International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management: Volume 23 Issue 6

The relationship among participative management style, strategy implementation success, and financial performance in the foodservice industry

Godwin‐Charles A. Ogbeide, Robert J. Harrington

This study aims to consider how the degree of participation at various hierarchical levels impacts action plan implementation success and firm financial performance. Specifically…

Training soft skills via e‐learning: international chain hotels

Jungsun (Sunny) Kim, Mehmet Erdem, JeoungWoo Byun, Hwayoung Jeong

The purpose of this study is to investigate the perceived importance of soft skills for hotel employees, their willingness to use electronic learning (e‐learning) as a training…

Behaviors linked to high levels of hotel managers' work‐related learning

Annmarie Nicely, Radesh Palakurthi, A. Denise Gooden

The goal of this study is to identify behaviors linked to hotel managers who report a high degree of work‐related learning. To achieve this the researchers seeks to determine…

The effects of employee empowerment on employee job satisfaction: A study on hotels in Turkey

Elbeyi Pelit, Yüksel Öztürk, Yalçın Arslantürk

The main objective of this study is to determine the impact of employee empowerment on job satisfaction. To serve this purpose, empowerment is taken into consideration as two…

Polish migrant workers in the UK hospitality industry: Profiles, work experience and methods for accessing employment

Hania Janta

This paper aims to draw from a wider study that explores the experiences of Polish migrant workers in the UK's hospitality sector across the UK. It seeks to focus on findings that…

A restaurant case study of lease accounting impacts of proposed changes in lease accounting rules

Amrik Singh

New lease accounting rules are proposed that will fundamentally change the way leases are accounted for and reported in financial statements. This paper seeks to provide…

Complex and chaotic tourism systems: towards a quantitative approach

Rodolfo Baggio, Ruggero Sainaghi

Tourism systems have been considered more and more in the light of complexity and chaos theories. Most of the work done in this area has highlighted the reasons for and the issues…

An examination of the curvilinear relationship between capital intensity and firm performance for publicly traded US hotels and restaurants

Seoki Lee, Qu Xiao

This study sets out to examine the potential curvilinear relationship between capital intensity and firm value for the US hospitality industry, specifically including publicly…

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