Hospitality Research: A Comparison of Industry Professionals' and Educators' Perceptions

Evaluating research performance in tourism and hospitality: The perspective of university program heads

“…Van Scottor and Culligan (2003), as well as Piccoli and Wagner (2003), advocated the necessity for hospitality and tourism academics to demonstrate their research findings to help industrial practitioners solve managerial or operational problems. Regardless of the ongoing effort of academic researchers in hospitality and tourism to bridge the gap between academic (and frequently theoretical) findings and industrial applications, practitioners and academics still hold different views on the importance and use of research results (Cobanoglu, Moreo, and Wood, 2003;Jones and Phillips, 2003). Cobanoglu et al (2003) further found significant differences in the perceptions held by academics and practitioners of industrial magazines and academic journals.…”

“…Regardless of the ongoing effort of academic researchers in hospitality and tourism to bridge the gap between academic (and frequently theoretical) findings and industrial applications, practitioners and academics still hold different views on the importance and use of research results (Cobanoglu, Moreo, and Wood, 2003;Jones and Phillips, 2003). Cobanoglu et al (2003) further found significant differences in the perceptions held by academics and practitioners of industrial magazines and academic journals. Similarly, among the 16 journals/periodicals that Kay (2001) used in her survey of industrial professionals, all academic research journals were rated less useful than professional periodicals.…”

Research Activity at the Annual Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality & Tourism

“…Van Scotter and Culligan (2003), as well as Piccoli and Wagner (2003), advocated the necessity for hospitality and tourism academics to demonstrate their research findings to help industrial practitioners solve managerial or operational problems. Regardless of the ongoing effort of academic researchers in hospitality and tourism to bridge the gap between academic (and frequently theoretical) findings and industrial applications, practitioners and academics still hold different views on the importance and use of research results (Cobanoglu, Moreo, & Wood, 2003;Jones & Phillips, 2003). Academic and professional conferences often serve as a venue for faculty researchers and industry professionals to discuss these professional differences.…”

“…Using publications in academic journals as a sole proxy for research performance is unacceptable to industrial practitioners (Cobanoglu et al, 2003).…”

Who's Your Teacher Now? Issues Surrounding the Dimensions of Hospitality Management Educators

“…Furthermore, research has also surfaced on faculty perspectives about various topics. For example, faculty's perceptions of hospitality research initiatives and efforts have been measured in several articles (Schmidgall, Woods & Rutherford, 1996;Cobanoglu & Moreo, 2001;Cobanoglu, Moreo & Wood, 2002), as well as faculty's views on student learning styles and approaches (Partlow & Woods, 1995;Groves, 2003;Deale, 2003;Hsu & Wolfe, 2003). Additionally, research in the area of evaluating hospitality educators' profession has uncovered and detailed faculty workloads and outputs achieved by educators Gregoire & Partlow, 2002;Johanson & Woods, 2002) as well as how much faculty earn in direct pay or have received in fringe benefits (Johanson & Woods, 2002;Fried, Milman & Pizam, 1998;Knutson & Schmidgall, 1993).…”