in the journal International…

Christopher Cain (Hospitality) has authored a book titled, Golf's Rebirth: Rapidly Evolving Applications in Hospitality and Sport Management. The book provides a holistic view of the science and art of managing the golf enterprise — identifying the soft skills, such as leadership, customer service, marketing, etc, necessary to…

Shane Kraus, Kaelyn Griffin, Todd Jennings, and Repairer Etuk (Psychology) and Brett Abarbanel (IGI) and Patrick [Tiange] Xu (Hospitality) recently published four publications.  The first article, "Sports betting around the world: A systematic review," was published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions supported by a pre-…

Sunny Kim and Mehmet Erdem (both Hospitality) along with doctoral program alumnus, SungJun Joe, published a research article titled "The bright and dark sides of hotel kiosks: an empirical study" in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights. The study introduces a check-in/out kiosk acceptance model using a multi-theoretical approach…

Stowe Shoemaker and Amanda Belarmino (both Hospitality), along with Nasim Binseh, '22 PhD Hospitality, won third place in the annual Johnson and Wales Case Study Competition for their study, "Revenue Management and the Runnin’ Rebels: A Case Study of Willingness to Pay for College Sports." Belarmino will be presenting the study at the annual…

Samuel Lee (Hospitality) was recognized with the Best Presentation award for his virtual presentation of the research study "Utilizing the Free Association Method and Netnography to Expose Hotel Guests' Technostress" along with his co-authors, Mehmet Erdem, Billy Bai, Chih-Chien Chen (all Hospitality), Eda Anlamlier (Lee Business) and…

Joe Lema (Hospitality) and his co-authors recently were awarded Journal Article of the Year 2021 in the top journal, Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research. The article was  "Classification of Senior Tourists According to Personality Traits." Board members of the Asia Pacific Tourism Association presented the award at their 2022 conference…

Mehmet Erdem, Ashok Singh, Billy Bai, and Chih-Chien Chen (all Hospitality), along with Saeed "Simon" Vayghan, '22 PhD Hospitality, were recognized with the Best Research Paper Award at the 29th Annual International Hospitality IT Association Research Conference held in Orlando, Florida. Their study, "Using Manifest and Latent Coding to Study…

Amanda Belarmino (Hospitality) and co-author Tevfik Demirciftci, '20 PhD Hotel Administration, recently had their article "A Cross-cultural Study of Competitive Intelligence in Revenue Management" published in the Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management. This article examines what types of competitive intelligence revenue managers…

Kasra Ghaharian (Hospitality and International Gaming Institute) spoke on an expert panel at the 2022 Indian Gaming Tradeshow & Convention. The panel, Responsible Gaming in the Digital Age, addressed how advances in technology are impacting consumer protection policy and practices in the gambling industry.