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Professor S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh

Professor of Sustainable Tourism

Staff Member Details
Email: s.rasoolimanesh@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.2315  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7138-0280

Background

S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh is a Vice-Chancellor Professorial Research Fellow and Professor of Sustainable Tourism with about 25 years academic and non-academic experiences. Before joining academia, he has worked for more than 10 years in local government and municipalities of historical and touristic destinations in Iran and has been heavily involved in destination planning and management. His research interest areas contain sustainable tourism, heritage tourism, community development, and urban sustainability. Moreover, he has worked on various research methodologies and analysis techniques and published several methodology articles and books. He has published more than 150 articles, books and book chapters including publications in A*/A journals such as Tourism Management, Journal of Travel Research, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, International Journal of Contemporaneity Hospitality Management, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Current Issues in Tourism, Tourism Management Perspectives, and International Journal of Tourism Research among others.

In 2022 and 2023, Mostafa has been listed as the top 2% scientists in the world using Scopus Database for the "Sport, Leisure & Tourism" category. He is an editorial board member of more than 20 reputed tourism and hospitality journals, and he serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, and Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights, and Regional Editor Asia-Pacific for the Service Industries Journal and International Journal of Tourism Policy.

Awards and Recognition
  • 2022 & 2023, Top 2% Scientists in the Sport, Leisure & Tourism" category
  • 2023, Taylor’s University, Vice-Chancellor’s Award – Most Cited Academic 2023
  • 2019, Emerald Publishing, Emerald Literati Award (Outstanding Paper in International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management)
  • 2019 & 2018, Clarivate Analysis, Top Peer-Reviewers Award - Social Sciences
  • 2015, 2016 & 2017, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Sanggar Sanjung Award, Publication in Top Tier Journals

Research Areas and Interests
  • Sustainable Tourism
  • Heritage Tourism
  • Tourists Behaviour / Consumer Behaviour
  • Community Tourism and Development
  • Methodological Research (e.g. Partial Least Squares- Structural Equation Modeling; Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA); and Mixed-Methods design)

SBL Research Centres or Cluster/s
  • SBL Centre for Tourism Research
  • Corporate Governance and Sustainability Research Cluster

Media Topics
  • Sustainable Tourism
  • Measuring and monitoring sustainability in destinations
  • Governance and sustainable tourism

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Malaysia, 2013.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Lin, Z., Rasoolimanesh, SM. (2024). Sharing tourism experiences in social media: a systematic review. Anatolia: an international journal of tourism and hospitality research, 35(1), 67-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2022.2120029.
  • Rasoolimanesh, SM., Chee, SY., Salee, A. (2024). Scale development for measuring sustainability of urban destinations from the perspectives of residents, tourists, businesses and government. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2024(Article in press), 28 pages. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2024.2329682.
  • Rasoolimanesh, SM. (2024). Beyond taste: examining sustainable value, perceived CSR and consumer behaviour in the restaurant industry. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights, 2024(article in press), pp. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHTI-07-2023-0446.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Rasouli, N., Alimohammadirokni, M., Rasoolimanesh, SM., Momayez, A., Emadlou, N. (2023). Examining brand transgression, behavioral responses and the mediating effect of perceived brand betrayal. Consumer Behavior in Tourism and Hospitality, 2023(Article in press), -. https://doi.org/10.1108/CBTH-06-2023-0071.
  • Mandić, A., Walia, S., Rasoolimanesh, SM. (2023). Gen Z and the flight shame movement: examining the intersection of emotions, biospheric values, and environmental travel behaviour in an Eastern society. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2023(Article in press), -. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2023.2254950.
  • Rasoolimanesh, SM., Lu, S. (2023). Enhancing Emotional Responses Of Tourists In Cultural Heritage Tourism: The Case Of Pingyao, China. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 2023(Article in Press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743873X.2023.2254420.
  • Momayez, A., Rasouli, N., Alimohammadirokni, M., Rasoolimanesh, SM. (2023). Green Entrepreneurship Orientation, Green Innovation And Hotel Performance: The Mediating Role Of Managerial Environmental Concern. Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management, 2023(Article in Press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1080/19368623.2023.2225495.
  • Rasoolimanesh, SM., Shafaei Darastani, A., Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Tan, PL. (2023). Corporate social responsibility and international students mobility in higher education. Social Responsibility Journal, 19(9), 1632-1653. https://doi.org/10.1108/SRJ-12-2021-0505.
  • Rasoolimanesh, SM., Gannon, M., Taheri, B., Mikulić, J. (2023). Assessing a Model of Customer Rage: Does Customer Entitlement Moderate Relationships Between Rage Emotions, Expressions and Behaviors?. Journal of Travel Research, 2023(Article in press), 23 pages. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875231213992.
  • Rasoolimanesh, SM., Iranmanesh, M., Seyfi, S., Ragavan, NA., Jaafar, M. (2023). Effects of perceived value on satisfaction and revisit intention: Domestic vs. international tourists. Journal of Vacation Marketing, 29(2), 222-241. https://doi.org/10.1177/13567667221086326.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Rasoolimanesh, SM., Tan, P., Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Shafaei Darastani, A. (2021). Corporate social responsibility and brand loyalty in private higher education: mediation assessment of brand reputation and trust. Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2021(Article in Press), 23. https://doi.org/10.1080/08841241.2021.1973645.
  • Seyfi, S., Rasoolimanesh, SM., Vafaei-Zadeh, A., Esfandiar, K. (2021). Can tourist engagement enhance tourist behavioural intentions? A combination of PLS-SEM and fsQCA approaches. Tourism Recreation Research, 2021(Oct 2021), 12p.. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2021.1981092.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Rasoolimanesh, SM., Ramakrishna, S., Hall, C., Esfandiar, K., Seyfi, S. (2020). A Systematic Scoping Review of Sustainable Tourism Indicators in Relation to the Sustainable Development Goals. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 31(7), 1497-1517. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2020.1775621.
  • Rasoolimanesh, SM., Iranmanesh, M., Amin, M., Hussain, K., Jaafar, M., Ataeishad, H. (2020). Are functional, emotional and social values interrelated? A study of traditional guesthouses in Iran. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 32(9), 2857-2880. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-03-2020-0193.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Lei Mee, T., Shafaei Darastani, A., Rasoolimanesh, SM. (2018). Specifying and Assessing a Multidimensional Friendship Quality Construct. Child Indicators Research, 11(4), 1321–1336. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-017-9462-y.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Developing and Validating Sustainable Tourism Index for Urban Tourism in Thailand
  • Developing Sustainability Indicators for Hotels Industry: Malaysia Context

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Investigating Local Communities’ Environmental Conservation Behaviour In A Rural Tourism Destination: A Case In Bogor Regency, Indonesia
  • Antecedents of Pro-Environmental Behavioural Intention Towards Ecotourism among Chinese Domestic Tourists in Yunnan Province, China
  • Factors Influencing Customer’s Usage Intention for Food Delivery Apps in China: An Integrated Model
  • Exploring The Success Factors Of Tourism Social Entrepreneurship Towards Sustainable Community Development: A Case Study Of Fanggan Village, China
  • Investigating the Antecedents of Pro-Environmental Behaviour among Tourists in Guangdong Rural Destinations
  • The Effects of Robot Service on Hotel Customer ’s service Experience Assessment
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