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\"\"Special issue call for papers: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management<\/em><\/p>\n

Innovative mixed and multi-method approaches to hospitality and tourism research<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guest editors:<\/strong>
\nHossein Olya, Mathilda Van Niekerk, Babak Taheri,\u00a0Martin J. Gannon<\/p>\n

Abstracts Submissions: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 October\u00a0<\/strong>30\u00a02018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Traditionally, scholars have felt obliged to make a methodological decision between using single quantitative or single qualitative methods. However, methodological norms are increasingly challenged as innovative research shifts scholarship toward the use of dynamic and multifaceted positions by adopting multi-method and mixed-method approaches. This has led to rapid epistemological and ontological advancements in hospitality and tourism studies over the last 20 years (Hewlett and Brown, 2018). While qualitative and quantitative approaches provide inherently different viewpoints on phenomena, Creswell and Plano Clark (2007, p.5) highlight the importance of using multi-method and mixed-method design, as the \u201ccentral premise that the use of quantitative and qualitative approaches in combination provides a better understanding of research problems than either approach alone\u201d. Here, it is important to differentiate mixed-method from multi-method in social science studies. Researchers combine quantitative and qualitative methods when conducting mixed-method research, whereas a multi-method approach synthesises multiple types of quantitative or qualitative methods. For example, there are six main types of mixed-method design including: (1) convergent parallel; (2) explanatory sequential; (3) exploratory sequential; (4) advanced transformative; (5) advanced embedded; (6) multiphase design (Teddlie and Tashakkori, 2009). Researchers select either of these philosophical and design underpinnings based on their main research question.<\/p>\n

To this end, innovative data collection and analysis methods are employed to investigate phenomena across the social sciences, with hospitality and tourism research proving no different. For example, Assaf et al. (2018) applied the Bayesian method to model and forecast regional tourism demand. Olya et al. (2018) used fuzzy-set qualitative analysis, which is a bridge between qualitative and quantitative, as a pragmatic way of solving complex phenomena (such as the behaviour of disabled tourists for the use of peer-to-peer accommodation providers). Alaei et al. (2018) claimed that sentiment analysis could improve tourism research methods by drawing upon \u2018big data\u2019 in order to increase theoretical understanding throughout the field. Olya and Alipour (2015) devised an index for tourism climate by upgrading the conventional tourism climate index using fuzzy logic and validating it using a quantitative approach.<\/p>\n

Further, Yadegaridehkordi et al. (2018) employed a combination of conventional symmetrical analysis (i.e., SEM) with Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Systems (ANFIS) to predict the determinants of hotel success. This trend is coupled with an upturn in interest in approaches centred on eliciting data from traditionally under-investigated perspectives, such as the characteristically biographical Oral History analysis (Huber et al., 2017) or through indigenous methodological design (Whitney-Squire et al., 2018). Further, as contemporary tourism increasingly finds innovative ways of using (and indeed sometimes being beholden to) the internet (Ryan, 2017), so too has emerged an increased awareness of how researchers can reliably incorporate netnographic data into existing methodological frameworks in order to support or stimulate nascent findings (Mkono and Tribe, 2017; Thanh and Kirova, 2018). Further, the adoption of techniques limiting the inherent drawback of qualitative research subjectivity has also gained traction in recent years, with studies underpinned by Q Method emerging as a more robust and reliable reflective method in an attempt to avoid the obfuscation of unanticipated findings (Huang et al., 2016; Wijngaarden, 2017).<\/p>\n

However, there are several difficulties in applying innovative multi-method, mixed-method and multi-source approaches, including: building a conceptual model from multi-source data; the high cost; require researchers to work in multiple teams or projects; the danger of personal bias; the possibility of generating different answers for the same phenomenon which could lead to the interpretation of different results at the qualitative and quantitative level; use of rigorous quantitative and qualitative research to assess the magnitude and meaning of concepts; and the need for systematic and robust reliability and validity assessment techniques. Nonetheless, recent studies (e.g., Huang et al., 2016; Lee et al., 2017; Li et al., 2017; tom Dieck et al., 2017; Xue and Krestetter, 2017; Wells et al., 2015; Xie et al., 2017) demonstrate that hospitality and tourism research continues to advance through the application of multi-method, mixed-method and multi-source approaches. Taken together, this special issue aims to provide a better understanding of the potential benefits and strengths of multi-method, mixed-method and multi-source approaches within the field. This call offers a collection of pragmatic methods that have the potential to advance the future of innovative hospitality and tourism research.\u00a0While not limited to the below, we wish to draw particular attention to the following issues, innovative research approaches, and under-researched themes:\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mixed-methods in raising socio-pragmatic awareness;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Authentic vs. Elicited data;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The breadth and depth of philosophical assumptions underpinning varied methodological positions;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Appropriate use of reliability and validity in qualitative and quantitative assessment techniques;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assessment of the challenges in conducting empirical research that combines qualitative and quantitative methods;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Innovative quantitative and qualitative approaches to scale development;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New techniques for analysing Big Data;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Modelling using neural network, fuzzy logic, and\/or ANFIS;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Modelling using Bayesian network and Qualitative Comparative Analysis;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Q Method;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hierarchical Linear and Multilevel Modelling;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dialogic ways of mixing methods and the benefits thereof;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Underexploited data sources for multi-method qualitative and quantitative research in hospitality and tourism;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ethical and legal issues involved in conducting mixed-method and multi-method research;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Analysis of narratives emerging from under-represented or overlooked perspectives;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The innovative use of netnographic data sources;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New qualitative research methods or techniques and new approaches to applying traditional quantitative methods in hospitality and tourism research;<\/p>\n

General Information for Prospective Authors<\/strong>
\nWe welcome submissions that represent different and innovative methods. These include, but are not limited to, new frameworks using multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary explanations. We are also interested in research that is based on compelling case studies related to single or multiple destinations and organizations. Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. For more details and manuscript guidelines, please visit the official website at:
\nhttp:\/\/emeraldgrouppublishing.com\/products\/journals\/author_guidelines.htm?id=ijchm<\/a><\/p>\n

Submission Procedure<\/strong>
\nProspective authors are strongly encouraged to contact the guest editors regarding potential topics of interest or any questions\/suggestions regarding the special issue. Abstracts (up to 750 words, following the IJCHM structured abstract) can be submitted directly to the guest editors via email (gh.hossein@gmail.com OR b.taheri@hw.ac.uk<\/em>) by October 30 2018. Abstracts must be concise and to the point with appropriate references. The guest editors will provide feedback on each submitted abstract.\u00a0Full papers must be submitted by March 30 2019 through ScholarOne Manuscripts<\/strong>, the online submission and peer review system at:\u00a0http:\/\/mc.manuscriptcentral.com\/ijchm<\/a>. Please select the correct issue to submit to: Innovative mixed and multi method approaches to hospitality and tourism research. Author guidelines for IJCHM can be found at:
\nhttp:\/\/emeraldgrouppublishing.com\/products\/journals\/author_guidelines.htm?id=ijchm<\/a><\/p>\n

Review Process<\/strong>
\nEach paper submitted to this special issue is subject to the following review procedures:
\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It will be reviewed by the guest editors for general suitability for this special issue.
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If found suitable, three reviewers will be selected for a double-blind peer review process.
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Based on the reviewers\u2019 recommendation, the guest editors and the Editor-in-Chief will decide whether the particular submission should be accepted as it is, revised and re-submitted, or rejected.<\/p>\n

Timeline<\/strong>
\nAbstracts Submissions: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 October 30 2018
\nAbstract Decisions: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 November 30 2018
\nFULL Paper Submissions: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 March 30 2019<\/strong>
\nRevisions and Decisions: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 July 30 2019
\nPublication: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Late 2019 or early 2020
\n
\nREFERENCES<\/strong>
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\nAssaf, A. G., Li, G., Song, H., and Tsionas, M. G. (2018), \u201cModelling and Forecasting Regional Tourism Demand Using the Bayesian Global Vector Autoregressive (BGVAR) Model\u201d. Journal of Travel Research, doi:0047287518759226.
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