Recently, the research team led by Dr. Zhang Jiangchi and Prof. Xie Chaowu from the College of Tourism at Huaqiao University (HQU) published a paper online titled “The effect of resilient leadership on employee resilience during a crisis in tourism & hospitality firms: A self-determination perspective” in International Journal of Hospitality Management.

The team surveyed 67 tourism and hospitality firms which yielded 2422 valid responses. They reveal the mechanism of resilient leadership impacts employee resilience during crises from self-determination theory. Despite their susceptibility and vulnerability to crises and risks, tourism and hospitality (T&H) firms can withstand negative threats through effective adaptation and sustained resilience. Resilient leadership emphasizes adaptable diversity and dynamic recovery. The cultivation of this new type of leadership and maximizing its effectiveness have become a crucial task for T&H firms to deal with risks, adapt to threats, and achieve sustainable development. Therefore, based on the life cycle model of resilience leadership and self-determination theory, the study identifies the psychological mediation mechanism of resilient leadership impacts employee resilience during crises and elucidates environmental dynamism’s role in substituting resilient leadership’s effectiveness. It enriches the research scope and theoretical framework of resilience leadership, providing theoretical guidance for T&H firms to develop resilience-oriented leadership strategies.

The first author of the paper is Dr. Zhang Jiangchi and the corresponding author is Prof. Xie Chaowu, with HQU College of Tourism as the first affiliation. Huang Songshan from Edith Cowan University, Australia co-authored the paper.

International Journal of Hospitality Managementis a top-tier academic journal in the tourism hospitality industry, with an impact factor of 9.9 in 2023. The journal is listed in JCR (Journal Citation Reports) Q1 and CAS (Chinese Academy of Science) Q1, and ranked fourth in SSCI (Social Sciences Citation Index) journals of Tourism, Leisure & Hospitality. It is dedicated to publishing the latest research findings in hotel human resources management, consumer behavior and marketing, business forecasting and applied economics, operational management, and strategic management.

Link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2024.103886

(Editor: Wei Linying)