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MHM 507 Business Research Methods: Professor & Coordinator Department of Allied Hospitality Studies
MHM 507 Business Research Methods: Professor & Coordinator Department of Allied Hospitality Studies
MHM 507 Business Research Methods: Professor & Coordinator Department of Allied Hospitality Studies
Dr Senthil Kumaran
Professor & Coordinator
Department of Allied Hospitality Studies
Mr Siddanth Rathore
Research is everywhere
Criteria
Service Menu Drawing
Location Accessibility
Image Selection Power
Store
Service Variety of Proximity of Operating Competitive
Responce Food Workplace Hours Price
Word of
Employee Mouth Proximity of
Courtesy Reputation Highway
Quality of Safety
Prior Service
Alternatives
Experimental Research Effectiveness of error management training in the hospitality industry: Impact on perc
eived fairness and service recovery performance
Increasing wine sales through customised wine service training – a quasi-experiment
Observational Research The Impact of Price Level and Appeal Type in Hotel Advertising: A Pilot Study
Visual merchandising of pastries in foodscapes: The influence of plate colours on cons
umers’ flavour expectations and perceptions
Spending time, spending money: Passenger segmentation in an international airport
Type of Research Description
Meta-Analysis an application of quantitative methods to combine the results of different studies
common numerical summary, such as an effect size, drawn from different studies
Meta-analyses can lead to new hypotheses and theories
if individual studies are flawed, then so will be a meta-analysis of them
Qualitative Research including ethnographic, historical, and other case studies; focus group interviews; content analysis of
documents; interpretive sociology; and comparative and cross-national studies.
useful when it is difficult to carry out studies that require high levels of control
Quantitative research collection and analysis of numerical data to describe, explain, predict, or control phenomena of
interest
use of numerical data
hypotheses to be examined
Mixed methods research It combines quantitative and qualitative designs by including both quantitative and qualitative data in
a single study
Typology of the
research Link for example readings
RNAi in insects: A revolution in fundamental research and pest control
Fundamental Research applications
Applied Research A research on environmental issues applied to the hotel industry
Effectiveness of error management training in the hospitality industry: Impact
Experimental Research on perceived fairness and service recovery performance
Spending time, spending money: Passenger segmentation in an international
Observational Research airport
Roles of attachment relationships in emerging adults' career decision-making
Longitudinal research process: A two-year longitudinal research design
Hospitality Managers' Perception of Corporate Social Responsibility: An
Explorative research Explorative Study