Papers on “hospitality employees”
Research on “hospitality employees” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “hospitality employees” appeared in 245 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in tourism and hospitality (234), marketing (6) and management (5).
- 37 of them were published in 2025, against 6 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Hong Kong Polytechnic University (12), Jinan University (8) and Auckland University of Technology (7).
- The journals publishing most of them were International Journal of Hospitality Management (110), Tourism Management (12) and Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management (12).
- The most-cited of them is “Turnover intention in the hospitality industry: A meta-analysis” (International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2020), with 357 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourism and Hospitality | 6 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 18 | 24 | 28 | 38 | 34 | 36 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Management | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| All categories | 6 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 39 | 37 | 40 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Journal of Hospitality Management | 110 |
| 2 | Tourism Management | 12 |
| 3 | Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management | 12 |
| 4 | Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services | 3 |
| 5 | Annals of Tourism Research | 1 |
| 6 | Public Relations Review | 1 |
| 7 | Journal of Business and Psychology | 1 |
| 8 | IIMB Management Review | 1 |
| 9 | Journal of Brand Management | 1 |
| 10 | Service Business | 1 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 12 |
| 2 | Jinan University | 8 |
| 3 | Auckland University of Technology | 7 |
| 4 | Macau University of Science and Technology | 7 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania State University | 7 |
| 6 | University of Houston | 7 |
| 7 | University of Macau | 7 |
| 8 | Kyung Hee University | 6 |
| 9 | Xiamen University | 6 |
| 10 | City University of Macau | 5 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 65 |
| 2 | United States | 45 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 16 |
| 4 | South Korea | 16 |
| 5 | Macao | 16 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 14 |
| 7 | Australia | 10 |
| 8 | India | 9 |
| 9 | New Zealand | 8 |
| 10 | Taiwan | 8 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | hotel employees | 23 |
| 2 | conservation of resources theory | 20 |
| 3 | employee well-being | 12 |
| 4 | frontline workers | 11 |
| 5 | work engagement | 11 |
| 6 | moderated mediation | 10 |
| 7 | service robots | 10 |
| 8 | employee motivation | 9 |
| 9 | tourism workforce | 9 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “hospitality employees”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/hospitality-employees
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