Pub Date : 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104111
Jing Yi Bai , Tzung Cheng TC Huan , Aliana Man Wai Leong , Jian Ming Luo , Daisy X.F. Fan
Although previous research has examined the effects of adopting artificial intelligence (AI)-empowered service robots in the hospitality industry, these robots’ effects on employees’ performance outcomes have generally been overlooked. By integrating event system theory with theory of cognitive–affective processing systems, we classified deploying service robots at work as a high-strength event and investigated the effect of AI event strength on employees’ adaptive performance through cognitive and affective processes and the moderating effects of AI-supported autonomy. We conducted a study of 508 employees at leading integrated resorts in Macau and found that AI event strength results in employee AI rumination and felt obligation for constructive change (FOCC) with countervailing effects on job crafting and, subsequently, their adaptive performance. Meanwhile, AI-supported autonomy strengthened the serial indirect relationship between AI event strength on adaptive performance through FOCC but weakened this indirect relationship via AI rumination. Our research highlighted the mechanisms involved in employee proactivity and adaptability in responding to AI.
{"title":"Examining the influence of AI event strength on employee performance outcomes: Roles of AI rumination, AI-supported autonomy, and felt obligation for constructive change","authors":"Jing Yi Bai , Tzung Cheng TC Huan , Aliana Man Wai Leong , Jian Ming Luo , Daisy X.F. Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104111","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104111","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although previous research has examined the effects of adopting artificial intelligence (AI)-empowered service robots in the hospitality industry, these robots’ effects on employees’ performance outcomes have generally been overlooked. By integrating event system theory with theory of cognitive–affective processing systems, we classified deploying service robots at work as a high-strength event and investigated the effect of AI event strength on employees’ adaptive performance through cognitive and affective processes and the moderating effects of AI-supported autonomy. We conducted a study of 508 employees at leading integrated resorts in Macau and found that AI event strength results in employee AI rumination and felt obligation for constructive change (FOCC) with countervailing effects on job crafting and, subsequently, their adaptive performance. Meanwhile, AI-supported autonomy strengthened the serial indirect relationship between AI event strength on adaptive performance through FOCC but weakened this indirect relationship via AI rumination. Our research highlighted the mechanisms involved in employee proactivity and adaptability in responding to AI.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"126 ","pages":"Article 104111"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104090
Yajun Zhang , Jingjing Wang , Junwei Zhang , Yongqi Wang
In the foreseeable future, artificial intelligence (AI) may take on approximately 70 % of tasks in the hospitality industries. When employees become aware that AI could replace them, the awareness may lead them to deplete their own resources, subsequently resulting in deviant behavior. Therefore, drawing upon the conservation of resources theory, this study aims to explore how AI awareness affects deviant behavior and its underlying mechanisms. A paired sample of 394 hotel frontline service employees and their coworkers was collected at two time points and analyzed with hierarchical regression analysis. The results showed that AI awareness positively influenced deviant behavior, with this relationship mediated by ego depletion. Tolerance of uncertainty negatively moderated the path between AI awareness and ego depletion and negatively moderated the indirect effect of AI awareness on deviant behavior through ego depletion. Moreover, we discussed the theoretical and practical implications, limitations, and future recommendations of this research.
{"title":"To be right on the button: How and when hotel frontline service employees’ AI awareness influences deviant behavior","authors":"Yajun Zhang , Jingjing Wang , Junwei Zhang , Yongqi Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104090","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104090","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the foreseeable future, artificial intelligence (AI) may take on approximately 70 % of tasks in the hospitality industries. When employees become aware that AI could replace them, the awareness may lead them to deplete their own resources, subsequently resulting in deviant behavior. Therefore, drawing upon the conservation of resources theory, this study aims to explore how AI awareness affects deviant behavior and its underlying mechanisms. A paired sample of 394 hotel frontline service employees and their coworkers was collected at two time points and analyzed with hierarchical regression analysis. The results showed that AI awareness positively influenced deviant behavior, with this relationship mediated by ego depletion. Tolerance of uncertainty negatively moderated the path between AI awareness and ego depletion and negatively moderated the indirect effect of AI awareness on deviant behavior through ego depletion. Moreover, we discussed the theoretical and practical implications, limitations, and future recommendations of this research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"126 ","pages":"Article 104090"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104102
Yen-Cheng Chen
Creating a distinctive dining environment is crucial for high-end restaurants, as unique ambient scents enhance the overall dining experience. This study examines the relationship between ambient scents, dining emotions, and intentions using the Mehrabian-Russell model. Conducted in Taipei, Taiwan, the research employed an experimental design combined with quantitative survey methods. Essential oils were used for scent manipulation, and validated scales measured scent preferences, dining emotions, intentions, and repurchase recommendations. The findings indicate that soft floral scents significantly influence dining emotions, intentions, and repurchase recommendations. Mediation analysis revealed that dining emotions mediate the relationship between ambient scents and intentions, highlighting the effects of pleasure and arousal. This study provides key theoretical and practical implications, suggesting that the strategic use of ambient scents can enhance positive emotions, increase dining intentions, and thereby encourage repeat visits. Our approach shows significant potential in inspiring restaurants to adopt ambient scents widely appreciated by consumers.
{"title":"Intangible cues in hospitality: Emotional and behavioral effects of ambient scents in high-end restaurants","authors":"Yen-Cheng Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104102","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104102","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Creating a distinctive dining environment is crucial for high-end restaurants, as unique ambient scents enhance the overall dining experience. This study examines the relationship between ambient scents, dining emotions, and intentions using the Mehrabian-Russell model. Conducted in Taipei, Taiwan, the research employed an experimental design combined with quantitative survey methods. Essential oils were used for scent manipulation, and validated scales measured scent preferences, dining emotions, intentions, and repurchase recommendations. The findings indicate that soft floral scents significantly influence dining emotions, intentions, and repurchase recommendations. Mediation analysis revealed that dining emotions mediate the relationship between ambient scents and intentions, highlighting the effects of pleasure and arousal. This study provides key theoretical and practical implications, suggesting that the strategic use of ambient scents can enhance positive emotions, increase dining intentions, and thereby encourage repeat visits. Our approach shows significant potential in inspiring restaurants to adopt ambient scents widely appreciated by consumers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"126 ","pages":"Article 104102"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143102587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104081
Bin Wang , Yunyao (Jennifer) Liu , Jay Kandampully , Maoning Du
Given the prevalent occupational and gender stereotypes in food service industry, the research investigated how chefs’ body size and gender interact to impact consumers’ responses with two experiments. Results indicate that normal-sized female chefs and oversized male chefs lead to higher food purchase intentions. Customers’ perceived food tastiness and healthiness act as parallel mediators in driving the interaction of chefs’ body size and gender on purchase intentions. Furthermore, the research investigated the moderating role of health consciousness in the process and found that, it’s the differences in the perceived tastiness of food prepared by male chefs when customers health consciousness is low, and the variations in the perceived healthiness of food produced by female chefs when customers’ health consciousness is high, that drives the effect. This work expands research on occupational, gender, and body size stereotypes in the hospitality industry and offers guidance in strategizing chef body size and gender in restaurant marketing.
{"title":"Normal-sized for female chef, oversized for male chef? The effects of gender and body size stereotypes on food purchase intentions","authors":"Bin Wang , Yunyao (Jennifer) Liu , Jay Kandampully , Maoning Du","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104081","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104081","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Given the prevalent occupational and gender stereotypes in food service industry, the research investigated how chefs’ body size and gender interact to impact consumers’ responses with two experiments. Results indicate that normal-sized female chefs and oversized male chefs lead to higher food purchase intentions. Customers’ perceived food tastiness and healthiness act as parallel mediators in driving the interaction of chefs’ body size and gender on purchase intentions. Furthermore, the research investigated the moderating role of health consciousness in the process and found that, it’s the differences in the perceived tastiness of food prepared by male chefs when customers health consciousness is low, and the variations in the perceived healthiness of food produced by female chefs when customers’ health consciousness is high, that drives the effect. This work expands research on occupational, gender, and body size stereotypes in the hospitality industry and offers guidance in strategizing chef body size and gender in restaurant marketing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"126 ","pages":"Article 104081"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104109
Vincent P. Magnini , Ellie G. Rumbaugh , Erika Quendler , B. Bynum Boley
Despite myriad industries increasingly incorporating environmental sustainability metrics into their management incentive programs, there has been little focus on hoteliers' incentivization of environmental sustainability metrics within the hospitality literature. This study, therefore, surveyed 56 hotel management firms in the United States representing 18,961 hotel properties to determine if they are currently incentivizing environmental sustainability initiatives among their property-level general managers (GMs) compared to more common incentives associated with financial performance. Findings reveal that nearly all firms incentivize GMs around financial results [96 %], guest satisfaction performance metrics [91 %], and operational performance metrics [71 %], such as goals related to employee turnover rates. However, this study finds that only 17 % of the firms currently incentivize their GMs with metrics focused on environmental sustainability. Despite this low percentage of hotel companies not currently incentivizing environmental sustainability, results show hotel companies are open to the idea of incentivizing environmental sustainability, with 51 % being either “likely” or “very likely” to begin doing so if such environmental sustainability initiatives could be monitored by a mystery shopper, a brand inspector, or through guest surveys. Therefore, the implications section offers specific directions on how such adoption can be operationalized.
{"title":"State of Incentivizing property-level environmental sustainability in the U.S. hotel industry","authors":"Vincent P. Magnini , Ellie G. Rumbaugh , Erika Quendler , B. Bynum Boley","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104109","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104109","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite myriad industries increasingly incorporating environmental sustainability metrics into their management incentive programs, there has been little focus on hoteliers' incentivization of environmental sustainability metrics within the hospitality literature. This study, therefore, surveyed 56 hotel management firms in the United States representing 18,961 hotel properties to determine if they are currently incentivizing environmental sustainability initiatives among their property-level general managers (GMs) compared to more common incentives associated with financial performance. Findings reveal that nearly all firms incentivize GMs around financial results [96 %], guest satisfaction performance metrics [91 %], and operational performance metrics [71 %], such as goals related to employee turnover rates. However, this study finds that only 17 % of the firms currently incentivize their GMs with metrics focused on environmental sustainability. Despite this low percentage of hotel companies not currently incentivizing environmental sustainability, results show hotel companies are open to the idea of incentivizing environmental sustainability, with 51 % being either “likely” or “very likely” to begin doing so if such environmental sustainability initiatives could be monitored by a mystery shopper, a brand inspector, or through guest surveys. Therefore, the implications section offers specific directions on how such adoption can be operationalized.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"126 ","pages":"Article 104109"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104079
Shanshi Li , Yun Dong , Xiaojun Li
Emotion plays a pivotal role in shaping the hotel guest experience during their visit. However, prior research often examined hotel guest emotions in isolation, focusing either on the mean levels of positive and negative emotions or separately analyzing specific emotions. This study advances existing research by investigating how emodiversity, encompassing the variety and relative abundance of emotional experiences, can influence the repurchase intention of hotel guests, employing mixed methods. The survey of 568 hotel guests and a semi-structured interview of 25 guests reveal that emodiversity positively influences the repurchase intention of hotel guests, irrespective of valence. Moreover, emotional awareness serves as the underlying mechanism for these effects. The consumer’s savoring strategy significantly moderates the relationship between negative emotional awareness and repurchase intention. This study contributes to the hospitality literature by highlighting the diversity of emotions as a crucial yet overlooked antecedent of hotel guests’ behavioral intentions, along with its underlying mechanism.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104097
Muhammad Waheed Akhtar , Osman M. Karatepe , Fauzia Syed , Muhammad Usman , Muhammad Kashif Aslam
Using cognitive–motivational–relational theory as the theoretical focus, our paper develops and tests a research model that investigates workplace anxiety and work alienation as the serial mediators of the influence of exploitative leadership (EL) on service sabotage. Data were collected from hotel frontline employees (FLEs) with a time lag of one month and their supervisors. The hypotheses were assessed via the PROCESS macro. The results reveal that EL exacerbates workplace anxiety, which in turn leads to FLEs’ service sabotage. The results further demonstrate that work alienation mediates the link between EL and service sabotage. As hypothesized, the EL-service sabotage relationship is serially mediated by workplace anxiety and work alienation. Our research contributes to the hospitality and dark leadership literatures by denoting workplace anxiety and work alienation as the underlying processes through which exploitative leaders trigger employees’ service sabotage.
{"title":"Fire with smoke: Exploitative leadership, anxiety, and service sabotage in the hotel industry","authors":"Muhammad Waheed Akhtar , Osman M. Karatepe , Fauzia Syed , Muhammad Usman , Muhammad Kashif Aslam","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104097","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104097","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Using cognitive–motivational–relational theory as the theoretical focus, our paper develops and tests a research model that investigates workplace anxiety and work alienation as the serial mediators of the influence of exploitative leadership (EL) on service sabotage. Data were collected from hotel frontline employees (FLEs) with a time lag of one month and their supervisors. The hypotheses were assessed via the PROCESS macro. The results reveal that EL exacerbates workplace anxiety, which in turn leads to FLEs’ service sabotage. The results further demonstrate that work alienation mediates the link between EL and service sabotage. As hypothesized, the EL-service sabotage relationship is serially mediated by workplace anxiety and work alienation. Our research contributes to the hospitality and dark leadership literatures by denoting workplace anxiety and work alienation as the underlying processes through which exploitative leaders trigger employees’ service sabotage.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"126 ","pages":"Article 104097"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-15DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104082
Pei Liu , Han Wen , Anna S. Mattila
This study investigates the factors affecting consumers’ organic food purchase behaviors while traveling, drawing on the social exchange theory and institutional trust theory. Data was collected through purposive sampling via an online survey platform, targeting recently traveled participants. The results indicate that environmental, health, and food safety benefits significantly improve consumers’ attitudes, positively influencing their behavioral intentions. Price consciousness and knowledge of organic foods demonstrate partial moderating effects. These findings underscore the importance of understanding consumer perceptions and the moderating role of price and knowledge in the context of travel. A multi-group analysis explored the differential impact of socio-demographic factors such as family status and gender. These insights suggest that marketing strategies in the hospitality and tourism industries should be tailored to address the distinct preferences of these demographic groups, thereby enhancing consumers’ attitudes and purchasing decisions on organic food while traveling.
{"title":"Centering on health and wellbeing: Examining consumers’ organic food purchasing decisions in restaurants when traveling","authors":"Pei Liu , Han Wen , Anna S. Mattila","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104082","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104082","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the factors affecting consumers’ organic food purchase behaviors while traveling, drawing on the social exchange theory and institutional trust theory. Data was collected through purposive sampling via an online survey platform, targeting recently traveled participants. The results indicate that environmental, health, and food safety benefits significantly improve consumers’ attitudes, positively influencing their behavioral intentions. Price consciousness and knowledge of organic foods demonstrate partial moderating effects. These findings underscore the importance of understanding consumer perceptions and the moderating role of price and knowledge in the context of travel. A multi-group analysis explored the differential impact of socio-demographic factors such as family status and gender. These insights suggest that marketing strategies in the hospitality and tourism industries should be tailored to address the distinct preferences of these demographic groups, thereby enhancing consumers’ attitudes and purchasing decisions on organic food while traveling.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"126 ","pages":"Article 104082"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-15DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104078
Shi Yin Chee
At the heart of older adults’ decisions to stay or leave senior living facilities often comes down to whether they feel ‘a part’ of their new environment or ‘apart’ from it. This study explores the lived experiences of older adults in senior living facilities, identifies factors influencing their decision to continue staying, and examines how these settings meet their changing needs in relation to resident retention and overall well-being. Using Moustakas' transcendental phenomenology, in-depth interviews were conducted with 20 older adults, analyzed via the Modified Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen method to identify and synthesize themes. Five main themes influencing resident retention were discovered: autonomy, privacy, and control; resilience and adaptation; a sense of belonging; personalized care needs; and comfort, safety, and accessibility. The findings provide actionable strategies for developing enabling environments, offering crucial information for policymakers, caregivers, and healthcare professionals to improve the well-being of older adults.
{"title":"‘Be a part or apart?’: A phenomenological study on older adults’ resident retention and continued stay in senior living facilities","authors":"Shi Yin Chee","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104078","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104078","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>At the heart of older adults’ decisions to stay or leave senior living facilities often comes down to whether they feel ‘a part’ of their new environment or ‘apart’ from it. This study explores the lived experiences of older adults in senior living facilities, identifies factors influencing their decision to continue staying, and examines how these settings meet their changing needs in relation to resident retention and overall well-being. Using Moustakas' transcendental phenomenology, in-depth interviews were conducted with 20 older adults, analyzed via the Modified Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen method to identify and synthesize themes. Five main themes influencing resident retention were discovered: autonomy, privacy, and control; resilience and adaptation; a sense of belonging; personalized care needs; and comfort, safety, and accessibility. The findings provide actionable strategies for developing enabling environments, offering crucial information for policymakers, caregivers, and healthcare professionals to improve the well-being of older adults.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"126 ","pages":"Article 104078"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-15DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104105
Siamak Seyfi , Myung Ja Kim , Amin Nazifi , Samantha Murdy , Tan Vo-Thanh
As generative artificial intelligence (GAI) technologies become increasingly integrated into the travel industry, understanding the barriers tourists face in adopting these innovative technologies for their travel planning and decision-making has growingly become a critical area of focus. Drawing on the theoretical frameworks of innovation resistance and Big Five personality traits, this study surveyed potential travelers in Korea and the US to assess their personality characteristics, innovation resistance, and perceptions of AI-generated travel recommendations. The findings, derived from structural equation modeling, multi-group analysis, and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, reveal that variations in personality traits significantly affect tourists’ reluctance to adopting these technologies. Overall, the results of this study contribute to the theoretical understanding of acceptance of GAI and offer practical insights for tourism industry stakeholders, enabling them to tailor their offerings to different personality types and enhance the travel experience for a wide range of travelers.
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