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  1. Engage more and burnout less through love! Examining the mechanism of hotel department managers’ brand love and health

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, February 2026, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  2. Mindfulness and chit-chat: Unlocking engagement and quiet quitting in the workplace

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, February 2026, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  3. Flying on a Magic Carpet: A Storytelling Perspective with IT Mindfulness in Dubai’s Air Taxi Tours

    Article • Journal of Travel Research, November 2025, SAGE Publications

    Yao-Chin Wang

  4. Defensive Silence Is Not Golden in Workplace Bullying: Building Hotel Employee Resilience From a Transactional Theory Perspective

    Article • International Journal of Tourism Research, September 2025, Wiley

    Yao-Chin Wang

  5. AI-assisted cross-cultural training for hotel newcomers: An IT mindfulness-driven perspective on building cultural intelligence and career development confidence

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, July 2025, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  6. Employees as Early Adopters of Robotic Technology: A Self-Identity Approach With Service Improvisation-Generated Outcomes

    Article • Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, May 2025, SAGE Publications

    Yao-Chin Wang

  7. Similarity-attraction theory perspective on service employees and service robots’ interactions

    Article • Service Industries Journal, April 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Yao-Chin Wang

  8. A Living Room on Wheels! Mechanisms Behind Customers’ Perceived Fun of Self-Driving Cars

    Article • Digital Society, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yao-Chin Wang

  9. Robots vs. human employees’ influence on restaurant brand relationship building: An integration of role theory and stereotype theory

    Article • Journal Of Vacation Marketing, February 2025, SAGE Publications

    Yao-Chin Wang

  10. Mindfulness in Tourist Experiences and Behaviors

    Article • January 2025, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  11. How luxury restaurants build brand love through idiosyncratic service experiences: a double-moderated mediation model

    Article • Service Business, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yao-Chin Wang

  12. Robot anthropomorphism at luxury hotels: a dual-congruity mechanism with luxury and task under anxiety

    Article • Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Yao-Chin Wang

  13. Conversational AI chatbots as counselors for hospitality employees

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, September 2024, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  14. Event attendees’ crafting behaviors for AI-powered autonomous driving at events: A monitor and acceptance theory perspective

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, September 2024, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  15. Taste a Cup of Community Resilience: A Case of Coffee Leisure Farms in the Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines

    Article • Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Cases, August 2024, SAGE Publications

    Yao-Chin Wang

  16. Mindfulness and Mental Health Research in Hospitality and Tourism Education and the Workplace

    Article • Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education, July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Yao-Chin Wang

  17. Healing experiences at resort hotels (HERH): Conceptualization and scale development

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, July 2024, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  18. An AI Approach to Support Student Mental Health: Case of Developing an AI-Powered Web-Platform with Nature-Based Mindfulness

    Article • Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education, June 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Yao-Chin Wang

  19. Utilize OCB-C-Driven Learning Mechanism to Empower Employees as Good Citizens: Perspective of Trial-and-Error Learning Theory

    Article • Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, June 2024, SAGE Publications

    Yao-Chin Wang

  20. Stronger family ties vs. less social contact: Use intention of autonomous vehicles in family tourism

    Article • Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, June 2024, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  21. AI dogs vs. real dogs and human-like robots: clarification, conceptualization, and applications in tourism and hospitality settings

    Article • Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology, May 2024, Emerald

    Yao-Chin Wang

  22. Using YouTube meditation videos to boost mindfulness and occupational health

    Article • International Journal of Stress Management, May 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Yao-Chin Wang

  23. Online Hosts’ Storytelling Strategies: A Narrative Analysis of Mindfulness-Themed Airbnb Online Experiences

    Article • Journal of Travel Research, March 2024, SAGE Publications

    Yao-Chin Wang

  24. Customers’ intention to compliment and complain via AI-enabled platforms: A self-disclosure perspective

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, January 2024, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  25. Memory impressions in slow tourism: Intrapersonal and interpersonal authenticity as antecedents

    Article • International Journal of Tourism Research, November 2023, Wiley

    Yao-Chin Wang

  26. Sensory Experience at Farm-to-Table Events (SEFTE): conceptualization and scale development

    Article • Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, July 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Yao-Chin Wang

  27. The impact of service robots on consumer response: Examining the roles of consumers' service expertise and technology expertise

    Article • Psychology and Marketing, July 2023, Wiley

    Yao-Chin Wang

  28. Cross-segment validation of customer support for AI-based service robots at luxury, fine-dining, casual, and quick-service restaurants

    Article • International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, June 2023, Emerald

    Yao-Chin Wang, Dr. Avraam Papastathopoulos

  29. Artificial intelligence-assisted mindfulness in tourism, hospitality, and events

    Article • International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, June 2023, Emerald

    Yao-Chin Wang

  30. AI and supportive technology experiences of customers with visual impairments in hotel, restaurant, and travel contexts

    Article • International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, April 2023, Emerald

    Yao-Chin Wang

  31. Religious beliefs and food waste prevention practices: mechanisms of divine and environmental awareness

    Article • Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, March 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Yao-Chin Wang

  32. Formation of hotel employees’ service innovation performance: Mechanism of thriving at work and change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior

    Article • Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, March 2023, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  33. Hotel general managers' brand love: A thematic analysis with general managers in the U.S.

    Article • Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, March 2023, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  34. Well-Being and Performance in the Hotel Industry: A Multilevel Perspective

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yao-Chin Wang

  35. Building restaurant customers’ technology readiness through robot-assisted experiences at multiple product levels

    Article • Tourism Management, December 2022, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  36. Memorable dining experiences with five senses: Conceptualization and scale development

    Article • Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, December 2022, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  37. Food choice motives and dining-out leftover prevention behavior: Integrated perspectives of planned behavior and norm activation

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, October 2022, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  38. When proactive employees meet the autonomy of work—A moderated mediation model based on agency theory and job characteristics theory

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, October 2022, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  39. Robotic employees vs. human employees: Customers’ perceived authenticity at casual dining restaurants

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, September 2022, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  40. Pipeline speed of chain-branded hotels in the U.S.: A competitive dynamics perspective

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, July 2022, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  41. A workplace-driven model on the formation of OCB-C: perspectives of social exchange theory and agency theory

    Article • International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, May 2022, Emerald

    Yao-Chin Wang

  42. Perceived luxurious values and pay a price premium for Michelin-starred restaurants: A sequential mediation model with self-expansion and customer gratitude

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, May 2022, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  43. Clarifying the multi-order multidimensional structure of organizational citizenship behavior: A cross-cultural validation

    Article • Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, March 2022, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  44. A hotel stay for a respite from work? Examining recovery experience, rumination and well-being among hotel and bed-and-breakfast guests

    Article • International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, January 2022, Emerald

    Yao-Chin Wang

  45. Booth Attractiveness: Scale Development and Model Testing from a Mental Budgeting Perspective

    Article • Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, January 2022, SAGE Publications

    Yao-Chin Wang

  46. Would Travel Experiences or Possessions Make People Happier?

    Article • Journal of Travel Research, January 2022, SAGE Publications

    Yao-Chin Wang

  47. Government and social trust vs. hotel response efficacy: A protection motivation perspective on hotel stay intention during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, August 2021, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  48. Authentic Leadership and Engaging Employees: A Moderated Mediation Model of Leader–Member Exchange and Power Distance

    Article • Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, July 2021, SAGE Publications

    Yao-Chin Wang

  49. Serve perfectly, being happier: A perfectionistic perspective on customer-driven hotel employee citizenship behavior and well-being

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, July 2021, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  50. Cash, credit card, or mobile? Examining customer payment preferences at chain restaurants in Taiwan

    Article • Journal of Foodservice Business Research, June 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Yao-Chin Wang

  51. Healthy food exposition attendees’ purchasing strategies: a mental budgeting perspective

    Article • International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, May 2021, Emerald

    Yao-Chin Wang

  52. Travel for mindfulness through Zen retreat experience: A case study at Donghua Zen Temple

    Article • Tourism Management, April 2021, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  53. The impact of religiosity on political skill: evidence from Muslim hotel employees in Turkey

    Article • International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, February 2021, Emerald

    Yao-Chin Wang

  54. Reenergizing Through Angel Customers: Cross-Cultural Validation of Customer-Driven Employee Citizenship Behavior

    Article • Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, December 2020, SAGE Publications

    Yao-Chin Wang

  55. Hotel employees’ fun climate at work: Effects on work-family conflict and employee deep acting through a collectivistic perspective

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, October 2020, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  56. Love spillover from a hotel sub-brand to its corporate brand: An associative network theory perspective

    Article • Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, September 2020, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  57. Decisional Factors Driving Household Food Waste Prevention: Evidence from Taiwanese Families

    Article • Sustainability, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Yao-Chin Wang

  58. Memorable Boat Show Experiences: Examining the Mechanisms of Value and Mianzi from the Perspective of High-end Chinese Attendees

    Article • Journal of China Tourism Research, June 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Yao-Chin Wang

  59. Hotel Restaurant Service Employees’ Sources of Positive and Negative Emotions

    Article • Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Yao-Chin Wang

  60. Gratifications of travel photo sharing (GTPS) on social media: Scale development and cross-cultural validation

    Article • Tourism Analysis, January 2020, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Yao-Chin Wang, Yao-Chin Wang

  61. Perceptions of Travel Importance, Benefits, and Constraints in Predicting Travel Behavior: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Leisure Travel

    Article • Tourism Review International, October 2019, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Yao-Chin Wang

  62. Work-Family Conflict and Psychological Well-Being of Tour Leaders: The Moderating Effect of Leisure Coping Styles

    Article • Leisure Sciences, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Yao-Chin Wang, Yao-Chin Wang

  63. Festival gamification: Conceptualization and scale development

    Article • Tourism Management, October 2019, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  64. Hotel internal branding: A participatory action study with a case hotel

    Article • Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, September 2019, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  65. Service employee dress: Effects on employee-customer interactions and customer-brand relationship at full-service restaurants

    Article • Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, September 2019, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  66. A case study for student leadership development: A goal setting perspective

    Article • Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education, June 2019, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  67. Festival attachment: antecedents and effects on place attachment and place loyalty

    Article • International Journal of Event and Festival Management, April 2019, Emerald

    Yao-Chin Wang

  68. Destination Fascination and Destination Loyalty: Subjective Well-Being and Destination Attachment as Mediators

    Article • Journal of Travel Research, April 2019, SAGE Publications

    Yao-Chin Wang

  69. Validating Novelty-Driven Serious Leisure at Aboriginal-Themed Museums

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Yao-Chin Wang, Yao-Chin Wang

  70. Employee brand love and love behaviors: Perspectives of social exchange and rational choice

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, January 2019, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  71. The formation of sub-brand love and corporate brand love in hotel brand portfolios

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, January 2019, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  72. The Role of Guanxi in Chinese Tourists' Destination Loyalty

    Article • Tourism Review International, December 2018, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Yao-Chin Wang

  73. Face Gain and Face Loss in Restaurant Consumers’ Brand Advocate Behaviors

    Article • Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, November 2018, SAGE Publications

    Yao-Chin Wang

  74. Sustainability indicators for festival tourism: A multi-stakeholder perspective

    Article • Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism, November 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Yao-Chin Wang, Yao-Chin Wang

  75. Service Experiences at Luxury Hotels: Business Tourists’ Perspectives

    Article • October 2018, Emerald

    Yao-Chin Wang

  76. Leisure-work preference and hotel employees’ perceived subjective well-being

    Article • Service Industries Journal, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Yao-Chin Wang, Yao-Chin Wang

  77. Generation Y’s revisit intention and price premium for lifestyle hotels: brand love as the mediator

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration, April 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Yao-Chin Wang, Yao-Chin Wang

  78. Destination fascination: Conceptualization and scale development

    Article • Tourism Management, December 2017, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  79. The Impact of Travel Brochures on Perceptions of Authenticity at Aboriginal Tourist Sites

    Article • Tourism Analysis, November 2017, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Yao-Chin Wang

  80. Antecedents and Outcomes of Lifestyle Hotel Brand Attachment and Love: The case of Gen Y

    Article • Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, August 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Yao-Chin Wang

  81. Feeling better when buying more? Harmonious passion and obsessive passion in online food group buying

    Article • British Food Journal, June 2017, Emerald

    Dr Chen-Tsang Tsai, Yao-Chin Wang

  82. Experiential value in branding food tourism

    Article • Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, March 2017, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  83. Hotel brand portfolio strategy

    Article • International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, May 2015, Emerald

    Yao-Chin Wang

  84. Coping Strategy in Hospitality Internships: A Mixed Method Approach

    Article • Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Yao-Chin Wang

  85. Hotel Internal Branding: A Case of Tempus Hotel Taichung

    Article • January 2015, SAGE Publications

    Yao-Chin Wang

  86. Interpersonal Trust, Organizational Culture, and Turnover Intention in Hotels: A Cross-Level Perspective

    Article • Tourism Analysis, June 2014, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Yao-Chin Wang

  87. Segmenting Taiwanese tourists to China by ethnic identity and generation

    Article • Journal Of Vacation Marketing, April 2014, SAGE Publications

    Yao-Chin Wang

  88. Relationship between self-congruity and destination loyalty: Differences between first-time and repeat visitors

    Article • Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, November 2012, Elsevier

    Yao-Chin Wang

  89. From Destination Image to Destination Loyalty: Evidence From Recreation Farms in Taiwan

    Article • Journal of China Tourism Research, October 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Yao-Chin Wang