SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCH IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM: A CAUSAL CHAIN FRAMEWORK OF LITERATURE REVIEW
Purpose – The present study aims to conduct a systematic literature review to und erstand how current social media studies have adopted theories, used research constructs, and developed conceptual frameworks. Design – The current study examined 149 articles on social media published in the top ei...
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Faculty of tourism and hospitality management
2021
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| Résumé: | Purpose – The present study aims to conduct a systematic literature review to und erstand how
current social media studies have adopted theories, used research constructs, and developed
conceptual frameworks.
Design – The current study examined 149 articles on social media published in the top eight
hospitality and tourism journals between 2007 and 2017.
Methodology – First, descriptive statistics were presented to show the status quo of theories
and constructs used in social media-related articles. Second, three causal chain frameworks are
developed based on the antecedent-moderator–mediator-outcome model.
Findings – First, psychological theory is the predominant theory that has been applied to explain
the behavior of social media users. Second, platform-related antecedents have been identified as the
most prevalent antecedents. Third, consumer outcomes have attracted the most research interest.
Fourth, only about half of the selected social media publications used moderators or mediators
in their research models. Finally, there is a lack of cross-category causal relationships among the
three causal chain frameworks.
Originality – It is expected that the causal chain frameworks developed in this study will provide a
research roadmap for academia as well as insights for the hospitality and tourism industry. |
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