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33
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4621
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2506
National Ranking
979

Overview

Nelson Barber is affiliated with the University of New Hampshire in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the social sciences, with a focus on business, management, and accounting.

Their work extensively covers topics related to tourism, consumer behavior, and cultural studies. The main research topics include:

  • Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
  • Wine Industry and Tourism
  • Asian Culture and Media Studies
  • Cruise Tourism Development and Management
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Culinary Culture and Tourism

Barber's subfields of study emphasize sociology and political science, public health, environmental and occupational health, tourism, leisure and hospitality management, cultural studies, and transportation.

They have contributed scholarly articles across several academic journals, with publication venues including:

  • Current Issues in Tourism
  • British Food Journal
  • Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism
  • Beverages

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Barber cover a diverse range of themes and were published between 2021 and 2023. Notable papers include:

  • "Tourist's destination image, place dimensions, and engagement: the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and dark tourism" (2021, Current Issues in Tourism)
  • "Food choice behavior: a case study in South Korea" (2021, British Food Journal)
  • "Using Multi-Year Data to Develop a Richer Market Segmentation Strategy for Festivals" (2023, Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism)
  • "Do Wine Flaws Really Matter to Wine Consumers' Intention to Purchase Wine-An Online Study" (2023, Beverages)

Throughout their research career, Barber has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Young Hoon Kim
  • Sangyung Lee
  • D. Christopher Taylor
  • Cortney L. Norris
  • Scott Taylor

Best Publications

  • Wine consumers’ environmental knowledge and attitudes: Influence on willingness to purchase

    Nelson Barber;D. Christopher Taylor;Sandy Strick

  • Measuring psychographics to assess purchase intention and willingness to pay

    Nelson Barber;Pei‐Jou Kuo;Melissa Bishop;Raymond Goodman

  • Motivational factors of gender, income and age on selecting a bottle of wine

    Nelson Barber;Barbara A. Almanza;Janis R. Donovan

  • Wine Tourism, Environmental Concerns, and Purchase Intention

    Nelson Barber;D. Christopher Taylor;Cynthia S. Deale

  • Restaurant consumers repeat patronage: A service quality concern

    Nelson Barber;Raymond J. Goodman;Ben K. Goh

  • Tapping Mindfulness to Shape Hotel Guests’ Sustainable Behavior

    Nelson A. Barber;Cynthia Deale

  • “Green” wine packaging: targeting environmental consumers

    Nelson Barber

  • Enhancing the assessment of tangible service quality through the creation of a cleanliness measurement scale

    Nelson Barber;Joseph M. Scarcelli

  • Purchase Attributes of Wine Consumers with Low Involvement

    Nelson Barber;Joseph Ismail;Tim Dodd

  • Profiling the Potential “Green” Hotel Guest: Who Are They and What Do They Want?

    Nelson A. Barber

  • Capturing the Younger Wine Consumer

    Nelson Barber;Tim H. Dodd;Richard Ghiselli

  • Influence of Wine Packaging on Consumers' Decision to Purchase

    Nelson Barber;Barbara A. Almanza

  • Who pays more (or less) for pro-environmental consumer goods? Using the auction method to assess actual willingness-to-pay

    Nelson A. Barber;Melissa Bishop;Thomas Gruen

  • Gender differences in information search: implications for retailing

    Nelson Barber;Tim Dodd;Natalia Kolyesnikova

  • Label Fluency and Consumer Self-Confidence

    Nelson Barber;Joseph Ismail;D. Christopher Taylor

  • Sustainability research in the hotel industry: Past, present, and future

    Young Hoon Kim;Nelson Barber;Dae-Kwan Kim

  • Wine Consumers Information Search: Gender Differences and Implications for the Hospitality Industry

    Nelson Barber

  • Environmental Sustainability in the Hospitality Management Curriculum: Perspectives from Three Groups of Stakeholders

    Nelson Barber;Cynthia Deale;Raymond Goodman

  • Selective marketing to environmentally concerned wine consumers: a case for location, gender and age

    Nelson Barber;D. Christopher Taylor;Sandy Strick

  • Clean restrooms: how important are they to restaurant consumers?

    Nelson Barber;Joseph M. Scarcelli

  • Integrating sustainability into business curricula: University of New Hampshire case study

    Nelson A. Barber;Fiona Wilson;Venky Venkatachalam;Sara M. Cleaves

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