A systematic literature review of research on diversity and diversity management in the hospitality literature

A Manoharan, M Singal - International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2017 - Elsevier
With demographic shifts, international labor mobility, and the blurring of geographical
boundaries, workforce diversity and diversity management have assumed an important role …

Celebrity endorsement in tourism: Attention, emotional arousal and familiarity

B Liu, B Moyle, A Kralj, Y Li - Tourism Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Celebrity endorsement in tourism is utilised by global marketing practitioners to attract
tourists to visit destinations. Despite this, studies are yet to assess the efficacy of two specific …

Can beauty save service failures? The role of recovery employees' physical attractiveness in the tourism industry

Y Li, C Zhang, S Fang - Journal of Business Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Physical attractiveness, an important factor in tourism service encounter, has received
increased attention recently. However, less attention has been devoted to its effects on …

The restaurant social servicescape: Establishing a nomological framework

L Hanks, ND Line - International journal of hospitality management, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding the effects of the service environment on consumption behavior has become
an important topic of research in the hospitality literature in recent years. While much of the …

The social servicescape: understanding the effects in the full-service hotel industry

ND Line, L Hanks - International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose Understanding how other customers affect hotel consumption behavior is an
important topic in the hospitality literature. While existing research has typically explored the …

Effects of the new COVID-19 normal on customer satisfaction: Can facemasks level off the playing field between average-looking and attractive-looking employees?

G Wu, L Liang, D Gursoy - International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2021 - Elsevier
The attractiveness of service employees can have a significant impact on customer attitudes
and behaviors. While frontline employees can reduce the risk of the COVID-19 transmission …

The influences of restaurant menu font style, background color, and physical weight on consumers' perceptions

VP Magnini, S Kim - International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2016 - Elsevier
Restaurateurs often attempt to signal the scale [eg, casual vs. upscale] and service
standards of their operations through the use of various cues on their menus. Fancy font …

How the employee looks and looks at you: Building customer–employee rapport

K Kim, MA Baker - Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the prominence of customer–employee relationships in service contexts, little
empirical research examines the antecedents of rapport in relation to service providers' …

Sustainable tourism employment: A comprehensive overview of tourism employees' experience from a tourist-employee interaction perspective

MA Baker - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development emphasizes the
importance of fostering “full and productive employment and decent work,” highlighting the …

A holistic model of the servicescape in fast casual dining

ND Line, L Hanks - International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The servicescape is increasingly being recognized as a function of two distinct
components: physical and social. While these two dimensions have often been studied …