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Is lodging research suffering from methods bias? An assessment of published research during 1990-2016

Is lodging research suffering from methods bias? An assessment of published research during... The study aims to investigate if lodging research suffers from a method bias by comprehensively reviewing the research methodology used in lodging related research articles.Design/methodology/approachIn all, 2,647 published papers in 16 leading hospitality and tourism published between 1990 and 2016 are analyzed using bibliometric technique.FindingsIn all, 69% of the empirical studies in lodging research across 26 years period used quantitative methods, with an increasing reliance on regression-based analysis and structural equation modeling, a disturbing plunging trend in methods diversity. Findings also suggest an increasing trend of using secondary data.Research limitations/implicationsBased on the findings of this study, theoretical and practical implications for hospitality and tourism researchers are provided.Originality/valueThis is the first study that reviewed a large corpus of published research (2,647 papers in 16 hospitality and tourism journals from the last 27 years) to highlight (a) methodology used, (b) methods employed and (c) data collection and analysis procedures. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology Emerald Publishing

Is lodging research suffering from methods bias? An assessment of published research during 1990-2016

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Emerald Publishing
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Abstract

The study aims to investigate if lodging research suffers from a method bias by comprehensively reviewing the research methodology used in lodging related research articles.Design/methodology/approachIn all, 2,647 published papers in 16 leading hospitality and tourism published between 1990 and 2016 are analyzed using bibliometric technique.FindingsIn all, 69% of the empirical studies in lodging research across 26 years period used quantitative methods, with an increasing reliance on regression-based analysis and structural equation modeling, a disturbing plunging trend in methods diversity. Findings also suggest an increasing trend of using secondary data.Research limitations/implicationsBased on the findings of this study, theoretical and practical implications for hospitality and tourism researchers are provided.Originality/valueThis is the first study that reviewed a large corpus of published research (2,647 papers in 16 hospitality and tourism journals from the last 27 years) to highlight (a) methodology used, (b) methods employed and (c) data collection and analysis procedures.

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Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology – Emerald Publishing

Published: Aug 5, 2021

Keywords: Research methods; Tourism; Hospitality; Bibliometric review; Lodging-context; 研究方法; 酒店背景; 旅游; 酒店管理; 文献计量法

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