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Leadership and agility: What can we learn from Melbourne Quarantine Hotel during the COVID-19 Pandemic? See

This case study sheds light on leadership in one of Melbourne’s luxury hotels while trying to rapidly transform its operations to meet the Australian quarantine program requirements. The case highlights how leadership emerges as the managers at ‘Hotel QH’ attempt to make sense of what is happening in the broader environment and engage in implementing the new strategy to navigate the pandemic. Developing awareness of leadership in highly disruptive times, the case study lets students identify ...

Introduction: Case-based research in tourism, travel, and hospitality: Rethinking theory and practice See

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous changes and shifts have been introduced in tourism and hospitality, while the need of resilient capabilities become even more apparent. In this ever-changing world, industry and academia alike need to continuously reflect and rethink upon their operations. This book represents a compilation of case studies aiming to help scholars to enrich and rethink the way they teach and research. The book advocates case studies, as important tools to update a...

Case based research in tourism, travel, and hospitality: Rethinking theory and practice See

his book consolidates case study based research in tourism, travel, hospitality, and events under one roof. It aims to consolidate cutting edge case study based research within the wider tourism industry that investigates topical and contemporary industry challenges and practices, which in turn can help tourism scholars to build new theory for advancing tourism research and educational practices. Case study based research is well recognised for its ability to develop theories and to support p...

Regenerative adventure tourism. Going beyond sustainability – A horizon 2050 paper See

Purpose This study aims to provide an overview of the regenerative concept and how this can be implemented in adventure travel. It looks into the history of sustainable adventure tourism and showcases best practice examples. This study is encouraging operators within the adventure tourism industry to adopt a regenerative approach. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive literature review on the paradigm of regenerative tourism has been conducted and applied to the adventure tourism...

Stigma, risks, and benefits of medicinal cannabis use among Australians with cancer See

Purpose People with cancer who use medicinal cannabis do so despite risks associated with limited clinical evidence, legalities, and stigma. This study investigated how Australians with cancer rationalise their medicinal cannabis use despite its risks. Methods Ten adults (5 males and 5 females; mean age of 53.3) who used cannabis medicinally for their cancer were interviewed in 2021–2022 about how they used and accessed the substance, attitudes and beliefs underpinning their use, and c...

Developing paradoxical and authentic leadership: Qualitative evaluation of leadership development among hotel managers and hospitality management educators in Vietnam See

This study explores the effectiveness of leadership development (LD) in fostering paradoxical and authentic leader and leadership capabilities in hotel managers and hospitality management educators. Using a qualitative approach, the study evaluates how LD contributed to immediate and medium-term outcomes. The use of the Critical Incident Technique uncovered that the LD approaches enabled the growth in cognitive, affective and behavioural dimensions, contributing to elevated individual and col...

Collaborative challenge-based learning: shaping VET teachers for Australia’s future See

The Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) world of work demands more than competency in technical skills alone. VET training enriched with 21st Century skills and reflective practice aims to develop learners to be capable of thriving in disrupted VUCA workplaces.

Analysis of stakeholder frames on positioning, drivers and solutions to food insecurity in Australia See

Background: The issue of food insecurity has diverse and often divergent interpretations among stakeholders. This has contributed to fragmented responses within an incoherent policy landscape to address worsening food insecurity in the face of compounding crises of cost-of-living pressures and inequity, geopolitical unrest and the accelerating climate emergency. This project aims to understand different stakeholder’s perspectives regarding the positioning, drivers and proposed solutions to fo...

Local food systems governance through peer-to-peer networking and communities of practice See

Sustain: the Australian Food Network was established in January 2016 and has become one of the country’s leading healthy and sustainable food systems organisations. Since its inception, Sustain has focused on engagement with local governments to advocate for and facilitate policy change, based on the understanding that this level of government has a critical role to play in working with and alongside communities to achieve food system change. In March 2021 Sustain launched a Local Government ...