International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management: Volume 36 Issue 2

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Table of contents - Special Issue: Social network analysis in hospitality and tourism

Guest Editors: Marcella De Martino, Alfonso Morvillo, Giuseppe Giordano

Investigating social risks of construction projects in historic tourism sites in urban districts of developing countries: social network analysis approach

Saba Jokar, Payam Shojaei, Kazem Askarifar, Arash Haqbin

Social risk management has recently come to the fore as a significant feature of project management. This prominence is particularly evident in urban construction projects that…

Structural networks and dyadic negotiations in tourism destination ecosystems

Håvard Ness, Jarle Aarstad, Sven Arne Haugland

This study aims to investigate how and to what extent structural network properties affect dyadic negotiation behavior in tourism destination ecosystems. Specifically, this study…

Social networks, network interaction and resilience of B&Bs in rural China

Yi Wang, Yangyang Jiang, Baojiang Geng, Ziqi Yan, Xiaorong Wang

This study aims to explore the social networks and network interactions of bed-and-breakfast (B&B) entrepreneurs in rural China. In addition, it evaluates how such network…

A social network analysis of interlocking directorates in the accommodation sector

Rodolfo Baggio, Andrea Guizzardi, Marcello Mariani

By adopting network analytic techniques, this paper aims to examine interlocking directorates among firms operating in the hospitality services sector in seven major Italian…

Knowledge sharing and innovation in open networks of tourism businesses

Michelle McLeod, David Roger Vaughan, Jonathan Edwards, Miguel Moital

The purpose of this paper is to examine the information flows, in terms of content and process, underpinning the sharing of knowledge by managers and owners. Such an examination…

Data mining to reposition a religious tourist destination in COVID-19

Natalia Vila-Lopez, Ines Kuster-Boluda

The positioning of a tourism destination can easily change due to external uncontrolled factors, such as a pandemic. In this scene, the purpose of this study can be summerized in…

A network perspective of cognitive and geographical proximity of sustainable tourism organizations: evidence from Italy

Silvia Blasi, Shira Fano, Silvia Rita Sedita, Gianluca Toschi

This research aims to contribute to the literature on sustainable hospitality and tourism by applying social network analysis to identify sustainable tourism business networks and…

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A network analysis of tourist activity

Yong Chen

This study aims to model tourist activities in a network and explore the properties of the network. Such network enables the author to explain and quantify how tourist activities…

Revealing mission statements in a hotel brand sector using social network analytic approach

Kristijan Breznik, Saša Zupan Korže, Giancarlo Ragozini, Mitja Gorenak

This study aims to investigate the content of hotel brands’ mission statements (MSs) and their relationship with selected attributes of hotel brands.

Scientific collaboration and thematic analysis of the tourism industry in the context of COVID-19: a bibliometric approach

Luqi Yang, Xiaoni Li, Ana-Beatriz Hernández-Lara

The main purpose of this research paper is to generate a holistic bibliometric study of the tourism industry and COVID-19 fields, to further investigate the current interests and…

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Creating value networks through a learning society for Indigenous women tourism entrepreneurs

Roshis Krishna Shrestha, Jean-Nöel Patrick L'Espoir Decosta, Rupa Shrestha

This study aims to integrate social embeddedness with learning society philosophy to explore how grassroots associations of Indigenous women tourism entrepreneurs can leverage…

Smart tourism city governance: exploring the impact on stakeholder networks

Josep Ivars-Baidal, Ana B. Casado-Díaz, Sandra Navarro-Ruiz, Marc Fuster-Uguet

Building on new trends in tourism and smart city governance, this study aims to examine the degree of interrelation between stakeholder networks involved in tourism governance and…

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Understanding the world heritage sites’ brand diffusion and formation via social media: a mixed-method study

Zongshui Wang, Wei Liu, Zhuo Sun, Hong Zhao

Building on social media and destination brand-related literature, this study aims to explore World Heritage Sites’ (WHSs) brand diffusion and formation process from long-term and…

Networking for innovation dynamics: a design-driven approach in the hospitality industry

Mimi Li, Wenqing Xu, Weiwei Liu, Huiyi Cao

This study aims to explore the patterns and transformational dynamics of the executive–interpreter network in the innovation processes of small- and medium-sized enterprises in…

Cover of International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

ISSN:

0959-6119

e-ISSN:

1757-1049

ISSN-L:

0959-6119

Online date, start – end:

1989

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Fevzi Okumus