Professionalisation and performance of Airbnb hosts in rural regions
This paper explores the professionalisation and performance aspects of Airbnb hosts in rural regions in Denmark, Iceland, and Norway. More specifically, based upon the professionalisation of hosts, which represents a proxy for the scale of their entrepreneurial engagement, the host landscape in the...
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ftsydanskunivpub:oai:sdu.dk:publications/f16ee06d-9d74-4872-94fc-ba2f441185bf 2024-04-28T08:25:51+00:00 Professionalisation and performance of Airbnb hosts in rural regions Leick, Birgit Mitchell, Sara Beth Borowiecki, Karol Jan Vinogradov, Evgueni Gunnarsdóttir, Guðrún Þóra Zhang, Jie Gretzinger, Susanne Vilhjálmsdóttir, Vera 2024-04 https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/f16ee06d-9d74-4872-94fc-ba2f441185bf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2023.103680 eng eng https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/f16ee06d-9d74-4872-94fc-ba2f441185bf info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess Leick , B , Mitchell , S B , Borowiecki , K J , Vinogradov , E , Gunnarsdóttir , G Þ , Zhang , J , Gretzinger , S & Vilhjálmsdóttir , V 2024 , ' Professionalisation and performance of Airbnb hosts in rural regions ' , International Journal of Hospitality Management , vol. 118 , 103680 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2023.103680 Airbnb host profiles professionalisation performance professionalisation-performance relationship rural tourism article 2024 ftsydanskunivpub https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2023.103680 2024-04-10T14:45:01Z This paper explores the professionalisation and performance aspects of Airbnb hosts in rural regions in Denmark, Iceland, and Norway. More specifically, based upon the professionalisation of hosts, which represents a proxy for the scale of their entrepreneurial engagement, the host landscape in the rural regions is investigated, resulting in different host profiles, including individual single- and multiple-listing hosts, and small and large tourism companies. The paper subsequently estimates the service quality performance of Airbnb hosts in relation to their professionalisation in rural regions through a u-shaped relationship, with the professionalisation influencing the performance evaluation of the hosts by the users. This twofold empirical analysis amends the extant literature, as it provides both a more nuanced and more comprehensive description of the nature and scale of Airbnb host engagement in rural regions, and points to the vast entrepreneurial opportunities for private households and companies on the platform. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Southern Denmark Research Portal International Journal of Hospitality Management 118 103680 |
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This paper explores the professionalisation and performance aspects of Airbnb hosts in rural regions in Denmark, Iceland, and Norway. More specifically, based upon the professionalisation of hosts, which represents a proxy for the scale of their entrepreneurial engagement, the host landscape in the rural regions is investigated, resulting in different host profiles, including individual single- and multiple-listing hosts, and small and large tourism companies. The paper subsequently estimates the service quality performance of Airbnb hosts in relation to their professionalisation in rural regions through a u-shaped relationship, with the professionalisation influencing the performance evaluation of the hosts by the users. This twofold empirical analysis amends the extant literature, as it provides both a more nuanced and more comprehensive description of the nature and scale of Airbnb host engagement in rural regions, and points to the vast entrepreneurial opportunities for private households and companies on the platform. |
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Leick, Birgit Mitchell, Sara Beth Borowiecki, Karol Jan Vinogradov, Evgueni Gunnarsdóttir, Guðrún Þóra Zhang, Jie Gretzinger, Susanne Vilhjálmsdóttir, Vera |
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Professionalisation and performance of Airbnb hosts in rural regions |
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Leick , B , Mitchell , S B , Borowiecki , K J , Vinogradov , E , Gunnarsdóttir , G Þ , Zhang , J , Gretzinger , S & Vilhjálmsdóttir , V 2024 , ' Professionalisation and performance of Airbnb hosts in rural regions ' , International Journal of Hospitality Management , vol. 118 , 103680 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2023.103680 |
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