What motivates people to become Airbnb hosts – do we know enough? — an exploration of the literature

Fischer, Simon Lind; Pahus, Henrik S; Bager, Anne

doi:10.1080/22243534.2019.1689697

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“…As revealed in our review, social-related antecedents could explain the nature of social interactions between hosts and guests ( Cheng and Zhang, 2019 , Philip et al, 2015 ). While the host is central to the guest’s experience of home sharing ( Lynch, 2005 ), and there is evidence of a reciprocal nature of encounters between guests and hosts ( Fischer, Pahus, & Bager, 2019 ), we predict that interactions will be very different during COVID-19 and a post-pandemic period. This is because people are now encouraged to (1) distance themselves socially, (2) avoid physical contact such as touching and shaking hands, and (3) employ hygienic practices, which may mean the difference between catching and not catching the virus.…”

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Home sharing in marketing and tourism at a tipping point: What do we know, how do we know, and where should we be heading?

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Makkar

2021

Journal of Business Research

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Highlights Home sharing is touted as the future of marketing and tourism in the sharing economy. Framework-based systematic review using the ADO and TCM frameworks is performed and state-of-the-art overview of home sharing in marketing and tourism is presented. Antecedents, decisions, and outcomes of marketing exchange in home sharing are discussed. Theories, contexts, and methods of home-sharing research in marketing and tourism are presented. Pathways for theoretical novelty, contextual relevance, and methodological rigor are outlined.

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Section: Where Should We Be Heading?mentioning

confidence: 93%

Home sharing in marketing and tourism at a tipping point: What do we know, how do we know, and where should we be heading?

Lim

Yap

Makkar

2021

Journal of Business Research

291

259

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“…In the existing literature, there has been a tendency to attribute certain intrinsic and extrinsic characteristics to Airbnb host motivations; that is, whether one engages in the practice of hosting for its own sake (intrinsic) or for other reasons that are usually disconnected from the nature of the practice itself (extrinsic), including economic benefits (Fischer et al, 2019). A growing number of studies have confirmed that financial gains play a major role in motivating Airbnb hosts to host on the platform (Crommelin et al, 2018;Lampinen and Cheshire, 2016;Schor, 2017;Zhang et al, 2019).…”

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Accommodating guests during pandemic times: a case-study of the Airbnb Host Community in Aarhus, Denmark

Fischer

Roelofsen

2022

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PurposeThis paper explores how Airbnb hosts' experiences with and responses to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) health crisis may differ according to their motivations to host and to the type and spatial layout of their Airbnb accommodation. Based on these insights, the paper reflects on the lessons that are learned for the future of short-term rentals.Design/methodology/approachThis is a qualitative multi-method small-scale case study, which relies on in-depth interviews and a focus group discussion carried out with a group of hosts affiliated to the Airbnb Host Community in Aarhus, Denmark. Informed by an interpretivist approach, the study aims to make sense of people's subjective experiences with hosting on the Airbnb platform, and how they have continued and adapted their hospitality practices during the pandemic.FindingsParticipants' adaptive practices vary according to their motivations to host and the type of accommodation that they rent out. Although all hosts in this study now implement more intensive cleaning practices, hosts who stay with their guests onsite tend to take stricter preventative measures to avoid contamination and transmission of the virus in their social interactions with guests. On the contrary, hosts who rent out their entire properties and have minimal contact with their guests found themselves less affected by the pandemic's impacts and have had a continued demand for their properties.Social implicationsThe COVID-19 pandemic has unevenly affected Airbnb hosts. Hosts who share their homes with guests require different adaptations to their daily behaviour and cleaning practices at home than hosts who do not stay with their guests and rent out entire properties. However, unlike professional hosts who largely or solely rely on Airbnb for their income, occasional home-sharing hosts tend to be more flexible in coping with cancelled or fewer bookings.Originality/valueThis study provides novel insights into the uneven impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on participants in the platform economies of tourism. It contributes to existing literature on the impacts of the pandemic on Airbnb's operations by showing how hosts' adaptive practices are informed by their subjective living conditions and the type of accommodation they can offer their guests.

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“…Respecto a la decisión de proveer servicios colaborativos, las motivaciones sociales también se encuentran muy presentes. En este sentido, se ha detectado la necesidad de socializar y establecer vínculos emocionales con otros (Fischer et al, 2019) como fuerte motivador.…”

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Motivaciones y efectos sociales de la Economía Colaborativa: el sector del transporte en España como estudio de caso

Pérez-Aradros

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2022

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Durante los últimos años, los modelos de negocio surgidos al amparo del paradigma que abre la Economía Colaborativa han experimentado un notable crecimiento, al tiempo que el propio fenómeno de la Economía Colaborativa ampliaba la heterogeneidad de su contenido y, en gran medida, se profesionalizaba. Los efectos de este acontecimiento se perciben en muchos ámbitos, de forma especialmente notoria en el social, donde se clasifican en efectos positivos por un lado y efectos negativos por otro para, utilizando la Teoría del Triple Balance, ponderar la sostenibilidad de estas dinámicas. Paralelamente surge la cuestión: ¿Por qué se participa en los sectores colaborativos? De forma general, un análisis de la literatura académica existente nos conducirá a entender qué motivaciones de tipo social pueden subyacer a la decisión de convertirse en usuario colaborativo; de forma particular, se analiza el sector del transporte colaborativo en España a través de la encuesta “Panel de Hogares” realizada por una institución solvente como es la Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia para comprobar qué mueve a estos consumidores, distinguiendo entre los usuarios de un modelo B2C y otro C2C, y proveedores de servicios a serlo, y esbozamos a continuación un breve perfil del consumidor para mejor comprensión de los matices de esta realidad. El resultado de este análisis proporcionará un marco de trabajo a investigaciones teóricas futuras, en tanto construye matrices sociales que contraponen los aspectos positivos frente a los efectos negativos de este paradigma; al tiempo que podría consistir una herramienta práctica en tanto perfila al usuario de transporte colaborativo en España, así como qué le mueve a participar, lo que facilitaría el lanzamiento de campañas destinadas a los grupos sociodemográficos de interés en cuestión.

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What motivates people to become Airbnb hosts – do we know enough? — an exploration of the literature

Cited by 18 publications

References 18 publications

Home sharing in marketing and tourism at a tipping point: What do we know, how do we know, and where should we be heading?

Home sharing in marketing and tourism at a tipping point: What do we know, how do we know, and where should we be heading?

Accommodating guests during pandemic times: a case-study of the Airbnb Host Community in Aarhus, Denmark

Motivaciones y efectos sociales de la Economía Colaborativa: el sector del transporte en España como estudio de caso

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