Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-19-2021
Publication Title
International Hospitality Review
First page number:
1
Last page number:
28
Abstract
Purpose. This study aims to describe the development of hospitality research in terms of research methods and data sources used in the 2010s.
Design/methodology/approach. Content analyses of the research methods and data sources used in original hospitality research published in the 2010s in the Cornell Hospitality Quarterly (CQ), International Journal of Hospitality Management (IJHM), International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IJCHM), Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research (JHTR) and International Hospitality Review (IHR) were conducted. It describes whether the time span, functional areas and geographic regions of data sources were related to the research methods and data sources.
Findings. Results from 2,759 original hospitality empirical articles showed that marketing research used various research methods and data sources. Most finance articles used archival data, while most human resources articles used survey designs with organizational data. In addition, only a small amount of research used data from Oceania, Africa and Latin America.
Research limitations/implications. This study sheds some light on the development of hospitality research in terms of research method and data source usage. However, it only focused on five English-based journals from 2010–2019. Therefore, future studies may seek to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on research methods and data source usage in hospitality research.
Originality/value. This is the first study to examine five hospitality journals' research methods and data sources used in the last decade. It sheds light on the development of hospitality research in the previous decade and identifies new hospitality research avenues.
Keywords
Research method; Hospitality research; Content analysis; Functional areas; Geographic regions
Disciplines
Business | Business Analytics | Hospitality Administration and Management
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2544 KB
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Shum, C.,
Garlington, J.,
Ghosh, A.,
Baloglu, S.
(2021).
A Content Analysis of Hospitality Research's Research Methods in the 2010s.
International Hospitality Review
1-28.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IHR-03-2021-0020