Sojung Lee

Biographic Data

ID4628958
NAMESojung Lee
GIVEN NAMESSojung
FAMILY NAMELee
SIGNATURELEE S
AFFILIATIONSIowa State University
ORCID0000-0002-4783-442X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS25
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Assessment of rural festival volunteers’ motivation and satisfaction through importance-range performance analysis and impact asymmetry analysis

    Seung Jeon, Sojung Lee et al.ARTICLETourism Recreation Research2026

    As festivals become integral to rural tourism, volunteers play an increasingly crucial role. This study examines how six motivational factors – Value, Understanding, Social, Career, Protective, and Enhancement – affect volunteers’ satisfaction through an integrative model incorporating impact-range performance analysis (IRPA) and impact asymmetry analysis (IAA). Data from 376 volunteers in Iowa, Kansas, and Michigan revealed asymmetrical effects …

  • Future Space Tourists’ Motivations, Constraints, and Negotiation Strategies

    Open AccessChris Slaney, Sojung Lee et al.ARTICLETravel Research Bulletin2025Cited by: 1References: 83

    Space tourists’ decision-making would be far more complicated than general tourism, but limited research has investigated the process. This research explored potential space tourists’ decision-making process, grounded in the constraint–effects–mitigation (CEM) model. Through in-depth interviews with 10 individuals who experienced extensive space tourism activities, the grounded theory approach revealed four underlying themes of motivations, const…

  • The role of festival volunteers in supporting rural community development

    Sojung Lee, Jichul Jang et al.ARTICLECurrent Issues in Tourism2024

    Given the limited research that recognizes volunteers as significant workforce assets and sources of human capital in rural communities, this study investigated how rural festival volunteers’ motivation, psychological ownership, and community involvement impact their support of community development. A sample of 373 volunteers from 12 rural festivals in Iowa, Michigan, and Kansas revealed significant relationships among variables that foster comm…

  • Guarea microcarpa C. DC. extract inhibits NLRP3 inflammasome by suppressing its ATPase activity

    Open AccessSojung Lee, Sojin Yun et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnopharmacology2024

    Our results demonstrate the anti-inflammatory effects of GM via suppressing the NLRP3 inflammasome. Therefore, GM can be a potential therapeutic candidate for various inflammatory diseases caused by aberrant NLRP3 inflammasome activation

  • A Mixed Methods Study Exploring the Nature of Black Adolescents’ Unfair Treatment by School Staff

    Open AccessAisha N Griffith, Caniece Leggett et al.ARTICLEChild & Youth Care Forum2022

  • Pop star fan tourists

    Open AccessSojung Lee, Billy Bai et al.ARTICLETourism Management2019Cited by: 4References: 58

  • An integrated model of travelers’ pro-environmental decision-making process

    Eunkyoung Park, Sojung Lee et al.ARTICLEAsia Pacific Journal of Tourism…2018Cited by: 6References: 6

    This study integrated Value-Belief-Norm and Modified Norm Activation Model into a theoretical framework to identify the role of the New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) in tourists’ pro-environmental decision-making process. Results of the structural model from 484 sample travelers provide a comprehensive view of travelers’ pro-environmental decision-making process. Findings highlight that the integrated model captures a conceptual foundation by bett…

  • Influence of popular culture on special interest tourists' destination image

    Open AccessSojung Lee, Billy BaiARTICLETourism Management2016Cited by: 14References: 51