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Investigating the motivations and constraints of Chinese peer-to-peer accommodation hosts (2020)
Journal Article
Li, S., Fong, L., Zhang, C., & Chen, M. (2021). Investigating the motivations and constraints of Chinese peer-to-peer accommodation hosts. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 33(1), 305-326. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-06-2020-0551

Purpose – This research aims to identify peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation hosts’ perceived motivations and constraints, to examine the prediction of the motivation and constraint factors on hosts’ intention to continue business based on hosts’ attitu... Read More about Investigating the motivations and constraints of Chinese peer-to-peer accommodation hosts.

“(S)he’s so hearty”: Gender cues, stereotypes, and expectations of warmth in peer-to-peer accommodation services (2020)
Journal Article
Zhang, C. X., Pino, G., Zhang, C., & Wang, Z. (2020). “(S)he’s so hearty”: Gender cues, stereotypes, and expectations of warmth in peer-to-peer accommodation services. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 91, Article 102650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2020.102650

The hospitality industry is witnessing continuous growth in the number of female travellers and female hosts available to accommodate travellers in their properties using peer-to-peer (P2P) service platforms. Cues that convey information about the ho... Read More about “(S)he’s so hearty”: Gender cues, stereotypes, and expectations of warmth in peer-to-peer accommodation services.

Luxury shopping tourism: views from Chinese post-1990s female tourists (2020)
Journal Article
Li, S. C., Zhang, C., Chen, X., & Wu, S. (2021). Luxury shopping tourism: views from Chinese post-1990s female tourists. Tourism Review, 76(2), 427-438. https://doi.org/10.1108/TR-08-2019-0335

Purpose: The study explores how the concept of the extended self influences luxury shopping tourism consumption among Chinese tourists. It explores why luxury shopping is important for Chinese tourists. Specifically, this study focuses on a strategic... Read More about Luxury shopping tourism: views from Chinese post-1990s female tourists.

Guanxi influences on women intrapreneurship (2020)
Journal Article
Zhang, C. X., Kimbu, A., Lin, P., & Ngoasong, M. (2020). Guanxi influences on women intrapreneurship. Tourism Management, 81, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2020.104137

Drawing on the literature examining women intrapreneurship, Chinese guanxi and tourism, this article critically explores a theoretical framework for understanding guanxi influences on women intrapreneurship in a non-western and highly patriarchal des... Read More about Guanxi influences on women intrapreneurship.

Ontological mingling and mapping: Chinese tourism researchers’ experiences at international conferences (2020)
Journal Article
Zhang, J., & Zhang, C. (2021). Ontological mingling and mapping: Chinese tourism researchers’ experiences at international conferences. Tourism Geographies, 23(4), 873-894. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2020.1757745

Within tourism studies, the 'critical turn' has evoked growing reflective and critical perspectives on the role of the researcher in producing knowledge. This has also led to calls for building an inclusive research community, particularly through in... Read More about Ontological mingling and mapping: Chinese tourism researchers’ experiences at international conferences.