•Based on a macro perspective of social exchange theory, we presented an integrated model of collective PsyCap as related to shared leadership, organizational commitment, and creativity.•We collected ...data at multiple time periods in the hotel workplace to reduce the potential common method variance.•We argued that shared leadership can be able to formulate a sharing and supportive culture within a social structure; thus, not only does it promote commitment and creativity but it also highlights the mediating effect of collective PsyCap.
Drawing from a macro perspective of social exchange theory, the current study aims to examine the relationships between shared leadership, collective psychological capital, organizational commitment, and creativity at a collective level in Taiwan’s hotel industry. We adopt three-stage time-lag design with a three-week in each stage to collect data. Data stem from 52 hotels and comprise 267 employees were used to test the hypotheses through structural equation modeling. We found that, the data fit the hypothesized model well, and collective PsyCap partially mediates the relationship between shared leadership and both organizational commitment and creativity. From these results, theoretical and practice implication are offered. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of the findings and offer recommendations for future research.
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The tourism industry is especially sensitive to a pandemic and other unexpected circumstances as natural disasters, war, terrorist attacks. Different types of crisis bring various consequences. In ...2020 the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease and travel restrictions caused bruises to the tourism and hospitality industries. Hotel managers, hotel staff and their guests had to take a series of measures to deal with various challenges and face a new situation. This paper aims to critically examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism and hotel industries and discuss some possible survival strategies to be implemented in the hotel sector during the pandemic crisis (in the short and long-term perspective). The research was based on an overview of the relevant literature and sanitary rules developed by UN WHO, local governments and the hotel industry. The authors critically investigated some available statistic data to compare room occupancy before the pandemic and during the COVID-19 crisis and hospitality services offered to hotel guests before the pandemic and after its outbreak. The main findings are presented from several dimensions: hotel and health crisis, sanitary restrictions and possible recovery recommendations.
This study provides a new perspective on the effect of social media use in SMEs. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of social media on firm performance with mediating role of ...marketing capabilities in the UK, hotel industry. In this research, a structural equation modelling method has been employed for data analysis. The survey data has been collected by mail survey from a sample of 384 hotels in the UK. Results from the data analysis demonstrate the positive and significant relationship between social media use and firm performance. However, the findings highlighted that marketing capabilities, namely branding and innovation, positively and significantly mediate the association between social media use and firm performance.
•This research proposes a new perspective on the effect of social media in SMEs.•Investigating the effect of social media use on hotel's performance.•Found a positive relationship between social media use and hotels' performance.•Marketing capability mediates the relationship between social media and performance.•Branding and innovation capabilities positively effects on hotels' performance.
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•A comprehensive review of the impact of COVID-19 on China’s hotel industry.•A COVID-19 management framework which addresses the anti-pandemic phases, principles, and strategies.•And four ...Post-COVID-19 strategies including multi-business and multi-channels, product design and investment preference, digital and intelligent transformation, and market reshuffle.
This exploratory study reviews the overall impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on China’s hotel industry. A COVID-19 management framework is proposed to address the anti-pandemic phases, principles, and strategies. This study also suggests that COVID-19 will significantly and permanently affect four major aspects of China’s hotel industry—multi-business and multi-channels, product design and investment preference, digital and intelligent transformation, and market reshuffle.
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Since consumers, governments, and society in general are increasingly concerned about the loss of natural resources, along with pollution of the environment, there is currently a significant tendency ...to recognize the value of green innovation toward the achievement of sustainable development. Hotels are considered responsible for a considerable proportion of the environmental pollution caused by the tourism industry. Yet, few studies have considered the effects that green innovation may have on sustainable performance in the hotel industry. Consequently, the present study aimed to investigate the factors influencing the adoption of green innovation, and its potential effects on the performance of the hotel industry. Data collection was performed through inspection of 183 hotels in Malaysia. Data analysis was carried out employing the partial least squares method. The two factors of environmental and economic performance were determined to have the strongest influence, affecting the green innovation procedures positively and significantly. The results of the present study have major implications for hospitality research, since they demonstrate the importance and potential of green innovation in promoting sustainable performance in the hotel industry. The proposed model and the identified influencing factors of green innovation can assist policy makers and hotel managers in understanding the drivers leading to the adoption of these practices in the hotel industry.
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The main goal of the research is to present a digital marketing model for the development of the hotel industry (Kish Island study). The method used in the qualitative part of the research is ...foundational data theory, in order to collect data in the qualitative part, a semi-structured interview tool was used, and in the quantitative part, a questionnaire tool (made by the researcher) was used. The statistical sample of the research in the qualitative part includes experts and experts of the hotel and tourism industry, in order to conduct the interviews, the opinions of 12 experts related to the subject of the research were used, and in the quantitative part, in order to complete the questionnaires (made by the researcher), the opinions of 65 managers and employees of Kish Island hotels were used. In order to analyse was used in MAXQDA, the findings based on the data base theory in the qualitative section showed that the 7 components of digital marketing are: technical features of digital tools, relative advantage (value), cost (price), process management, promotion, service quality and information quality, which affect tourism intention. In order to test the conceptual model, a questionnaire consisting of 6 dimensions, 25 components and 59 items was designed and distributed among the statistical sample. The results obtained from the quantitative findings from the structural equation modelling confirm the qualitative findings. the data analysis of the quantitative part of the research was done using smart PLS.
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a core concept in the context of the hotel industry where it is considered as a significant factor in competition and a firms' survival, primarily ...because CSR influences customer satisfaction. However, there are still few studies examining the relationship between the dimensions of CSR (economic, philanthropic, legal, and ethical) and customer satisfaction, particularly in the Malaysian hotel sector. Additionally, some studies have contended that CSR activities may indirectly affect customer satisfaction, and some factors may potentially mediate the effects of CSR activities on satisfaction. Hence, the present study developed a conceptual model to explain the relationship between the dimensions of CSR, brand image and customer satisfaction. According to the proposed model, CSR dimensions may positively influence customer satisfaction, with brand image mediating the relationship.
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COVID-19 has affected every business worldwide, with the hotel industry being among the hardest hit. The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of the pandemic on the liquidity and profitability ...of the world's five largest hotel companies. The research is conducted through financial ratio analysis and comparative analysis based on available financial data from 2017 to 2022, covering the period before, during and ―after‖ (the recovery period) the crisis. Research results imply that hotels have prioritized liquidity over profitability during the pandemic, with some indicators pointing to its devastating effects that generated a long and difficult recovery. The paper's conclusions can be useful for the examined hotel companies to control their costs and produce positive financial outcomes in the future. They can also be helpful to policymakers as a respectable delivery system which will guarantee that the support eventually gets to the businesses that need it most.
•Hotels’ green practices prevent environmental degradation.•Green HR practices result in motivation and proactive environmental management maturity.•Green motivation improves environmental ...performance.
The devastating effects on the environment have raised many questions on the environmental performance of an organization. As the environment is severely affected by the operations of giant businesses, i.e. ‘hotel industry.’ There is a need to explore the factors that influence employee environmental performance by incorporating green motivation and proactive environmental management maturity as mediators. The data are collected using the survey method. The statistical techniques applied to the dataset were confirmatory factor analysis and partial least square structural equation modeling. The findings reveal that green HR practices positively and significantly related to green intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and proactive environmental management maturity. Similarly, green motivation is significantly and positively linked with employee environmental performance. In contrast, proactive environmental management maturity is positively and insignificantly linked with employees’ environmental performance. In contrast, mediation analysis reveals that green motivation, i.e., intrinsic and extrinsic, partially mediates the association between green HR practices and employee environmental performance. However, no mediating effect of proactive environmental management maturity is found between the proposed associations. The paper contributes to the literature in many ways. Firstly, it explains the role of Green HR practices in forming green motivation among employees of the hotel industry, and previously no researchers studied this combination in the context of the hotel industry. Secondly, green motivation and proactive environmental management maturity are incorporated as mediators to have in-depth knowledge about the employees’ environmental performance.
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to uncover the essential conditions for establishing a successful collaboration between the Fairmont Hotel (Makkah) staff and the senior management team to ...prepare for cocreating a future shared corporate vision. Design/methodology/approach This study is an action research project involving senior managers of the Fairmont Hotel (Makkah) and EHL Hospitality Business School (Lausanne, Switzerland). Data were collected from 16 hotel staff members, covering functional/department managers, team leaders, operations supervisors and operational-level employees. Findings This study uncovered a series of generic proposals made by the hotel staff, which are prerequisites/conditions for successful collaboration with senior management, to prepare for cocreating a future shared vision. Practical implications In response to the staff’s generic proposals, the senior management team proposed practical measures to support continued collaboration between hotel staff and the senior management team. These measures aim to maintain a collaborative approach centered on achieving future common goals and a shared vision to promote sustainable innovation in the services of the Fairmont Hotel (Makkah). Originality/value This study is innovative in two respects. First, it demonstrates a strong willingness on the part of senior management and staff to collaborate less vertically, contrary to the cultural norm in Saudi Arabia, known for its strong hierarchical distance. Second, the mutual commitment to more horizontal collaboration is not typical of five-star hotels, which are traditionally vertical and hierarchical.