Covid-19, aftermath, impacts, and hospitality firms: An international perspective

Drawing on the theory of resilience, and on an international sample of 45 predominantly small hospitality businesses, this exploratory study extends knowledge about the key concerns, ways of coping, and the changes and adjustments undertaken by these firms’ owners and managers during the COVID-19 ou...

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Main Authors: Duarte Alonso, Abel, Kok, Seng Kiat, Bressan, Alessandro, O'Shea, Michelle, Sakellarios, Kikolaos, Koresis, Alex, Buitrago Solis, Maria Alejandra, Santoni, Leonardo J
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Published: Elsevier 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80595
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author Duarte Alonso, Abel
Kok, Seng Kiat
Bressan, Alessandro
O'Shea, Michelle
Sakellarios, Kikolaos
Koresis, Alex
Buitrago Solis, Maria Alejandra
Santoni, Leonardo J
author_facet Duarte Alonso, Abel
Kok, Seng Kiat
Bressan, Alessandro
O'Shea, Michelle
Sakellarios, Kikolaos
Koresis, Alex
Buitrago Solis, Maria Alejandra
Santoni, Leonardo J
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description Drawing on the theory of resilience, and on an international sample of 45 predominantly small hospitality businesses, this exploratory study extends knowledge about the key concerns, ways of coping, and the changes and adjustments undertaken by these firms’ owners and managers during the COVID-19 outbreak. The various emergent relationships between the findings and the considered conceptual underpinnings of the literature on resilience, revealed nine theoretical dimensions. These dimensions critically illuminate and extend understanding concerning the actions and alternatives owners-managers resorted to when confronted with an extreme context. For instance, with financial impacts and uncertainty being predominant issues among participants, over one-third indicated actioning alternative measures to create much-needed revenue streams, and preparing for a new post-COVID-19 operational regime, respectively. Furthermore, 60 percent recognised making changes to the day-to-day running of the business to respond to initial impacts, or biding time in anticipation of a changing business and legal environment.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-805952023-08-31T03:18:35Z Covid-19, aftermath, impacts, and hospitality firms: An international perspective Duarte Alonso, Abel Kok, Seng Kiat Bressan, Alessandro O'Shea, Michelle Sakellarios, Kikolaos Koresis, Alex Buitrago Solis, Maria Alejandra Santoni, Leonardo J Drawing on the theory of resilience, and on an international sample of 45 predominantly small hospitality businesses, this exploratory study extends knowledge about the key concerns, ways of coping, and the changes and adjustments undertaken by these firms’ owners and managers during the COVID-19 outbreak. The various emergent relationships between the findings and the considered conceptual underpinnings of the literature on resilience, revealed nine theoretical dimensions. These dimensions critically illuminate and extend understanding concerning the actions and alternatives owners-managers resorted to when confronted with an extreme context. For instance, with financial impacts and uncertainty being predominant issues among participants, over one-third indicated actioning alternative measures to create much-needed revenue streams, and preparing for a new post-COVID-19 operational regime, respectively. Furthermore, 60 percent recognised making changes to the day-to-day running of the business to respond to initial impacts, or biding time in anticipation of a changing business and legal environment. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80595 10.1016/j.ijhm.2020.102654 Elsevier fulltext
spellingShingle Duarte Alonso, Abel
Kok, Seng Kiat
Bressan, Alessandro
O'Shea, Michelle
Sakellarios, Kikolaos
Koresis, Alex
Buitrago Solis, Maria Alejandra
Santoni, Leonardo J
Covid-19, aftermath, impacts, and hospitality firms: An international perspective
title Covid-19, aftermath, impacts, and hospitality firms: An international perspective
title_full Covid-19, aftermath, impacts, and hospitality firms: An international perspective
title_fullStr Covid-19, aftermath, impacts, and hospitality firms: An international perspective
title_full_unstemmed Covid-19, aftermath, impacts, and hospitality firms: An international perspective
title_short Covid-19, aftermath, impacts, and hospitality firms: An international perspective
title_sort covid-19, aftermath, impacts, and hospitality firms: an international perspective
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80595