International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management: Volume 26 Issue 6

External entrepreneurs/investors and guanxi: hostels in a tourism area, Xinjiang, China

Jingjing Yang, Chris Ryan, Lingyun Zhang

This research aims to explore how outsider entrepreneurs maintain harmonious guanxi with stakeholders (especially the government) in an ethnic minority area of less-developed…

Image of China tourism and sustainability issues in Western media: an investigation of National Geographic

Yi Chen, Zhuowei (Joy) Huang, Liping A. Cai

The current study aims at exploring China’s tourism sustainability issues as indicated in magazine articles related to China tourism. China’s environmental, socio-cultural and…

Poverty alleviation via tourism cooperatives in China: the story of Yuhu

Xiaotao Yang, Kam Hung

This study aims to understand whether poverty alleviation can be realized in tourism via tourism cooperatives. As a fast growing industry in the world, tourism has accelerated…

Does social identity affect residents’ attitude toward tourism development?: An evidence from the relaxation of the individual visit scheme

Ben Haobin Ye, Hanqin Qiu Zhang, James Huawen Shen, Carey Goh

The aim of this study is to examine the roles of social identity and perceived cultural distance in forming the attitude of Hong Kong residents toward the relaxation of the…

Do ethical and sustainable practices matter?: Effects of corporate citizenship on business performance in the hospitality industry

Chung-Jen Wang

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influences of Maignan et al.’s (1999) four-dimension model of corporate citizenship (based on economic, ethical, legal and…

Can setting hotel rate restrictions help balance the interest of hotels and customers?

Basak Denizci Guillet, Wei Liu, Rob Law

The purpose of this study is to assist hoteliers to design hotel rate restrictions that are in the interest of hotels and of customers, under the joint influence of room rates and…

How and when the effect of ethical leadership occurs? A multilevel analysis in the Chinese hospitality industry

Qianqian Qin, Biyan Wen, Qian Ling, Sinian Zhou, Mengshi Tong

This study aims to examine the mechanism of action of ethical leadership by testing the direct and indirect effects of ethical leadership on employee work outcomes (i.e…

Understanding CSR from the perspective of Chinese diners: the case of McDonald’s

Yueying Xu

The study aims to explore the expectations and perceptions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies among Chinese fast-food diners, and to investigate the relationships…

Ethical and sustainable practices in the hospitality and tourism industry in China

Fevzi Okumus

Ethical and sustainable practices in the hospitality and tourism industry in China

Jingyan Liu, Lishan Xie, Xinyuan (Roy) Zhao