International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management: Volume 21 Issue 2

Student part‐time employment: Implications, challenges and opportunities for higher education

Paul Barron, Constantia Anastasiadou

The purpose of this paper is to examine the pattern of part‐time working amongst a cohort of full time hospitality and tourism students studying at a university in Scotland.

Does understanding culture help enhance students' learning experience?

Nadine Bianca Sulkowski, Michael Kent Deakin

This paper aims to discuss whether cultural conceptualisations can explain student behaviour and to discuss tactics to enhance teaching and learning in a multinational classroom.

The effectiveness of culinary curricula: a case study

Keith F. Müller, Dawn VanLeeuwen, Keith Mandabach, Robert J. Harrington

The purpose of this paper is to examine and compare current culinary student, graduated culinary student, and industry responses to educational skills attained.

Corporate sperm count and boiled frogs: Seeds of ideas to kindle innovation in students

Keith Johnson

This paper aims to outlines recent attempts to encourage hospitality students to develop greater self‐awareness with regard to creativity and attitudes to change. The stance taken…

Three views of “guest workers” in the United States

Marcia Taylor, Dori Finley

The effects of the US guest worker program on the home country have not been documented. Jamaica has been a popular source of employees for the hospitality industry. This paper…

An exploration of the key hotel processes implicated in biometric adoption

Hilary C. Murphy, Damien Rottet

This paper aims to review the determinants that influence adoption of biometric technologies, with particular emphasis on both devices and hotel processes.

Multi‐factor menu analysis using data envelopment analysis

Jim Taylor, Dennis Reynolds, Denise M. Brown

The purpose of this paper is to develop a multi‐dimensional, holistic model that: avoids the variable interdependency found in earlier tools; and integrates multiple factors that…

Online destination image of India: a consumer based perspective

Mridula Dwivedi

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the nascent literature on the use of the internet in destination image formation by exploring India's online image through consumer…

Special issue: innovations in teaching and researching hospitality management

Fevzi Okumus