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Business and Management
USA
2026

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Business and Management

D-Index
82
Citations
32014
World Ranking
143
National Ranking
74

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award

Overview

SooCheong (Shawn) Jang is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, with significant contributions also in Social Sciences. Within these broad fields, their work touches on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Marketing, Accounting, Strategy and Management, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

Their main research topics include Digital Marketing and Social Media, Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification, Customer Service Quality and Loyalty, Corporate Finance and Governance, Environmental Sustainability in Business, Franchising Strategies and Performance, as well as Auditing, Earnings Management, and Governance.

SooCheong (Shawn) Jang has published extensively in several academic venues, notably in the International Journal of Hospitality Management with 16 publications, followed by 9 publications in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. Additional publications appear in Journal of Tourism Insights, Tourism Economics, and the International Journal of Consumer Studies.

Frequent co-authors contributing alongside Jang include EunHa Jeong, Jaehee Gim, Dori Davari, Hong Soon Kim, and Heewon Kim.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jang illustrate the diversity of their research interests and include:

  • Religiosity and food waste reduction intentions: A conceptual model, 2020, International Journal of Consumer Studies
  • A model of tourists' civilized behaviors: Toward sustainable coastal tourism in China, 2020, Journal of Destination Marketing & Management
  • Mr. Potato Head fights food waste: The effect of anthropomorphism in promoting ugly food, 2020, International Journal of Hospitality Management
  • Hotel experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: high-touch versus high-tech, 2022, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
  • The effect of increasing employee compensation on firm performance: Evidence from the restaurant industry, 2020, International Journal of Hospitality Management

Best Publications

  • Perceived quality, emotions, and behavioral intentions: Application of an extended Mehrabian–Russell model to restaurants

    SooCheong (Shawn) Jang;Young Namkung

  • Does Food Quality Really Matter in Restaurants? Its Impact On Customer Satisfaction and Behavioral Intentions:

    Young Namkung;Soo Cheong Jang

  • Tourism expansion and economic development: the case of Taiwan.

    Hyun Jeong Kim;Ming-Hsiang Chen;SooCheong “Shawn” Jang

  • The Effect of Environmental Perceptions on Behavioral Intentions Through Emotions: The Case of Upscale Restaurants

    Kisang Ryu;SooCheong Shawn Jang

  • Temporal destination revisit intention: The effects of novelty seeking and satisfaction

    SooCheong (Shawn) Jang;Ruomei Feng

  • Restaurant experiences triggering positive electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) motivations.

    EunHa Jeong;SooCheong (Shawn) Jang

  • Relationships among hedonic and utilitarian values, satisfaction and behavioral intentions in the fast‐casual restaurant industry

    Kisang Ryu;Heesup Han;Soocheong (Shawn) Jang

  • Effects of service quality and food quality: the moderating role of atmospherics in an ethnic restaurant segment.

    Jooyeon Ha;SooCheong (Shawn) Jang

  • Seniors’ travel motivation and the influential factors: An examination of Taiwanese seniors

    SooCheong (Shawn) Jang;Chi-Mei Emily Wu

  • Perceived values, satisfaction, and behavioral intentions: The role of familiarity in Korean restaurants

    Jooyeon Ha;SooCheong (Shawn) Jang

  • Perceptions of Chinese restaurants in the U.S.: What affects customer satisfaction and behavioral intentions?

    Yinghua Liu;SooCheong (Shawn) Jang

  • The impact of the SARS outbreak on Taiwanese hotel stock performance: an event-study approach.

    Ming-Hsiang Chen;SooCheong Shawn Jang;Woo Gon Kim

  • Measuring the impact of human resource management practices on hospitality firms' performances.

    Seonghee Cho;Robert H. Woods;SooCheong (Shawn) Jang;Mehmet Erdem

  • The effects of dining atmospherics: An extended Mehrabian–Russell model

    Yinghua Liu;SooCheong (Shawn) Jang

  • DINESCAPE: A Scale for Customers' Perception of Dining Environments

    Kisang Ryu;SooCheong (Shawn) Jang

  • Travel motivations and destination choice: A study of British outbound market

    SooCheong (Shawn) Jang;Liping A. Cai

  • Are highly satisfied restaurant customers really different? A quality perception perspective

    Young Namkung;Soo Cheong Jang

  • The Effects of Quality and Satisfaction on Awareness and Behavioral Intentions: Exploring the Role of a Wine Festival

    Jingxue (Jessica) Yuan;SooCheong (Shawn) Jang

  • Affect, Travel Motivation, and Travel Intention: a Senior Market:

    SooCheong (Shawn) Jang;Billy Bai;Clark Hu;Chi-Mei Emily Wu

  • Perceived justice in service recovery and behavioral intentions: the role of relationship quality.

    Jooyeon Ha;SooCheong (Shawn) Jang

Frequent Co-Authors

Alastair M. Morrison
Alastair M. Morrison University of Greenwich
Joseph T. O'Leary
Joseph T. O'Leary Colorado State University
Billy Bai
Billy Bai University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Kisang Ryu
Kisang Ryu Sejong University
Xinran Y. Lehto
Xinran Y. Lehto Purdue University West Lafayette
Liping A. Cai
Liping A. Cai Purdue University West Lafayette
Woo Gon Kim
Woo Gon Kim Florida State University
Heesup Han
Heesup Han Sejong University

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