Indoor and outdoor physical surroundings and guests’ emotional well-being: A luxury resort hotel context
- Title
- Indoor and outdoor physical surroundings and guests’ emotional well-being: A luxury resort hotel context
- Author
- 현성협
- Keywords
- Emotional well-being; External physical environment; Guest retention; Guest satisfaction; Internal physical environment; Luxury resort hotel
- Issue Date
- 2019-07
- Publisher
- EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT, v. 31, no. 7, Page. 2759-2775
- Abstract
- Purpose – This paper aims to examine the relationship of internal/external physical environments and emotional well-being and to explore the possible influence of such an association with guest satisfaction and retention considering the moderating role of price perception in the luxury resort hotel context.
Design/methodology/approach – A total of 603 responses were gathered from a field survey at luxury resort hotels. The data were analyzed using quantitative data analyses to achieve research objectives.
Findings – The results from the structural model assessment revealed that both internal and external physical environments elicited emotional well-being, which in turn leads to the increased guest satisfaction and retention. More specifically, internal atmospherics had a stronger impact on triggering subsequent variables compared to external environment factors. The outcomes also indicated the significant mediating role of emotional well-being and satisfaction. Emotional well-being was found to mediate the effect of internal and external physical environments on guest satisfaction, while guest satisfaction mediated the effect of emotional well-being on guest retention. Moreover, price perception significantly moderated the guest satisfaction–guest retention association. Overall, the proposed conceptual framework satisfactorily accounted for variance in guest retention.
Originality/value – The findings help practitioners in luxury resort hotels to develop ways to boost guests’ post-purchase behaviors by using internal/external atmospherics and emotional well-being.
- URI
- https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJCHM-10-2018-0852/full/htmlhttps://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/152227
- ISSN
- 0959-6119; 1757-1049
- DOI
- 10.1108/IJCHM-10-2018-0852
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- COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES[S](사회과학대학) > TOURISM(관광학부) > Articles
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