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Cognitive Scaling, Emotions, Team Identity and Future Behavioural Intentions: An Examination of Sporting Event Venues 

Martin, David (2007-08-15)
Sporting event venues represent a unique segment of the overall tourism industry that has, in recent times, started to gain limited interest from researchers (Madrigal, 2000; Theodorakis, Kambitsis, Laios & Koustelios, ...

Defining Visitor Satisfaction in the Context of Camping Oriented Nature-Based Tourism within Alabama State Parks 

Van Hyfte, Melissa (2009-10-05)
Whether out of economic circumstance or a genuine desire to reconnect with nature, recent years have witnessed an increase in demand for alternative nature-based forms of tourism activity. Alongside this interest in the ...

Empowerment and Organizational Climate: An Investigation of Mediating Effects on the Core-Self Evaluation, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment Relationship 

Crawford, Alleah (2008-08-15)
Job satisfaction and organizational commitment have each been a central focus of human resources issues in hospitality for academicians and practitioners alike. These two concepts have been examined in the literature and ...

An Examination of Academic Advisors' Mentoring Experiences and the Impact on Job Satisfaction 

Lackey, Katie (2021-11-30)
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between mentoring relationships and job satisfaction in academic advisors. More specifically, the study focused on the academic advisor as the mentee in the ...

Exploring the Effect of Emotion on Time-elapsed Consumer Perceptions of Service: A Reexamination of the Satisfaction Construct 

Martin, David (2005-08-15)
Customer satisfaction remains a central tenet of all relationship management efforts within the hospitality sector (Oliver, 1997). Yet, while many studies have concluded that there is a significant relationship between ...

Hospitality Internships as a Career Development Tool: Stakeholder Perceptions and Expectations 

Cary, Jona (2006-12-15)
The purpose of the study is to investigate hospitality internships so that: 1) the internship experience can be strengthened and improved in such a way that students and industry professionals are both receiving benefit, ...

Investigating the Role of Servicescape on Site Selection for Traditional and Virtual Event Venues: A Comparative Study 

Ladner, Savanna Brook (2017-07-26)
The meeting and event industry has transformed into one of the leading sectors of the hospitality and tourism industries, making it important for traditional and virtual event venues to understand the logistics behind ...

What's in a Tip? An Exploratory Study of the Motivations Driving Consumer Tipping Behavior 

Whaley, Jeremy (2011-08-01)
According to Segrave (1998), since the late 1800‘s, the study of tipping has provoked debate in a range of abstract dimensions such as economics, sociology, and psychology. To date, the studies have been largely qualitative ...