Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education最新文献

This article examines the neglected hardships faced by graduate students and advocates for a paradigm shift towards care and empathy. Drawing upon a feminist ethic of care theoretical framework, four scholars from tourism and hospitality programs in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom engaged in a dialogical and introspective inquiry. The authors present four vignettes reflecting on their own doctoral experiences, revealing experiences of exploitation, pain, unworthiness, and loneliness endured during their graduate studies. The authors conclude by calling for a reevaluation of academic norms, advocating for a more humane, caring, and supportive environment for future scholars.

This study utilised content analysis and semi-structured interviews with librarians to examine reading list diversity guidance within English higher education. Additional interviews with sport management educators evaluated their perceptions towards, and implementation of, diverse reading lists. Underpinned by congruence theory, the results evidenced incongruence between educators and librarians. Highlighting dyadic goal importance incongruence, educators disagreed that diverse reading lists can increase student attainment and engagement. Deep levels of dissimilarity regarding the pedagogical value of diverse reading lists also existed. However, educators perceived non-implementation of reading list diversity to be congruent with the diversity values expressed by their institution and department.

Academic dishonesty is a pervasive problem in Chinese higher education, with both motivational and contextual factors influencing students’ behavior. This study integrates self-determination theory (SDT) and the motivation-opportunity-ability (MOA) model to investigate why students engage in academic dishonesty during thesis writing and their decision-making processes. SDT emphasizes intrinsic motivation and the satisfaction of basic psychological needs, including competence, autonomy, and relatedness. The MOA model posits that behaviors result from the interaction of motivation, ability, and opportunity. Through qualitative interviews with students majoring in tourism and hospitality, this research demonstrates that students with lower levels of self-determination (i.e., lack of autonomy, lack of competence, and lack of relatedness) show a limited willingness to complete thesis tasks in a moral manner. Moderated by ability frustration and opportunity frustration, the motivation to be dishonest leads to actual immoral behavior. This study sheds light on the complex factors driving academic dishonesty and offers insights for addressing this issue in higher education.

Higher education institutions have a fundamental role in the social and economic dynamics of any country, with a decisive influence on their students’ future careers, particularly in stimulating entrepreneurship. Their formative role is crucial, including in structural issues such as gender equality in the business context. This study aims to identify and analyse the lines of action implemented by higher education institutions (HEI) with courses in the area of sport to promote sport entrepreneurship, particularly in the field of female entrepreneurship. A qualitative approach was adopted, applying a semi-structured interview to 21° coordinators in the area of sport, belonging to both state and private HEIs in Portugal. The results indicate that some HEIs have shown concern about applying strategies to stimulate entrepreneurship in sport, but they do so in a random way. The results also suggest the need to be able to re-adapt course curricula in order to promote sport entrepreneurship more through different strategic actions such as: specific curricular units, extra-curricular activities, setting up a department devoted to entrepreneurship, besides the need to create specific initiatives to stimulate female entrepreneurship. Also suggested is optimization of the synergy between HEIs, the work environment and government. Articulation between these stakeholders would contribute to a more entrepreneurial culture, particularly in relation to female entrepreneurship in the sport context.

The different characteristics of literacy scales in tourism, together with the variety of constructs, the methods and samples used, lead to a need for a structured overview of prior research in the field. Through a systematic review of the literature, the purpose of this practice paper is to present a concise view of the methods, samples and literacy scales used in tourism, as well as a synthesis of prior findings on the effects of literacy constructs on perceptions, intentions, and behavioral variables. Based on the review, this practice paper presents a research agenda on literacy in tourism.

Universities should contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda and promoting sustainable entrepreneurial intentions among students can help achieve this aim. Sport science students have strong entrepreneurial skills, making the sports sector a potential avenue for SDG contributions. However, there is a lack of research on the impact of sport in natural environments on sustainable entrepreneurial intentions. This study aims to address this gap by analyzing the relationship between physical-sports practice in nature and sustainable entrepreneurship among sport science students. The study comprised 555 sport science students, averaging 21.67 (SD = 3.88) years old. Results revealed that students who engaged in sports in natural environments scored significantly higher (p < .05) in all sustainable entrepreneurship variables. Additionally, the study found that physical-sports practice in nature played a mediating role between sustainability attitudes and sustainable entrepreneurial intentions among these students. This demonstrates the potential transfer of sustainable values and attitudes through nature-based sports. By leveraging the positive influence of physical-sports practice in natural environments, universities can foster the development of sustainable entrepreneurial mindsets among students. Therefore, the role of natural environments in higher education should be considered to favor a more sustainable management mentality in future graduates.

When preparing recreation, park, and tourism management majors for a post pandemic world, it is imperative that courses promote students' investigative skills that foster critical thinking about built communities. Various teaching approaches can shape students' knowledge of community characteristics, especially as they learn about leisure and human behavioral trends at the community level. Instructors asked students to use Photovoice to connect the visible and invisible characteristics prevalent among diverse communities. Embedding Photovoice in the classroom allows students to view diverse communities in a different light and provides emerging professionals an opportunity to integrate individual and group perspectives in their classwork as well as their own lived experiences. In addition to uncovering societal injustices, students develop research skills and engage in critical group thinking skills. Students gathered additional perspectives in social justice-based art by partnering with the Mural Arts of Philadelphia, the largest public art program in the country, to highlight how art can display the emotional underpinnings experienced by community members affected by structural barriers. Photovoice allows students to use storytelling to communicate social justice issues in communities and provide instructors with a means to meet students on their individual levels. Storytelling can be seen as more powerful than numbers. Limitations exist when students are unable to share the context of their photos; although photos are data points, they are not to be interpreted without the students' context. Students' interpretations of their community provided insight to real-life issues they experience and allowed instructors to refer to actual community issues to describe classroom concepts when applicable.

The rapid development of artificial intelligence deeply affects social and business life, and one of the areas where this will upset the balance will undoubtedly be the education system. The primary purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between ChatGPT as an artificial intelligence technology and learning outcomes in tourism education. Secondly, the role of digital literacy and individualized learning on learning outcomes was also examined. The data were collected from the students of the tourism faculty, first using ChatGPT experimentally and then through online surveys. The results indicated that ChatGPT affected learning outcomes, that digital literacy had a mediating role, and that individualized learning had a moderating role in this relationship.

The emergence of new technology and the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic have compelled educators to reconsider traditional approaches to in-person teaching and have motivated a transition toward online learning. This shift underscores the pressing need to cultivate students' digital literacy to bolster their competitiveness in their future careers. This research examined 646 students using structural equation modeling (SEM) to explore the correlation between students' digital capabilities and the sustainability of their behaviors and intentions in diverse tourism and hospitality domains. The findings revealed that proficient technology utilization, such as high-quality websites and effective information sharing, directly and indirectly influences sustainable perceptions, including aspects such as destination appeal and psychological impact. Moreover, the study confirmed the moderating influences of data literacy and marketing strategy. The concluding section thoroughly explores the theoretical and educational implications and engages in extensive discourse on this matter.