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Differentiation and tourism destination development: Small business success in a close-knit community (2008)
Journal Article
Lynch, P. A., Tinsley, R., & Lynch, P. (2008). Differentiation and tourism destination development: Small business success in a close-knit community. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 8(3), 161-177. https://doi.org/10.1057/thr.2008.26

This paper considers small tourism business relations within a rural tourism destination. They are examined within the context of small business (predominantly hospitality-based) networks and their contribution to destination development. A cultural... Read More about Differentiation and tourism destination development: Small business success in a close-knit community.

Ahead of their time? Barriers to action in green tourism firms (2008)
Journal Article
Tzschentke, N., Kirk, D., & Lynch, P. (2008). Ahead of their time? Barriers to action in green tourism firms. Service Industries Journal, 28(2), 167-178. https://doi.org/10.1080/02642060701842175

This paper presents findings from a qualitative research investigation into tourism firms and the environment. It focuses on the factors preventing a sample of small environmentally accredited businesses from undertaking further action. Attitudinal,... Read More about Ahead of their time? Barriers to action in green tourism firms.

Going green: Decisional factors in small hospitality operations (2008)
Journal Article
Tzschentke, N. A., Kirk, D., & Lynch, P. A. (2008). Going green: Decisional factors in small hospitality operations. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 27(1), 126-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2007.07.010

This paper reports on research into the factors that influence the adoption of environmental measures in small hospitality firms. The research found that the decision to become environmentally involved had been a value-driven journey, influenced pri... Read More about Going green: Decisional factors in small hospitality operations.

Small tourism businesses in Pushkar, India: destination development through communication networks (2007)
Journal Article
Tinsley, R., & Lynch, P. (2007). Small tourism businesses in Pushkar, India: destination development through communication networks. World Journal of Tourism Small Business Management, 1, 83-94

This paper uses the ‘communication network’ perspective (Szarka 1990) to identify how small hospitality and tourism businesses in Pushkar, India, cope with a lack of support agency assistance in skills learning and knowledge transfer. The methodologi... Read More about Small tourism businesses in Pushkar, India: destination development through communication networks.

Hospitality through poetry: control, fake solidarity, and breakdown (2007)
Journal Article
Robinson, M. G., & Lynch, P. A. (2007). Hospitality through poetry: control, fake solidarity, and breakdown. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, 1(3), 237-246. https://doi.org/10.1108/17506180710817765

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore issues of control, fake solidarity and breakdown in hospitality. Following Robinson and Lynch, the need to explore the subjective experience of hospitality through literature is identified as being h... Read More about Hospitality through poetry: control, fake solidarity, and breakdown.

Host/Guest Encounters in the Commercial Home (2007)
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Di Domenico, M., & Lynch, P. A. (2007). Host/Guest Encounters in the Commercial Home. Leisure Studies, 26(3), 321-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614360600898110

Commercial homes, which provide hospitality where the private home dimension is significant, blur traditional boundaries between home and work and social constructions of hospitableness versus hospitality. Drawing on interviews with owner-managers of... Read More about Host/Guest Encounters in the Commercial Home.

Explorations of the host's relationship with the commercial home (2007)
Journal Article
Lynch, P. A., Sweeney, M., & Lynch, P. A. (2007). Explorations of the host's relationship with the commercial home. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 7(2), 100-108. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.thr.6050042

This paper investigates the host's relationship with their commercial home and its influences on product construction. Intangible dimensions of hospitality are explored through interviews and photographs. Commercial home hosts are interviewed using p... Read More about Explorations of the host's relationship with the commercial home.

Small Business Networking and Tourism Destination Development: A Comparative Perspective (2007)
Journal Article
Tinsley, R., & Lynch, P. A. (2007). Small Business Networking and Tourism Destination Development: A Comparative Perspective. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 8(1), 15-27. https://doi.org/10.5367/000000007780007380

This paper compares two localities of marked social, cultural and economic difference in relation to small tourism business networking and formalization of tourism destination development. The methodological process involves in-depth interviews, supp... Read More about Small Business Networking and Tourism Destination Development: A Comparative Perspective.

The self-catering accommodation market: A review of electronic and other sources (2006)
Journal Article
Johns, N., & Lynch, P. (2007). The self-catering accommodation market: A review of electronic and other sources. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 26, 293-309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2006.10.006

This paper contributes to a better understanding the self-catering accommodation sector by considering its nature and scope within Scotland, the {UK} and the international context. It reviews the available literature search and also presents an exhau... Read More about The self-catering accommodation market: A review of electronic and other sources.

The commercial home enterprise and host: a United Kingdom perspective (2005)
Journal Article
Lynch, P. A. (2005). The commercial home enterprise and host: a United Kingdom perspective. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 24(4), 533-553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2004.11.001

Different approaches to the study of small accommodation enterprises emanating from outside of hospitality are identified and a new hospitality-derived approach described: the commercial home enterprise (CHE). The commercial home sector is a numerica... Read More about The commercial home enterprise and host: a United Kingdom perspective.

MBA for small firms and microenterprises? Development issues (2005)
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Lynch, P., Baty, R., Abdullah, F., & Seaman, C. (2005). MBA for small firms and microenterprises? Development issues. Journal of European industrial training, 29(8), 641-652. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590510627102

Purpose – To report on an investigation amongst small firm owner‐managers in the service sector into potential demand for an MBA.Design/methodology/approach – Relevant recent literature is critiqued concerning small firms and learning, and MBAs and... Read More about MBA for small firms and microenterprises? Development issues.

The local destination tourism network: Development issues (2005)
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Gibson, L., Lynch, P. A., & Morrison, A. (2005). The local destination tourism network: Development issues. Tourism and Hospitality Planning and Development, 2(2), 87-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/14790530500171708

Abstract Tourism networks are an increasingly important tool for economic development. At a local destination level, such networks have a potentially significant contribution to make towards sustainable tourism embracing community and commercial int... Read More about The local destination tourism network: Development issues.

Sociological impressionism in a hospitality context (2005)
Journal Article
Lynch, P. (2005). Sociological impressionism in a hospitality context. Annals of Tourism Research, 32(3), 527-548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2004.09.005

Qualitative research approaches in hospitality are underdeveloped. As a contribution to addressing this shortcoming, sociological impressionism—a form of autobiographical sociology—is described and associated issues are examined. The methodological d... Read More about Sociological impressionism in a hospitality context.

Reflections on the home setting in hospitality. (2005)
Journal Article
Lynch, P. (2005). Reflections on the home setting in hospitality. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 12,

This article builds on an ongoing debate regarding the nature of hospitality management education by adopting a social scientific approach to the study of hospitality. It does so through focusing on the home setting. Major themes from studies on t... Read More about Reflections on the home setting in hospitality..

Host-Guest Dating: The Potential of Improving the Customer Experience Through Host-Guest Psychographic Matching (2005)
Journal Article
Tucker, H., & Lynch, P. (2005). Host-Guest Dating: The Potential of Improving the Customer Experience Through Host-Guest Psychographic Matching. Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism, 5(2-4), 11-32. https://doi.org/10.1300/j162v05n02_02

This article argues for the potential use of lifestyle segmentation in order to achieve psychographic matching between hosts and guests in Bed and Breakfast and homestay accommodation. The discussion draws on research conducted in home-hosted accommo... Read More about Host-Guest Dating: The Potential of Improving the Customer Experience Through Host-Guest Psychographic Matching.

Polish social firm hotel project: an international voluntary–public–private sector partnership in action (2004)
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Lynch, P., Kozlowska, M., & Ritchie, M. (2004). Polish social firm hotel project: an international voluntary–public–private sector partnership in action. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 23(3), 255-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2

This article uses a case study of the transfer of a social firm model from Scotland to Poland for the development of two social firm hotels in order to illustrate an international voluntary–public–private sector partnership in action, and to propose... Read More about Polish social firm hotel project: an international voluntary–public–private sector partnership in action.

International tourism networks (2004)
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Morrison, A., Lynch, P., & Johns, N. (2004). International tourism networks. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 16(3), 197-202. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596110410531195

Much of tourism development is predicated on the successful working of organisations alignment in the form of partnerships or “networks”. However, tourism networks have been relatively neglected as an area of academic study. This paper presents find... Read More about International tourism networks.

Reasons for going green in serviced accommodation establishments (2004)
Journal Article
Tzschentke, N., Kirk, D., & Lynch, P. A. (2004). Reasons for going green in serviced accommodation establishments. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 16(2), 116-124. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596110410520007

This paper reports on the preliminary findings of an exploratory study on environmental decision making in the context of largely small serviced accommodation establishments. It focuses on the motivations of owner‐managers for becoming environmental... Read More about Reasons for going green in serviced accommodation establishments.

Gender and Employment Flexibility within Hotel Front Offices (2002)
Journal Article
Bird, E., Lynch, P., & Ingram, A. (2002). Gender and Employment Flexibility within Hotel Front Offices. Service Industries Journal, 22(3), 99-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/714005084

This article describes a study of the contemporary nature and extent of gendered employment flexibility within hotel front offices in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Previous studies in the service sector have tended to focus upon the career paths o... Read More about Gender and Employment Flexibility within Hotel Front Offices.