CIS, Chinese backpackers, technology

Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and McKenna, Brad (2016) Consumer information technologies in intercultural tourism: a case study of Chinese outbound backpackers. In: 4th Interdisciplinary Tourism Research Conference. Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, pp. 508-514. ISBN 978-605-65762-3-2 ISSN 1303-2917 (Print), 2156-6909 (Online)

Chinese backpackers, Mobile ethnography, Group orientation, Hybrid culture, Chinese values

Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 (2018) Donkey friends in Europe: A mobile ethnographic study in group orientation of Chinese outbound backpackers. In: Khoo-Lattimore, Catheryn and Yang, Elaine Chiao Ling, (eds.) Asian Youth Travellers. Perspectives on Asian Tourism . Springer, Singapore, pp. 79-95. ISBN 978-981-10-8538-3 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8539-0_5)

Hokkien, food culture, festival, symbolic meaning, millennials

Wan Hafiz, Wan Zainal Shukri, Yen, Gan Mei, Rahijan, Abdul Wahab Mohamad and Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 (2021) Chinese food culture and festival: role and symbolic meaning among Hokkien millennials. In: Proceedings of the Global Tourism Conference 2021. Tourism Innovation and Digitalisation: A New Way in Redesigning Tourism Landscape. Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 7-9 Sept 2021. Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Terengganu, Malaysia, pp. 85-88. ISBN 978-9672939849 (doi:https://doi.org/10.46754/gtc.2021.11.023)

LGBT travel, queer theory, constraints, heteronormativity, qualitative

Usai, Roberto, Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and Wassler, Philipp (2020) A queer perspective on heteronormativity for LGBT travelers. Journal of Travel Research, 61 (1). pp. 3-15. ISSN 0047-2875 (Print), 1552-6763 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0047287520967763)

Max Weber; disenchantment; forest bathing; wellbeing; relational approach; feminist new materialism

Farkic, Jelena, Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and Isailovic, Gorana (2024) Tourist re-enchantment: cultivating planetary wellbeing through more-than-human entanglements in the forest. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. ISSN 0966-9582 (Print), 1747-7646 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2024.2350651)

Social Media, Cultural Values, China, Design

Vodanovich, Shahper, McKenna, Brad and Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 (2017) Cultural values inherent in the design of social media platforms: A case study of WeChat. In: 30th Bled eConference Digital Transformation – From Connecting Things to Transforming Our Lives (Conference Proceedings). University of Maribor Press, pp. 617-628. ISBN 978-961-286-043-1 (doi:https://doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-043-1)

Social media, Engagement, Functional affordances, Socialised affordances

Zeng, Xiaoxiao, McKenna, Brad, Richter, Shahper and Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 (2019) How social media can afford engagement processes. In: Information Systems: 15th European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference, EMCIS 2018, Limassol, Cyprus, October 4-5, 2018, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 341 . Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 272-279. ISBN 978-3030113940 ISSN 1865-1348 (Print), 1865-1356 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11395-7_23)

WeChat; qualitative research; mobile ethnography; social media; reflexivity; Chinese outbound tourists

Ma, Yue and Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 (2023) Social media in ethnographic research: critical reflections on using WeChat in researching Chinese outbound tourists. Current Issues in Tourism. ISSN 1368-3500 (Print), 1747-7603 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2023.2175203)

adventure tourism

Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 (2015) Explorer travellers and adventure tourism. Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, 26. pp. 318-319. ISSN 1303-2917 (Print), 2156-6909 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2015.1007691)

affordance, COVID-19, knowledge workers, qualitative, team collaboration, working from home

Waizenegger, Lena, McKenna, Brad, Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and Bendz, Taino (2020) An affordance perspective of team collaboration and enforced working from home during COVID-19. European Journal of Information Systems, 29 (4). pp. 429-442. ISSN 0960-085X (Print), 1476-9344 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/0960085X.2020.1800417)

artificial intelligence, exhibition industry, technology organization environment framework, technology readiness index, organization readiness

Hradecky, David, Kennell, James ORCID: 0000-0002-7877-7843 , Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and Davidson, Rob (2022) Organizational readiness to adopt artificial intelligence in the exhibition sector in western Europe. International Journal of Information Management, 65:102497. ISSN 0268-4012 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2022.102497)

backpacker; indentity construction; Chinese outbound tourism; mobile ethnography

Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 (2023) Identity construction of Chinese outbound backpacker in Europe. In: O'Regan, Michael, (ed.) Backpacking Culture and Mobilities: Independent and Nomadic Travel. Tourism and Cultural Change . Channel View Publications, Bristol, UK. ISBN 978-1845418069; 978-1845418090; 978-1845418076

career development, gender, gender practices, hospitality, production, reproduction

Gebbels, Maria ORCID: 0000-0001-9623-2655 , Gao, Xiongbin and Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 (2020) Let’s not just ‘talk’ about it: reflections on women’s career development in hospitality. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 32 (11). pp. 3623-3643. ISSN 0959-6119 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-05-2020-0385)

consumer information services, Chinese backpackers, mobile ethnography, information technology, digital tourism

McKenna, Brad, Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and Tuunanen, Tuure (2017) Consumer information services in intercultural tourism: An ethnographic study of Chinese outbound backpackers. In: Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), pp. 1237-1246. ISBN 978-0-9981331-0-2 (doi:https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2017.148)

cultural dimensions, service expectations, online reviews, British Museum, motivations, social exchange theory

Lamb, Yasmin, Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and McKenna, Brad (2020) Exploring the complexity of the individualistic culture through social exchange in online reviews. International Journal of Information Management, 54:102198. ISSN 0268-4012 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102198)

digital-free tourism; autoethnography; disciplinary power; resistance; Foucault

Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and McKenna, Brad (2021) Power and resistance: digital-free tourism in a connected world. Journal of Travel Research, 62 (2). pp. 290-304. ISSN 0047-2875 (Print), 1552-6763 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875211061208)

digital-free tourism; digital detox; digital wellbeing; unplugged; disconnect

Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and McKenna, Brad (2024) Digital-free tourism: the state-of-art and future research directions. In: Morrison, Alastair ORCID: 0000-0002-0754-1083 and Buhalis, Dimitrios, (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Trends and Issues in Global Tourism Supply and Demand. Routledge - Taylor & Francis, Oxon & New York, pp. 1-10. ISBN 978-1003260790; 978-1032197739; 978-1032197746 (doi:https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003260790)

digital-free travel, affordances, emotions, technology usage patterns, disconnected emotions model

Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 , McKenna, Brad and Waizenegger, Lena (2019) Turning it off: emotions in digital-free travel. Journal of Travel Research, 59 (5). pp. 909-927. ISSN 0047-2875 (Print), 1552-6763 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0047287519868314)

digital-free travel, surveillance, private and professional commitments, mobile technologies

McKenna, Brad, Waizenegger, Lena and Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 (2020) The influence of personal and professional commitments on digitally disconnected experiences. In: Human-Centric Computing in a Data-Driven Society: Proceedings of the 14th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC14 2020, Tokyo, Japan. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 590 . Springer International Publishing, pp. 305-314. ISBN 978-3030628024 ISSN 1868-4238 (Print), 1868-422X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62803-1_24)

ethnography, qualitative, Chinese backpacker, technology, IT service

McKenna, Brad, Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and Tuunanen, Tuure (2018) Technology enabled information services use in tourism: an ethnographic study of Chinese backpackers. Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 10 (4). pp. 37-64. ISSN 1943-7536 (Print), 1943-7544 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.17705/1PAIS.10402)

gay parents, negotiate sexuality

Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and Southall, Carol (2019) Gay parents in heterosexual family holiday space. In: Critical Tourism Studies Proceedings. Digital Commons @ TRU Library. ISBN 978-0991687121

gender equality; gender mainstreaming; intersectionality; gender transformation; feminist research approach

Yang, Elaine Chiao Ling, Kimbu, Albert Nsom, Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and Swart, Magdalena Petronella (Nellie) (2024) We are breaking the glass ceiling, but can we shatter the concrete roof: what is next for gender studies in tourism? In: Swart, Magdalena Petronella (Nellie), Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 , Yang, Elaine Chiao Ling and Kimbu, Albert Nsom, (eds.) Routledge Handbook on Gender in Tourism: Views on Teaching, Research and Praxis. Routledge - Taylor and Francis Group, London and New York, pp. 1-12. ISBN 978-1003286721; 978-1032261348; 103226134X; 978-1003852629; 1003852629 (doi:https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003286721-26)

gender issues, tourism and hospitality

Gebbels, Maria ORCID: 0000-0001-9623-2655 , Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and Gao, Xiongbin (2019) Gender issues in tourism and hospitality organisations: how to bridge the gap between gender awareness and organisational support? In: Critical Tourism Studies Proceedings. Digital Commons @ TRU Library, p. 62. ISBN 978-0991687121

gender, sexuality, tourism, hospitality

Lucena, Rodrigo, Vorobjovas-Pinta, Oscar and Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 (2021) Introduction to gender and sexuality in tourism and hospitality. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 21 (4). pp. 426-432. ISSN 1467-3584 (Print), 1742-9692 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/14673584211052100)

gender; handbook; tourism

Swart, Magdalena Petronella (Nellie), Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 , Yang, Elaine Chiao Ling and Kimbu, Albert (eds.) (2024) Routledge Handbook on Gender in Tourism: Views on Teaching, Research and Praxis. Routledge - Taylor and Francis Group, London and New York. ISBN 978-1003286721; 978-1032261348; 103226134X; 978-1003852629; 1003852629

harmony; group dynamics; Chinese outbound backpackers; discord; mobile ethnography; travel experience

Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 , Cohen, Scott A. and Tribe, John (2019) Harmony rules in Chinese backpacker groups. Annals of Tourism Research, 75. pp. 120-130. ISSN 0160-7383 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2018.12.010)

holiday space; gay and lesbian parents; manage sexuality; inclusive tourism

Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and Southall, Carol (2021) Managing sexuality for gay and lesbian parents in heterosexual family holiday spaces: setting an agenda for research. In: Vorobjovas-Pinta, Oskaras, (ed.) Gay Tourism: New Perspectives. Channel View Publications, Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit, pp. 52-66. ISBN 978-1845418427; 978-1845418434 (doi:https://doi.org/10.21832/9781845418434-007)

information technology and tourism, epistemology

McKenna, Brad and Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 (2019) Where is ‘tourism and technology’ research in the information systems discipline? In: Critical Tourism Studies Proceedings. Digital Commons @ TRU Library, p. 31. ISBN 978-0991687121

information technology and tourism, knowledge creation, theoretical development, methodological development, knowledge dissemination

Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 , McKenna, Brad, Wassler, Philipp and Williams, Nigel (2020) Rethinking knowledge creation in information technology and tourism. Journal of Travel Research, 60 (6). pp. 1377-1384. ISSN 0047-2875 (Print), 1552-6763 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0047287520946100)

information technology, tourism, knowledge creation, future research, social science

Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and McKenna, Brad (2020) Knowledge creation in information technology and tourism research. Journal of Travel Research, 60 (4). pp. 912-915. ISSN 0047-2875 (Print), 1552-6763 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0047287520903142)

mobile ethnography, Chinese backpacker, mobilities

Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 (2016) Conceptualising three-layer cultural system in mobilities: A mobile ethnographic study of Chinese outbound backpackers in Europe. In: 8th World Conference for Graduate Research in Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure. Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, Turkey, pp. 207-211. ISBN 978-605-65762-3-2

performance theory, authenticity, tourism dining, independent Chinese travellers, mobile ethnography, food

Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 , Gebbels, Maria ORCID: 0000-0001-9623-2655 and Hafiz Zainal-Shukri, Wan (2021) Performing authenticity: independent Chinese travellers’ tourism dining experiences in Europe. Tourism Management, 86:104339. ISSN 0261-5177 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2021.104339)

personal branding; social media; job seeking; online branding; Generation Z

Trang, Nguyen M, McKenna, Brad, Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and Morrison, Alastair ORCID: 0000-0002-0754-1083 (2023) "I do not want to be perfect": investigating generation Z students’ personal brands on social media for job seeking. Information Technology and People. ISSN 0959-3845 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-08-2022-0602)

processing, users, organisational, information systems, tourism, technology use

Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 , Richter, Shahper and McKenna, Brad (2019) Progress on technology use in tourism. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology, 10 (4). pp. 651-672. ISSN 1757-9880 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1108/JHTT-07-2018-0068)

prosumption; Tatarstan; cooking class; performance theory; multisensory; sensescape

Aksenova, Diana, Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and Gebbels, Maria ORCID: 0000-0001-9623-2655 (2022) Multisensory prosumption: how cooking classes shape perceptions of destinations. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 34 (9). pp. 3417-3439. ISSN 0959-6119 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-09-2021-1117)

qualitative, UTAUT, millennials, perception, digital-free travel, psychological sustainability

Floros, Christina, Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 , McKenna, Brad and Ajeeb, Dimah (2019) Imagine being off-the-grid: millennials’ perceptions of digital-free travel. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 29 (5). pp. 751-766. ISSN 0966-9582 (Print), 1747-7646 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2019.1675676)

social media; WeChat; older adults; Chinese; qualitative; social practice theory

McKenna, Brad, Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and Yoon, Hyunsun ORCID: 0000-0001-5679-3335 (2023) Chinese older adults’ social media use: a study of WeChat from a social practice perspective. Information Technology and People. ISSN 0959-3845 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-10-2022-0787)

social media; tourism

Munar, Ana María and Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 (2024) Social Media and Tourism. In: Jafari, Jafar and Xiao, Honggen, (eds.) Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 1-3. ISBN 978-3030749231; 978-3030749224 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01669-6_180-2)

teaching gender in tourism; researching gender in tourism; practising gender in tourism; tourism development; tourism workforce; gendered mobilities; entrepreneurship

Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 , kimbu, Albert Nsom, Swart, Magdalena Petronella (Nellie) and Yang, Elaine Chiao Ling (2024) Unveiling the gender lens in tourism. In: Swart, Magdalena Petronella (Nellie), Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 , Yang, Elaine Chiao Ling and Kimbu, Albert Nsom, (eds.) Routledge Handbook on Gender in Tourism: Views on Teaching, Research and Praxis. Routledge - Taylor and Francis Group, London and New York, pp. 3-12. ISBN 978-1003286721; 978-1032261348; 103226134X; 978-1003852629; 1003852629 (doi:https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003286721-2)

tourist shopping, smartphone, social practice, affordance, Chinese outbound tourism

Jin, Haipeng and Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 (2021) Understanding the smartphone usage of Chinese outbound tourists in their shopping practices. Current Issues in Tourism. ISSN 1368-3500 (Print), 1747-7603 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2021.2014421)

transformational tourism; memorable tourism experiences (MTEs); transformative learning theory (TLT); sustainable tourism; UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); interviews; Sri Lanka

Nandasena, Roshini, Morrison, Alastair ORCID: 0000-0002-0754-1083 , Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 and Coca-Stefaniak, J. Andres ORCID: 0000-0001-5711-519X (2023) Transformational tourism: a visionary approach to sustainable tourism? In: Morrison, Alastair ORCID: 0000-0002-0754-1083 and Buhalis, Dimitrios, (eds.) Routledge Handbook on Trends and Issues in Global Tourism. Routledge - Taylor and Francis Group, London, pp. 1-16. ISBN 978-1032197739; 978-1003260790 (doi:https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003260790)

uncertainty, COVID-19, work resilience, leader-member exchange, hospitality, self-determination theory

Lai, Yi-Ling and Cai, Wenjie ORCID: 0000-0002-1505-7240 (2022) Enhancing post-COVID-19 work resilience in hospitality: a micro-level crisis management framework. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 23 (1). pp. 88-100. ISSN 1467-3584 (Print), 1742-9692 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/14673584221075182)