Manisha Singal
Biographic Data
| ID | 4625945 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Manisha Singal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Manisha |
| FAMILY NAME | Singal |
| SIGNATURE | SINGAL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3459-3049 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From theory to practice: A research note on extraordinary pro-environmental behavior (Epeb) in the hospitality industry
The urgency to find sustainable solutions in a seemingly non-sustainable industry, i.e., hospitality, has been debated among academics and hospitality stakeholders. Although there is unquestionable need to implement sustainability actions and initiatives, they remain ordinary and basic and within the same parameters as decades ago. In this research note, we sought hospitality managers and asked them to offer alternative solutions that could be co…
Toward the institutionalization of social sustainability
This study applies framework analysis to understand how hospitality and tourism organizations can institutionalize social sustainability as a recursive, capability-driven governance process. Drawing on an integrated framework of dynamic capabilities, institutional, and stakeholder theories, we analyze data from multiple workshops with hospitality and tourism managers to identify how firms embed social sustainability into organizational routines a…
The Effect of Short-Term Leases on Hotel’s Agglomeration and Market-Entry Strategies: A Game Theory Approach
Hotel agglomeration has been recognized as a driving force behind the success of tourist destinations. However, little research has delved into the effect of short-term leases on the dynamics of agglomeration. Utilizing a game theory approach, this study fills this gap in the literature by investigating the influence of short-term leases on agglomeration in the hospitality sector. Employing random-effect and logit models, our research reveals sig…
Sustainable Horizons: Navigating ESG Reporting Challenges in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
A review of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reports shows that firms in the hospitality industry often take an external, fragmented approach to ESG reporting, failing to consider the sector’s diverse stakeholder groups and unique operational challenges. Integrating stakeholder salience theory and sustainability materiality framework, we examine the current ESG issues reported by hospitality firms to offer preliminary directions for ES…
Slack resources and employee-centered corporate social responsibility in restaurant companies
Although the importance of superior stakeholder relationships in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives is well-established in the literature, research on the antecedents of such investments on salient stakeholders, like employees, and in particular industry contexts is lacking. In this paper, we explore an important antecedent of employee-centered CSR initiatives in the restaurant industry, that is, slack resources. We consider th…
Disruptor Recognition and Market Value of Incumbent Firms: Airbnb and the Lodging Industry
Although Airbnb debuted in 2008, incumbent lodging firms did not fully recognize it as a legitimate competitor for several years. However, as Airbnb made inroads into the accommodation business, hotel firms and their investors started to take notice and to legitimize its disruptive role. In this paper, we investigate investors’ awareness of the disruptor Airbnb as a competitor of incumbent lodging firms. Specifically, we assess the effect of awar…
A Framework of Facilitators and Barriers to Career Adaptability: Migrant Hotel Workers During Covid-19
We examine internal and external factors that build or thwart the career adaptability resources of migrant hotel workers. Drawing on qualitative data at two points in time over a 12-month period during COVID-19, results show that while some migrant workers changed roles and exited hotels, for most, job changes were a shorter-term, separation phenomenon, with migrants transitioning back to their employer within a year. Psychological, social, and h…
Dual-branded hotels: Resource-based entry strategies in agglomerated markets
Launch of the JHTR Featured Section “Insight & Foresight”: Inspire “Homegrown” Theorizing in Hospitality and Tourism Research
HTR recently engaged a task force of editors, associate editors, and editorial board members to refresh the journal’s description and editorial principles. One topic that spurred considerable debate was whether our field could generate original and “homegrown” theories. Many researchers in our field hesitate to claim that they are creating theories, asking questions such as “can we really create theories in hospitality and tourism?” and “am I cre…
A review of the business case for CSR in the hospitality industry
Family Firms
Family firms are the most common organization form of business in the world. They are characterized by the overlap of family, management, and ownership roles of its members. While unique advantages like increased resources in the form of family's social, financial and emotional capital and lower agency and transactions costs due to trust in family relationships are often offset by disadvantages like lack of professionalization and succession conf…
Hotels’ social responsiveness toward a community in crisis
Dual-branded hotels: Resource-based entry strategies in agglomerated markets
The Effect of Short-Term Leases on Hotel’s Agglomeration and Market-Entry Strategies: A Game Theory Approach
Hotel agglomeration has been recognized as a driving force behind the success of tourist destinations. However, little research has delved into the effect of short-term leases on the dynamics of agglomeration. Utilizing a game theory approach, this study fills this gap in the literature by investigating the influence of short-term leases on agglomeration in the hospitality sector. Employing random-effect and logit models, our research reveals sig…
Hotels’ social responsiveness toward a community in crisis
Family Firms
Family firms are the most common organization form of business in the world. They are characterized by the overlap of family, management, and ownership roles of its members. While unique advantages like increased resources in the form of family's social, financial and emotional capital and lower agency and transactions costs due to trust in family relationships are often offset by disadvantages like lack of professionalization and succession conf…
A review of the business case for CSR in the hospitality industry
Launch of the JHTR Featured Section “Insight & Foresight”: Inspire “Homegrown” Theorizing in Hospitality and Tourism Research
HTR recently engaged a task force of editors, associate editors, and editorial board members to refresh the journal’s description and editorial principles. One topic that spurred considerable debate was whether our field could generate original and “homegrown” theories. Many researchers in our field hesitate to claim that they are creating theories, asking questions such as “can we really create theories in hospitality and tourism?” and “am I cre…
Dual-branded hotels: Resource-based entry strategies in agglomerated markets
Slack resources and employee-centered corporate social responsibility in restaurant companies
Although the importance of superior stakeholder relationships in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives is well-established in the literature, research on the antecedents of such investments on salient stakeholders, like employees, and in particular industry contexts is lacking. In this paper, we explore an important antecedent of employee-centered CSR initiatives in the restaurant industry, that is, slack resources. We consider th…
Disruptor Recognition and Market Value of Incumbent Firms: Airbnb and the Lodging Industry
Although Airbnb debuted in 2008, incumbent lodging firms did not fully recognize it as a legitimate competitor for several years. However, as Airbnb made inroads into the accommodation business, hotel firms and their investors started to take notice and to legitimize its disruptive role. In this paper, we investigate investors’ awareness of the disruptor Airbnb as a competitor of incumbent lodging firms. Specifically, we assess the effect of awar…
A Framework of Facilitators and Barriers to Career Adaptability: Migrant Hotel Workers During Covid-19
We examine internal and external factors that build or thwart the career adaptability resources of migrant hotel workers. Drawing on qualitative data at two points in time over a 12-month period during COVID-19, results show that while some migrant workers changed roles and exited hotels, for most, job changes were a shorter-term, separation phenomenon, with migrants transitioning back to their employer within a year. Psychological, social, and h…
Sustainable Horizons: Navigating ESG Reporting Challenges in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
A review of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reports shows that firms in the hospitality industry often take an external, fragmented approach to ESG reporting, failing to consider the sector’s diverse stakeholder groups and unique operational challenges. Integrating stakeholder salience theory and sustainability materiality framework, we examine the current ESG issues reported by hospitality firms to offer preliminary directions for ES…
From theory to practice: A research note on extraordinary pro-environmental behavior (Epeb) in the hospitality industry
The urgency to find sustainable solutions in a seemingly non-sustainable industry, i.e., hospitality, has been debated among academics and hospitality stakeholders. Although there is unquestionable need to implement sustainability actions and initiatives, they remain ordinary and basic and within the same parameters as decades ago. In this research note, we sought hospitality managers and asked them to offer alternative solutions that could be co…
Toward the institutionalization of social sustainability
This study applies framework analysis to understand how hospitality and tourism organizations can institutionalize social sustainability as a recursive, capability-driven governance process. Drawing on an integrated framework of dynamic capabilities, institutional, and stakeholder theories, we analyze data from multiple workshops with hospitality and tourism managers to identify how firms embed social sustainability into organizational routines a…
The Effect of Short-Term Leases on Hotel’s Agglomeration and Market-Entry Strategies: A Game Theory Approach
Hotel agglomeration has been recognized as a driving force behind the success of tourist destinations. However, little research has delved into the effect of short-term leases on the dynamics of agglomeration. Utilizing a game theory approach, this study fills this gap in the literature by investigating the influence of short-term leases on agglomeration in the hospitality sector. Employing random-effect and logit models, our research reveals sig…
Business (10 works) · Tourism (8 works) · Hospitality industry (6 works) · Marketing (6 works) · Hospitality (5 works) · Environmental Sustainability in Business (4 works) · Industrial organization (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)