Sung‐su Kim
Biographic Data
| ID | 289844 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sung‐su Kim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sung‐su |
| FAMILY NAME | Kim |
| SIGNATURE | KIM S S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9213-6540 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 114 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 588 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 114 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 14 |
Drivers of digital currency adoption and their configurational impact assessment in tourism and hospitality: Loss aversion under prospect theory
With accelerated digitalisation in all business sectors, digital currencies (DC) are increasingly popular. This study aimed to identify the effects of central bank digital currency (CBDC) innovation characteristics and perceived risks on CBDC adoption intention in the tourism and hospitality field. This study devised a research model incorporating research hypotheses addressing CBDC customers’ perceptions of CBDC's innovative technology and risks…
Can sustainable tourism and hospitality consumption value enhance customers’ psychological responses? The moderating roles of collectivism and religiosity
Although sustainable tourism and hospitality have been the focus of numerous studies, empirical investigations connecting sustainable consumption practices to the consumers’ psychological reactions are noticeably lacking. The present study investigates how consumers’ psychological reactions are affected by sustainable tourism and hospitality consumption values, drawing on the theory of consumption values and social identity theory. A survey invol…
Local people’s attitude, avoidance, image, and knowledge about Muslim visitors at tourism destinations: A cumulative prospect theory
The influence of risk perceptions and media on travel behaviour to sub-Saharan Africa: Mediating role of infrastructure and nature images
While prior studies have investigated the impact of risk on travel intention and focused on specific risks related to travel behaviour, there is limited investigation carried out examining the direct and indirect effects of financial and socio-psychological risks on travel avoidance and cautious travel behaviour, particularly considering the indirect impact of infrastructure and nature image on such relationships. This study, grounded in cognitiv…
A configurational impact assessment of pet tourism destination visit intention: Application of TPB, servicescapes, and loss-aversion under prospect theory
As the number of pet lovers is increasing, the tourism industry has become keenly interested in pet-friendly business environments. This study aimed to explain pet owners’ intentions to visit a pet tourism destination using diverse determinants, which were applied in three theoretical frameworks. Data were collected from a sample of 349 pet owners. Among the meaningful results, pet owners chose pet tourism destinations that offered physical envir…
Uncovering the Intervening Mechanisms in the Relationship Between Technological Stressors and Individual and Work-Related Consequences
This study examined how workplace telepressure and cyber incivility, as work-related stressors, affect individual and work-related outcomes in hospitality employees, using a mixed-methods approach. After developing a draft, following a thorough literature review and interviews with hotel staff, the drafted questions were refined through a pre-test and a pilot test. Finally, the main survey was conducted with 792 hotel staff in China. Structural e…
Consumer multifaceted trust of central bank digital currency (CBDC) payment in travel and tourism
Advancing Employees’ Mental Health and Psychological Well-being Research in Hospitality and Tourism: Systematic Review, Critical Reflections, and Future Prospects
This study represents a systematic review and analysis of the research landscape concerning the mental health and psychological well-being (MHPW) of employees in the hospitality and tourism sector. Comprehensive bibliometric analysis, intellectual network mapping, and critical qualitative content analysis were performed utilizing a dataset of 184 relevant articles. From these analyses, eight critical reflections were derived, and a future researc…
Determinants of Wellness Tourists’ Destination Choice and Word-Of-Mouth Behaviors
Are you concerned about giving your private information to a hotel? Customer information privacy and its consequences
ChatGPT use in hospitality and tourism: A multi-analytic approach
The effects of the various properties of the metaverse tourism on the emotional benefits and behavioral intentions
The influence of technology-led event sustainability consumption values (TESCVs) on event attendees’ perceptions of green event image, sustainable event loyalty, and behavioral outcomes
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Trade-offs when traveling to slow city or mega city destinations: Competitive mechanisms and perceptual dynamics
Air pollution and destination image: An optimal combination effect on international tourists’ behaviours
Are we in the same boat? Multi-stakeholder perceptions of the impacts of domestic resort tourism and sustainability in a small island developing state
Political ideology and variety seeking in travel choices
Despite the significance of political ideology in shaping consumer behavior, its impact on tourism studies remains unexplored. This study aimed to investigate how tourists' political orientation influences variety seeking in travel decisions, such as selecting destinations or activities at a destination. Four experimental studies revealed the significant moderating effect of decision type on the impact of political ideology on variety-seeking ten…
Wellness Tourism Attributes and Tourist Outcomes: An Analysis of Configurational Effects
Prior studies have identified the complexity involved in explaining the relationship between wellness tourism attributes and tourist behavior. This study investigated the configurational effects of 10 constructs in predicting the ambiguous area between overall satisfaction and destination behavioral loyalty. To achieve this, the study used a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) and necessary condition analysis (NCA). The results of …
Central bank digital money (CBDM) uses among patrons in hospitality and tourism
An industrial trend regarding a surging amount of attention to central bank digital money (CBDM) by government bodies and consumers has recently been observed. The aim of this study is to assess the roles of the antecedents and moderators, which include fear of missing out, confidence of CBDM in the digitalized era, and attachment to CBDM, in regards to predicting CBDM adoption within the framework of the theory of planned behavior and the five p…
Film-induced senior tourism and destination loyalty
The senior tourist niche is distinct from other tourist cohorts in terms of expenditure, service preference, and other destination appeals. This is a unique segment, requiring destination management/marketing organisations’ attention to film-induced tourism in particular. However, the intersection between film tourism and the nostalgic desires of seniors has seldom been explored. Surveying 366 film-induced senior tourists to Croatia, the dimensio…
Covid-19 Research in Hospitality and Tourism: Critical Analysis, Reflection, and Lessons Learned
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically affected everyday life and business. To describe the impacts, 566 COVID-19-related articles were published between January 2020 and March 2022 in 18 hospitality and tourism journals. This study identifies the research streams, using content and bibliometric analyses. Content analysis and co-citation analysis revealed six research streams and four research clusters, respectively. A critical analysis was conduc…
Unplanned Purchases of Luxury Goods and Experiences
Unplanned purchases, such as same-day bookings for hotel stays, are an emerging trend. However, few studies have examined unplanned purchases, particularly luxury hospitality and tourism purchases. This study compares consumers’ unplanned purchases of luxury goods and experiences. Four studies of luxury consumers in Hong Kong and the United States show that unplanned purchases of luxury experiences (vs. luxury goods) increase positive emotions an…
The effects of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) on senior tourists’ experiential quality, perceived advantages, perceived enjoyment, and reuse intention
This study investigated the use of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) virtual tourism to overcome problems and limitations in the senior tourism market. We explored the attributes of VR and AR in the context of vitalizing senior tourism, and the effects of such attributes on older adults’ experience, perceived advantage, enjoyment, and reuse intention. Using mixed methods (i.e. qualitative and quantitative approaches), we developed f…
Understanding the Role of the Shopping Experience in Explaining Tourists' Perceived Value and Behavioral Intention in African Markets
Although the tourism shopping experience is growing in volume and importance, there is a lacuna about how the experiential facets of tourism shopping shape tourists' attitudes and behaviors. Therefore, this study aims to provide a broader understanding of this, by exploring the structural relationships between tourism shopping experiences, tourism shopping value, affective attachment, and behavioral intention. Data were sourced from 500 internati…
Experiential attributes and benefits of transnational festivals
Despite their significant impact on the well‐being of immigrants, the destination image of host countries, and preservation of heritage, transnational festivals have received limited research attention. This study aims to explore transnational festival attributes and their experiential benefits using a constructivist grounded theory approach to analyze two major Ethiopian transnational festivals that take place in the USA. Based on the research f…
An Exploration of the Relationships Among Social Psychological Involvement, Behavioral Involvement, Commitment, and Future Intentions in the Context of Birdwatching
Using data collected from 517 visitors to a birding festival, interrelationship were investigated among two social-psychological measures of involvement (Laurent and Kapferer's IP and Zaichkowsky's PII scales), five generic behavioral involvement scales, and a commitment scale that measured centrality to lifestyle. Correlation analysis revealed that commitment and social psychological involvement were interrelated, and that commitment and the imp…
Effects of Korean television dramas on the flow of Japanese tourists
The influence of push and pull factors at Korean national parks
Residents’ perceptions on impacts of the Fifa 2002 World Cup: The case of Seoul as a host city
Development Characteristics and Implications of Mainland Chinese Outbound Tourism
This paper provides a thorough examination of the Mainland Chinese demand for outbound travel. It analyses the impacts of the Mainland Chinese outbound tourism market according to factors such as policy, economy and socio-political issues. The origins, destination perceptions and organization of Mainland Chinese outbound tourists are also explained, together with the negative impacts of tourism on Mainland Chinese travellers, travel agencies, nat…
Change of images of South Korea among foreign tourists after the 2002 Fifa World Cup
Tourism and reconciliation between Mainland China and Taiwan
Push and Pull Relationships
Tourism and political ideologies: A case of tourism in North Korea
Using tourism to promote peace on the Korean Peninsula
Tourism, peace, politics and ideology: Impacts of the Mt. Gumgang tour project in the Korean Peninsula
Effects of TV drama celebrities on national image and behavioral intention
This empirical study attempted to identify the role of TV drama celebrity in explaining audience involvement, perceived national image, and audience behavioral intention. Among many significant findings, emotional and behavioral involvement with TV drama celebrities significantly influenced perceived national image. Perceived national image also had a significant impact on intentions to purchase celebrity-related products and visit film places. H…
Assessing the economic value of a world heritage site and willingness-to-pay determinants: A case of Changdeok Palace
Marketing implications arising from a comparative study of international pleasure tourist motivations and other travel-related characteristics of visitors to Korea
The sacred and the profane: Identifying pilgrim traveler value orientations using means-end theory
Understanding Japanese tourists’ shopping preferences using the Decision Tree Analysis method
The effects of Sars on the Korean hotel industry and measures to overcome the crisis: A case study of six Korean five-star hotels
The major objectives of this study were: (1) to discuss the impact of the SARS outbreak on the Korean hotel industry; (2) to explore how the crisis management contingency concept was implemented by the Korean hotel industry during this crisis; (3) to examine what the implications are for managers in the hotel industry. Results of this study indicate that the SARS outbreak had an adverse impact on the Korean hotel industry. During the six months a…
Factors affecting bilateral Chinese and Japanese travel
An investigation of the relationship between South Korean domestic public opinion, tourism development in North Korea and a role for tourism in promoting peace on the Korean peninsula
Perceptions of casino impacts—a Korean longitudinal study
Mindfulness and pro-environmental hotel preference
Give and take”: A social exchange perspective on festival stakeholder relations
A comparative study of perceptions of destination advertising according to message appeal and endorsement type
As today’s world is flattening, the landscape of tourist destinations is becoming similar. In turn, an increasing number of destinations are seeking to effectively promote themselves. For these reasons, this study investigated the differences in the advertising effectiveness of destination promotions by message appeal and endorsement type. The main objective of the study was to compare the effectiveness of destination advertising by message appea…
Temporal Changes in Perceived Constraints to Visiting State Parks
Two research questions guided the study: Do perceived constraints change over time among a sample of state park visitors? and, Do changes in the magnitude of constraints influence visitation to state parks? Three sets of data were analyzed. Data Sets 1 and 2 were independent samples of visitors to Texas state parks, while Data Set 3 consisted of a follow-up with respondents from Data Sets 1 and 2, 16 and 12 months later, respectively. Results ind…
Residents’ perceptions of desired and perceived tourism impact in Hainan Island
This research aims to investigate residents’ perceptions of tourism development by exploring the sub-dimensions of impacts. The theoretical and practical implications of the four constructs are presented based on the results of this study. The T-test and ANOVA analyses with a sample of residents from Hainan Island in China reveal significant differences between the residents’ desired and perceived tourism impacts. In addition, residents with diff…
An Exploration of the Relationships Among Social Psychological Involvement, Behavioral Involvement, Commitment, and Future Intentions in the Context of Birdwatching
Using data collected from 517 visitors to a birding festival, interrelationship were investigated among two social-psychological measures of involvement (Laurent and Kapferer's IP and Zaichkowsky's PII scales), five generic behavioral involvement scales, and a commitment scale that measured centrality to lifestyle. Correlation analysis revealed that commitment and social psychological involvement were interrelated, and that commitment and the imp…
Testing Selected Choice Propositions
Supervenience and Causation: A Probabilistic Approach
The Effects of Different Types of Information Messages on Perceptions of Price and Stated Willingness-to-Pay
The analyses reported here were undertaken on three data sets derived from surveys commissioned to identify likely visitor reaction to proposed large price increases in Texas state parks. One of the goals in each study was to assess the influence of alternate information messages on perceptions of price and stated willingness to pay. The messages used in each study were different, but there were some common themes among them. In two of the three …
A cross-cultural study on casino guests as perceived by casino employees
Push and Pull Relationships
Testing Multiple Realizability: A Discussion of Bechtel and Mundale
Bechtel and Mundale (1999) argue that multiple realizability is not plausible. They point out that neuroscientists assume that psychological traits are realized similarly in homologous brain structures and contend that a biological aspect of the brain that is relevant to neuropsychological state individuation provides evidence against multiple realizability. I argue that Bechtel and Mundale adduce the wrong sort of evidence against multiple reali…
Perceptions of casino impacts—a Korean longitudinal study
Tourism, peace, politics and ideology: Impacts of the Mt. Gumgang tour project in the Korean Peninsula
Convention industry in South Korea: An economic impact analysis
The influence of push and pull factors at Korean national parks
A Cross-cultural Study of Airline Passengers
Temporal Changes in Perceived Constraints to Visiting State Parks
Two research questions guided the study: Do perceived constraints change over time among a sample of state park visitors? and, Do changes in the magnitude of constraints influence visitation to state parks? Three sets of data were analyzed. Data Sets 1 and 2 were independent samples of visitors to Texas state parks, while Data Set 3 consisted of a follow-up with respondents from Data Sets 1 and 2, 16 and 12 months later, respectively. Results ind…
Oxidative Stress Induced--Expression Changes of Zonular Occludens--1 in Tight Junction
The effects of Sars on the Korean hotel industry and measures to overcome the crisis: A case study of six Korean five-star hotels
The major objectives of this study were: (1) to discuss the impact of the SARS outbreak on the Korean hotel industry; (2) to explore how the crisis management contingency concept was implemented by the Korean hotel industry during this crisis; (3) to examine what the implications are for managers in the hotel industry. Results of this study indicate that the SARS outbreak had an adverse impact on the Korean hotel industry. During the six months a…
Residents’ perceptions on impacts of the Fifa 2002 World Cup: The case of Seoul as a host city
Change of images of South Korea among foreign tourists after the 2002 Fifa World Cup
Marketing implications arising from a comparative study of international pleasure tourist motivations and other travel-related characteristics of visitors to Korea
Positioning analysis of overseas golf tour destinations by Korean golf tourists
The positioning of overseas honeymoon destinations
Perspectives on Inter-Korean Cooperation in Tourism
Tourism is often called the world's peace industry and a pivotal contributor in establishing good relations between host country and country of origin. In particular, cross-border cooperation is a critical factor of success in developing various forms of tourism, especially in areas adjacent to international borders. Between countries partitioned for various reasons, what is the role of cooperation in tourism? This study discusses current efforts…
An investigation of the relationship between South Korean domestic public opinion, tourism development in North Korea and a role for tourism in promoting peace on the Korean peninsula
Tourism and reconciliation between Mainland China and Taiwan
Development Characteristics and Implications of Mainland Chinese Outbound Tourism
This paper provides a thorough examination of the Mainland Chinese demand for outbound travel. It analyses the impacts of the Mainland Chinese outbound tourism market according to factors such as policy, economy and socio-political issues. The origins, destination perceptions and organization of Mainland Chinese outbound tourists are also explained, together with the negative impacts of tourism on Mainland Chinese travellers, travel agencies, nat…
The study motivations and study preferences of student groups from Asian nations majoring in hospitality and tourism management programs
Business (84 works) · Tourism (78 works) · Psychology (72 works) · Geography (64 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (63 works) · Marketing (61 works) · Advertising (51 works) · Political science (43 works) · Economics (38 works) · Social Psychology (33 works)