HRIMD takes ‘best paper’ honors at research conference

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

For the fourth consecutive year, several graduate students and faculty members from Hotel, Restaurant and Institution Management and Dietetics received “best paper” awards.

Honors were given at the 13th annual Graduate Education and Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism last week at the University of Central Florida, Orlando.

K-State received two of the top three awards selected from the 303 accepted for presentation at the conference, according to Deborah Canter, department head. Three of the eight nominations for awards were from HRIMD.

Receiving the best paper award from the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management – “Application of Protection Motivation Theory to Assess Foodservice Operators’ Intention to Implement a Food Defense Management Plan” by Eunju Yoon, a December 2007 doctoral graduate in institutional management, and Carol Shanklin, interim dean of the K-State Graduate School and HRIMD professor.

Best paper award sponsored by the International Journal of Hospitality Management – “Antecedents of Service Employee’s Organizational Citizenship Behaviors in Foodservice Businesses” by Wan Soo Kim, doctoral student in institutional management; Chihyung Ok, K-State assistant professor of hotel, restaurant, institution management and dietetics; and Myong Jae Lee, K-State doctoral graduate in institutional management.

Also nominated for a best paper award was “Consumption Emotions and Switching Behaviors in the Full-Service Restaurant Industry” by Hee Sup Han, December 2007 doctoral graduate in institution management; Betsy Barrett, HRIMD associate professor; and Ki-Joon Back, a former K-State faculty member now at the University of Houston.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 and is filed under Dean's Blog.