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Hotel Management Behavior Model in eWOM Management

Gilabert, Manuel,Berné Manero, María del Carmen

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Electronic Word-of-Mouth (eWOM) is vital in various industries, particularly in the hospitality sector, where its effects on sales, prices, reputation and other business variables are evident. Understanding how eWOM is accepted and incorporated within organisations is essential for their development. The present study aims to explain managerial behaviour concerning the use of eWOM in hotels. To achieve this, a Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) model was validated using data from a questionnaire directed at hotels in a coastal region of Argentina, where year-round and seasonal hotels are located. It was found that the use of eWOM in management depends on the management's intention to use the same which is influenced by their attitude towards it. Additionally, attitude is influenced by the perceived usefulness and ease of management, and use is contingent upon the quality of the eWOM.

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www.pasosonline.o g Vol. 22 N. o 4. Págs. 705-723. oc ub e‑deciemb e 2024 h ps://doi.o g/10.25145/j.pasos.2024.22.046 Ho el Managemen Beha io Model in eWOM Managemen Manuel Gilabe * Uni e sidad A gen ina de la Emp esa (A gen ina) Ma ia del Ca men Be né Mane o** Uni e sidad de Za agoza (España) Abs ac : Elec onic Wo d-o -Mou h (eWOM) is i al in a ious indus ies, pa icula ly in he hospi ali y sec o , whe e i s e ec s on sales, p ices, epu a ion and o he business a iables a e e iden . Unde s anding how eWOM is accep ed and inco po a ed wi hin o ganisa ions is essen ial o hei de elopmen . The p esen s udy aims o explain manage ial beha iou conce ning he use o eWOM in ho els. To achie e his, a Pa ial Leas Squa es S uc u al Equa ion Modeling (PLS-SEM) model was alida ed using da a om a ques ionnai e di ec ed a ho els in a coas al egion o A gen ina, whe e yea - ound and seasonal ho els a e loca ed. I was ound ha he use o eWOM in managemen depends on he managemen 's in en ion o use he same which is in luenced by hei a i ude owa ds i . Addi ionally, a i ude is in luenced by he pe cei ed use ulness and ease o managemen , and use is con ingen upon he quali y o he eWOM. Keywo ds: eWOM, ho el managemen , PLS-SEM, seasonal ho el, managemen beha iou . Modelo de compo amien o en la ges ión del eWOM Resumen: El boca-oído elec ónico (eWOM) es de i al impo ancia en di e sas indus ias, en pa icula la ho ele a, donde se e idencian e ec os en en as, p ecios, epu ación y o as a iables. Comp ende cómo se acep a e inco po a ge encialmen e el eWOM en las o ganizaciones es undamen al pa a el desa ollo de las mismas. El p esen e es udio iene como obje i o explica el compo amien o ge encial en elación al uso de eWOM en ho eles. Pa a ello se alidó un modelo de ecuaciones es uc u ales PLS-SEM con da os p o enien es de un cues iona io di igido a ho eles de un á ea cos e a de A gen ina donde hay ho eles anuales y de empo ada. Se encon ó que el uso de eWOM en la ges ión depende de la in ención de la ge encia en ges iona lo, la cual a su ez se nu e de su ac i ud hacia el ema. Adicionalmen e, la ac i ud depende de la u ilidad y acilidad pe cibida, y la u ilidad depende de la calidad del eWOM. Palab as cla e: eWOM, ges ión de ho el, PLS-SEM, ho el es acional, compo amien o ge encial. 1. In oduc ion One o he objec i es o manage ial esea ch is o p o ide ools o cu en and u u e business leade s o make in elligen , e idence-based decisions. Fu he mo e, gi en he in es men companies make o main ain a posi i e online image, i would be p uden o examine he po en ial bene i s o such e o s (To es, Singh & Robe son-Ring, 2015). Unde s anding manage ial beha io ega ding elec onic Wo d-o -Mou h (eWOM) managemen is undamen al. Managemen is conce ned abou he online image o hei o ganiza ions. Schola s ha e also been equally conce ned abou he eme gence o consume -gene a ed commen s and ha e s udied a ious opics ela ed o he phenomenon. Re iew si es mus be closely moni o ed (Li in & Ho man, 2012). * INSOD Ins i u e [P ojec D15A01]; E-mail: manuel_gila[email p o ec ed].a ; h ps://o cid.o g/0000-0002-9449-6902 ** Science, Uni e si y and Knowledge Socie y Depa men o A agon Go e nmen [S42_20R: CREVALOR]; IEDIS, Resea ch ins i u e; E-mail: [email p o ec ed]; h ps://o cid.o g/0000-0003-3050-1634 Ci e: Gilabe , M. & Be né Mane o, M. C. (2024). Ho el Managemen Beha io Model in eWOM Managemen . PASOS. Re is a de Tu ismo y Pa imonio Cul u al , 22(4), 705-723. h ps://doi.o g/10.25145/j.pasos.2024.22.046 © PASOS Re is a de Tu ismo y Pa imonio Cul u al. ISSN 1695-7121 706 Ho el Managemen Beha io Model in eWOM Managemen PASOS Re is a de Tu ismo y Pa imonio Cul u al. 22(4). Oc ub e-diciemb e 2024 ISSN 1695-7121 While he e has been a p oli e a ion o esea ch on he eWOM phenomenon in he las decade, a li e a u e e iew e eals speci ic gaps. Fo ins ance, he e a e ela i ely ew s udies on eWOM om he pe spec i e o decision-make s, as he as majo i y ha e ocused on i s impac on consume s (Sal i e al., 2013). S udies ha ha e sough o explain manage ial beha io ega ding he use o eWOM in ho els a e limi ed and sca ce mo i es (Be né-Mane o, Ciobanu & Ped aja-Iglesias, 2020). Addi ionally, s udies ha e no been ound ocusing on eWOM o seasonal ho els, e en hough hese es ablishmen s ha e di e en s a ing and ope a ional schemes compa ed o yea - ound ho els (A asli, Al inay & A ici, 2020; Belias e al., 2023), and hei managemen could be d i en by ac o s di e en om hei yea - ound coun e pa s (Öz ü k, E gün, & Ku ukiz, 2016). Conside ing eWOM managemen o be impo an is di e en om e ec i ely implemen ing ha managemen . Da is's (1989) Technology Accep ance Model (TAM) sugges s ha people's adop ion decisions o echnology a e o en de e mined by he ex en o which hey belie e ha using ha echnology would enhance hei job pe o mance (pe cei ed use ulness) and ha using he echnology would be e o less (pe cei ed ease o use). The li e a u e indica es ha hose who manage eWOM pe cei e i as bene icial o he company. Fo ins ance, Pe ez-A anda, Vallespín, & Molinillo (2019) ound a co ela ion be ween e ec i e managemen o in o ma ion pos ed on e iew si es and pe cei ed bene i s o he company. Howe e , i seems no o happen bo h ways. TAM e lec s ha pe cei ed use ulness is an indi ec cause o use, no ice e sa, and he wo k o Au eli & Supino (2017) con i ms ha ho els' managemen in e es in eWOM doesn' always lead o a p oac i e epu a ion managemen s a egy. This s udy, based on I alian ho el manage s, ound e y ew ho el manage s ( i e ou o se en y-one) who s a ed ha eWOM is no e y impo an , indica ing ha hey do no moni o o analyze hei online epu a ion due o i s misleading na u e ( wo ho els) because hese ac i i ies consume oo much ime ( wo ho els), o because hey a e no in e es ed a all in knowing wha people w i e on a el websi es (one ho el). The o he s (almos 93% o esponden s) decla e ha online epu a ion plays a i al ole in he ho el indus y. They moni o i o s a egic easons (in ac , ha dly any ho el ou sou ces moni o ing) o a long ime (mos o mo e han h ee yea s) and equen ly (80% epo ed analyzing i a leas once a week). Thus, in oday's dynamic business wo ld, i 's no enough o show conce n o moni o such commen s; ho elie s mus ha e a s a egy o p ocess his in o ma ion and eap he ewa ds o highe a ings and mo e e iews (To es, Singh & Robe son-Ring, 2015). The p esen s udy aims o elucida e he p ocess o accep ance and implemen a ion o eWOM managemen by ho el decision-make s and i s pe o mance consequences. The selec ed s udy egion o his esea ch is he A lan ic Coas o he Buenos Ai es p o ince. Despi e he nume ous ad an ages highligh ed in he li e a u e o conside ing and managing eWOM, i has been obse ed ha many ho els in he s udy egion do no espond o he eedback le by gues s on pla o ms. In esponse o he esea ch challenge posed, he s udy will be conduc ed om he pe spec i e o ho el decision-make s, conside ing p ima y in o ma ion ga he ed h ough ques ionnai es adminis e ed o ho elie s. Following his in oduc ion, he a icle is s uc u ed in o di e en sec ions. Fi s , a li e a u e e iew on manage ial beha io models is p esen ed. Nex , he hypo heses a e s a ed, and he s udy me hodology is ou lined, using a Pa ial Leas Squa es S uc u al Equa ion Modeling (PLS-SEM) amewo k ed wi h su ey da a om manage s. In he ollowing sec ion, he esul s o he employed echniques a e displayed and desc ibed. Finally, in he las sec ion, he indings a e explained, ela ed o o he s udies, and he main conclusions a e es ablished. I was ound ha he use o eWOM in managemen depends on managemen 's in en ion o use i , which, in u n, is in luenced by hei a i ude owa ds he opic. Addi ionally, a i ude depends on pe cei ed use ulness and ease o use, and he quali y o eWOM a ec s pe cei ed use ulness. 2. Li e a u e e iew Gene ally speaking, o ganiza ions should espond o eWOM, mainly when i is nega i e, and should do so in a pe sonalized, de ailed, and imely manne (Lopes e al.,2023). Ye , mo i a ions o managemen could a y depending on he des ina ions, ho el cha ac e is ics, and e en he demog aphic ea u es. Ace enza (2003, p. 53) add esses his issue, applying i o gene al managemen when analyzing des ina ions' compe i i eness: " A ound 70%, maybe mo e, o he ho el supply in many adi ional ou is des ina ions consis s o small and medium-sized ho els, mos ly managed by hei owne s. Howe e , gi en his eali y, he e a e no p og ams aimed a eno a ing and e-equipping hese es ablishmen s o adap o he new equi emen s o cu en demand. Consequen ly, a high pe cen age o he accommoda ion o e becomes obsole e, a ec ing he quali y o se ices and, he e o e, he des ina ion's compe i i eness ". Speci ically, ega ding eWOM managemen , younge manage s wo king in medium and la ge ho els Manuel Gilabe , Ma ia del Ca men Be né Mane o 707 PASOS Re is a de Tu ismo y Pa imonio Cul u al. 22(4). Oc ub e-diciemb e 2024 ISSN 1695-7121 seem o ha e mo e con idence in he e ec i eness o hei online epu a ion, and he managemen o small ho els seems mo e in e es ed han hei coun e pa s in moni o ing he physical and ex e nal cha ac e is ics o he ho el a he han gues expe iences wi h ho el s a ; he la e may be ela ed o mos small ho els being amily- un businesses, whe e he amily is gene ally pa o he s a , making i easie o hem o ques ion ex e nal aspec s han hemsel es (Au eli & Supino, 2017). Posi i e eWOM mo i a es managemen and s a o main ain good quali y se ice, whe eas nega i e eWOM helps ho els o iden i y p oblems and imp o e (Chen, Law & Yan, 2022). Manage ial beha io has been s udied om a ious pe spec i es and heo ies. A ecen e iew o almos 1,000 publica ions om 2000 o 2017 on beha io heo ies iden i ied 62 di e en app oaches (Kwon & Sil a, 2020). Pa icula ly conce ning he in en ion o adop and use echnologies, acco ding o Momany and Jamous (2017), he de elopmen and applica ion o he ollowing models a e highligh ed: Theo y o Reasoned Ac ion (TRA), Theo y o Planned Beha io (TPB), Decomposed Theo y o Planned Beha io (DTPB), Technology Accep ance Model (TAM and TAM2), he combina ion o TAM and TPB (C- TAM-TPB), Model o PC U iliza ion (MPCU), Inno a ion Di usion Theo y (IDT), Mo i a ional Model (MM), he Social Cogni i e Theo y (SCT), among o he s. Wi hin he dozens o heo ies iden i ied by Kwon & Sil a (2020), a di ision sugges ed by Da is e al. (2015) can be made: hose o indi idual beha io and some imes in e pe sonal beha io and hose o social o b oad beha io . In his classi ica ion, he au ho s men ion ha heo ies om economics and psychology a e likely o ocus on indi idual beha iou . While he numbe o heo ies is signi ican , hey o en sha e se e al common elemen s, adding o emo ing some a iables and in e p e a ions o esul s. Fo example, he Technology Accep ance Model (TAM) indica es ela ionships be ween pe cei ed use ulness, ease o use, a i ude, in en ion, and ac ual sys em use. G aph 1 p esen s he ela ionships o he TAM model. G aph 1: Technology Accep ance Model TAM Sou ce: Adap ed om Da is (1989) The cons uc s can be de ined in he li e a u e as ollows: - Ex e nal a iables o acili a ing condi ions: "Objec i e ac o s in he en i onmen in which obse e s ag ee ha hey make an ac easy o pe o m" (Venka esh e al., 2003, p. 430). - Pe cei ed ease o use: "The ex en o which a pe son belie es ha using a pa icula sys em would be e o less" (Da is, 1989, p. 320). - Pe cei ed use ulness: "The ex en o which a pe son belie es ha using a pa icula sys em would enhance hei job pe o mance" (Da is, 1989, p. 320). - A i ude owa d beha io : "Posi i e o nega i e eelings o an indi idual (e alua i e a ec ) abou he pe o mance o he a ge beha io " (Fishbein & Ajzen, 1977, p. 216). - In en ion o use: "The decision o pe o m o no pe o m a pa icula ac ion" (Fishbein, Ajzen & Belie , 1975). - Ac ual sys em use: "The deg ee o echnology use" (Compeau & Higgins, 1995). On he o he hand, he Theo y o Reasoned Ac ion (TRA) model by Ajzen & Fishbein (1980) es ablishes he ela ionship be ween belie s abou beha io and belie s abou no ms, which a ec a i ude and subjec i e c i e ia, espec i ely. The la e a ec s in en ion, which hen impac s beha io . G aph 2 succinc ly p esen s hese ela ionships. Se e al yea s la e , he same au ho s ound ha he pe cei ed con ol a iable was also ele an o explaining beha io and de eloped he Theo y o Planned Beha io (TPB) model schema ically depic ed in G aph 3. 708 Ho el Managemen Beha io Model in eWOM Managemen PASOS Re is a de Tu ismo y Pa imonio Cul u al. 22(4). Oc ub e-diciemb e 2024 ISSN 1695-7121 G aph 2: Theo y o Reasoned Ac ion TRA Sou ce: Adap ed om Ajzen & Fishbein (1980) G aph 3: Theo y o Planned Beha io TPB Sou ce: Adap ed om Fishbein & Azjen (2011) Mendes Filho, Tan & Mills (2012) sugges ha he Theo y o Planned Beha io model could help explain gues s' eWOM beha io in he ou ism indus y when planning hei ips. Ano he heo y used o unde s and echnology adop ion p ocesses is he Beha io al Reasoning Theo y (BRT) (Wes aby, 2005; Wes aby, P obs & Lee, 2010), which g oups a i ude, pe cei ed no ms, and pe cei ed con ol om he Theo y o Planned Beha io (TPB) model unde he a iable "global mo i es," and adds he a iable " easons," which ela es o hese mo i es and in en ion o explain beha io , as shown in G aph 4. G aph 4: Beha io al Reasoning Theo y BRT Sou ce: Wes aby, P obs & Lee (2010) Claudy, Ga cía & O'D iscoll (2015) sugges ha his heo y p o ides a amewo k whe e use in ol emen is c ucial o success ul echnology adop ion. Use s p edisposed o change encoun e less esis ance o adop ing new echnology. A ecen s udy adap ed he BRT model and applied i o implemen ing and using eWOM as a business managemen ool. This is he eWIP model (Be né-Mane o, Ciobanu & Ped aja-Iglesias, 2020). The p oposed model (see G aph 5) includes he ela ionship be ween easons (p econdi ions a o ing o hinde ing he use o eWOM as a managemen ool), global mo i es ( o de eloping he sys em), manage ial beha io (pe o mance gained om changes implemen ed h ough mo i a ed ac ions), and in en ions o con inue using he ool. Addi ionally, a a iable is added om he decision-make 's pe spec i e: he cha ac e is ics o eWOM (C edibili y, Au hen ici y, and Quali y). Manuel Gilabe , Ma ia del Ca men Be né Mane o 709 PASOS Re is a de Tu ismo y Pa imonio Cul u al. 22(4). Oc ub e-diciemb e 2024 ISSN 1695-7121 G aph 5: eWIP Model Sou ce: Be né-Mane o, Ciobanu & Ped aja-Iglesias (2020). In his model, speci ic easons o indi iduals engaging o no engaging in an obse ed beha io mus be conside ed, and he decision-making con ex should be conside ed as a de e minan o decision- make s' beha io . In en ions a e di ec ly ela ed o beha io and a e s ongly in luenced by mo i es (Be né-Mane o, Ciobanu & Ped aja-Iglesias, 2020). Mos echnology adop ion s udies use he adi ional Technology Accep ance Model (TAM) as a heo e ical ounda ion (Law, Leung & Chan, 2019). Fo ins ance, Wang & Li's (2019) esea ch employs he TAM model applied o he eWOM ield o explo e he use o eWOM and eWOM gene a ion beha io s. Wu's (2018) doc o al hesis uses TAM o analyze cus ome s' accep ance o an online ho el ese a ion sys em, con i ming he ela ionship be ween use sys em accep ance and usage in en ion, as Da is (1989) p oposed in an online ho el di ec sales scena io. In his case, i was ound ha he pe cei ed ease o use o he ho el's online ese a ion sys em did no di ec ly a ec cus ome s' in en ion o use he sys em o ho el ese a ions. The Nyo o e al. (2015) s udy e iews 25 a icles ha use TAM in he con ex o e-comme ce adop ion. The au ho s ound ha TAM is he mos widely used model o p edic ing e-comme ce adop ion and ha mos s udies a e conduc ed in de eloping coun ies. They also ound ha TAM is sui able o p o iding s a is ically accu a e esul s in e-comme ce adop ion. Some au ho s pe o m in eg a ions o combina ions o models, such as Ta e a & Londoño (2014), who combine TAM and TBP o explain e-comme ce accep ance in use s. As he li e a u e indica es, esea che s ha e mos ly sough o unde s and eWOM based on online ma e ial, no only abou ho els bu also whole des ina ions (Má quez-González & He e o, 2017). Howe e , ho el leade s and o he s akeholde s in ho el o ganiza ions emain ela i ely un apped da a sou ces. This a enue can be explo ed h ough in e iews, obse a ions, and ques ionnai es sen o ho elie s (Bo e e al., 2017), which could impac ou unde s anding o how ho elie s manage eWOM esponses (Chen, Law & Yan, 2022; Lopes e al., 2023). Finally, i is wo h men ioning ha some s udies discuss ho els ha close du ing he low season while o he s emain open yea - ound (Pa k e al., 2016; Öz ü k, E gün, & Ku ukiz, 2016; Sáez- Fe nández, Jiménez-He nández & Os os-Rey, 2020; A asli, Al inay & A ici, 2020; Belias e al., 2023). This di e en ia ion may be ele an as a classi ica ion c i e ion and esea ch suppo . Howe e , he numbe o s udies ha ha e aken i as an analy ical ca ego y so a is limi ed (e.g., Sáez-Fe nández, Jiménez- He nández & Os os-Rey, 2020). 3. Me hods and Hypo hesis To explain ho elie s' beha io ega ding eWOM managemen , a model was de ined based on he gene al Technology Accep ance Model TAM (Da is, 1989), as i is he mos ex ensi ely used o s udies in he ield (Law, Leung & Chan, 2019), inco po a ing elemen s om eWIP (Be né-Mane o, Ciobanu, & Ped aja-Iglesias, 2020), which akes in o accoun eWOM cha ac e is ics and addi ionally includes he e ec o ho el ype (seasonal s annual). The ele an hypo heses a e de eloped below. The eWIP model shows a signi ican posi i e e ec o eWOM cha ac e is ics on he global mo i es o ho el managemen o use eWOM. The e o e, his cons uc is expec ed o a ec he pe cei ed use ulness o eWOM signi ican ly. Thus, he ollowing hypo heses a e es ablished: H1: "eWOM cha ac e is ics (C edibili y, Au hen ici y, and Quali y) ha e a di ec posi i e in luence on he pe cei ed use ulness o eWOM by ho el managemen ." 710 Ho el Managemen Beha io Model in eWOM Managemen PASOS Re is a de Tu ismo y Pa imonio Cul u al. 22(4). Oc ub e-diciemb e 2024 ISSN 1695-7121 The ollowing hypo heses eme ge om he gene al TAM model (Da is, 1989) bu a e applied o eWOM managemen by ho els: H2: "Pe cei ed use ulness o eWOM by ho el managemen has a di ec and posi i e in luence on he in en ion o use eWOM." H3: "Pe cei ed use ulness o eWOM by ho el managemen has a di ec and posi i e in luence on he a i ude owa ds using eWOM." H4: "Ease o use o eWOM by ho el managemen has a di ec and posi i e in luence on he a i ude owa ds using eWOM." H5: "Ease o use o eWOM by ho el managemen has a di ec and posi i e in luence on he pe cei ed use ulness o eWOM." H6: "A i ude owa ds eWOM by ho el managemen has a di ec and posi i e in luence on he in en ion o use eWOM." H7: "In en ion o use eWOM by ho el managemen has a di ec and posi i e in luence on he use o pe o mance in eWOM managemen ." G aph 6 schema ically p esen s he di e en cons uc s and he p oposed ela ionships. G aph 6: P oposed model o accep ance and use o eWOM Sou ce: own elabo a ion On he o he hand, i is expec ed ha he ease o managing eWOM may depend on he cha ac e is ics o he ho els. Highe -ca ego y (s a - a ed) ho els a e likely o ha e highe le els o in es men ha enable hem o ha e mo e s aigh o wa d managemen compa ed o smalle -scale ones; simila ly, hose ho els ha ope a e yea - ound and consequen ly ha e s a wo king h oughou he yea a e likely o be mo e e icien and ha e an easie ime managing eWOM compa ed o hose ha close o pa o he yea (Pa k e al., 2016; Sáez-Fe nández, Jiménez-He nández & Os os-Rey, 2020; A asli, Al inay & A ici, 2020). Likewise, he e could be di e ences based on he ci y whe e he ho els a e loca ed and di e ences in he pe cei ed ease o managing eWOM based on manage ial cha ac e is ics (age and gende ). The e o e, i is es ablished ha : H8: "Ho el cha ac e is ics (s a a ing, loca ion, and ype o ope a ion) and manage ial cha ac e is ics (age and gende ) in luence he pe cei ed ease o managing eWOM." The sou ce o in o ma ion o wo k on hese hypo heses was ques ionnai es (designed in Google Fo ms) dis ibu ed om No embe 2021 o Feb ua y 2022 ia email, Wha sApp, and Facebook o he ho els in he egion. The ins umen used begins by eques ing gene al in o ma ion abou he ho el and managemen (Ho el Name, Ci y, Gende , Age, Type o ope a ion - annual o seasonal) and a ques ion o e i y whe he hey conside eWOM a any s age o he decision-making p ocess. I he esponse was "YES," hey we e di ec ed o ques ions 1 o 34 o Table 1, and i he esponse was "NO," hey we e equi ed o he espec i e ques ions 35 o 40. Each i em is answe ed using an 11-poin Like scale, om 0 (s ongly disag ee) o 10 (s ongly ag ee). Be o e dis ibu ion, a da abase was c ea ed by manually ex ac ing in o ma ion published on he websi es o he ou ism depa men s o he A lan ic Coas egion’s dis ic s. The cons uc ed da abase included 721 accommoda ions wi h email and phone numbe s (in mos cases), which easonably Manuel Gilabe , Ma ia del Ca men Be né Mane o 711 PASOS Re is a de Tu ismo y Pa imonio Cul u al. 22(4). Oc ub e-diciemb e 2024 ISSN 1695-7121 app oxima es he popula ion o ho els, lodges, and apa -ho els in he egion. The espec i e ho el websi e URL and Facebook page we e also ob ained in some cases. In manage ial beha io s udies, he esponse a e is expec ed o be low, as he a ge popula ion consis s o indi iduals wi h a high le el o esponsibili y and commi men . A b ie explana o y ideo was eco ded o inc ease con idence and he esponse a e. The ques ionnai e was dis ibu ed ia email, Wha sApp, and h ough egional ho el associa ions (FEHGRA and AHT) om No embe 2021 o Feb ua y 2022. The esponse collec ion pe iod was ex ended as es ablishmen s ook ime o espond, likely due o he high ou is season. App oxima ely 10% o he emails esul ed in ou da ed add esses, as e idenced by e o messages ecei ed om se e s (inac i e domain, mailbox ull, o simply inco ec add ess). I was also obse ed ha some lessons belonged o non-speci ic ho el domains (e.g., yahoo.com / Ho mail.com / Gmail.com), and some ho els had au oma ed esponses con igu ed o hei email add esses. One ho el had con igu ed an au oma ic esponse lis ing oom a es o he summe o 2019, which was h ee yea s ou da ed. A e he collec ion p ocess, 120 esponses we e ob ained, ep esen ing 16.6% o he a ailable da abase, a a e highe han ha epo ed in o he simila s udies: 11% (B e el e al., 2012), 13.4% (Be né-Mane o, Ciobanu, & Ped aja-Iglesias, 2020), and 14% (To es, 2012). Nex , he demog aphic cha ac e is ics o he sample a e de ailed. Rega ding gende , he dis ibu ion o esponses was balanced, wi h hal o he esponden s being male and he o he hal emale. Rega ding age, he mos equen segmen was 31 o 45 (38%), ollowed by 46 o 60 (28%). Rega ding ca ego iza ion, he mos equen componen s we e 3-s a (32%) and 2-s a (28%). The e we e no esponses om 5-s a ho els, which aligns wi h he limi ed p esence o such ho els in he egion. I is essen ial o cla i y ha he sample is likely biased owa ds smalle ho els. Rega ding he opening scheme, 68 ho els (56%) indica ed a sys ema ic closu e du ing he low ou is season. The esponses indica e he p esence o ho els dis ibu ed h oughou he egion, as shown in Table 2. App oxima ely one ou o e e y ou esponden s indica ed ha hey do no conside eWOM in he decision-making p ocess. The main easons p o ided o jus i y his decision we e lack o ime o ead all e iews (42%), ollowed by he di icul y o pleasing all cus ome s (39%), and he belie ha such managemen will no yield p o i s (32%). A s uc u al equa ion modelling (SEM) app oach was employed using he pa ial leas squa es echnique (PLS-SEM). " PLS-SEM has eme ged as a echnique o analyze he complex ela ionships be ween la en a iables, allowing o an explana ion o obse ed da a and p edic i e analysis as a ele an elemen in scien i ic esea ch. The PLS app oach was de eloped o e lec social and beha iou al sciences' heo e ical and empi ical condi ions. The ma hema ical and s a is ical p ocedu es a e igo ous and obus . S ill, he ma hema ical model is lexible because i does no impose s ic assump ions on da a dis ibu ion, measu emen scale, o sample size " (Ma ínez-Á ila & Fie o-Mo eno, 2018, p. 5). Acco ding o he men ioned au ho s, i he key objec i e is he p edic ion o cons uc s, i is ad isable o use his echnique. Building upon he li e a u e e iew, a model based on he gene al Technology Accep ance Model (TAM) (Da is, 1989) was de ined, as i is one o he mos widely used models o explain he adop ion o new echnologies and has been es ed in a ious domains. Elemen s om he eWIP model (Be né- Mane o, Ciobanu, & Ped aja-Iglesias, 2020) we e also inco po a ed, conside ing he cha ac e is ics o eWOM. Addi ionally, he con ex ual ex e nal a iable o he ho el ype e ec (seasonal s. annual) was included, which is speci ic and ele an o his s udy. Rega ding he ecommended numbe o cases o s a is ically consis en implemen a ion o Pa ial Leas Squa es (PLS), Ma ínez-Á ila & Fie o-Mo eno (2018) ci e Ma coulides & Saunde s (2006), who de e mine his numbe based on he ela ionships wi hin he s uc u al model, as depic ed in Table 3. Gi en ha he p oposed model has se en ela ionships be ween cons uc s, he ecommended minimum numbe o cases would be 80, a h eshold exceeded in he ob ained sample. Rega dless o hose abo e, i is ad isable o in e p e he esul s cau iously due o he sample size. The aw ques ionnai e da a was expo ed om Google Fo ms in a o ma compa ible wi h MS Excel o o ganize he in o ma ion o da a p ocessing. The Sma PLS 3.3 so wa e was used o s a is ical calcula ions ela ed o PLS. The alidi y and eliabili y o he measu emen model include se e al s eps (Ma ínez-Á ila & Fie o- Mo eno, 2018). Fi s , he in e nal consis ency eliabili y o he cons uc s was e iewed using C onbach's Alpha (>0.7) and composi e eliabili y (>0.7). Addi ionally, con e gen alidi y was assessed h ough A e age Va iance Ex ac ed (AVE) (>0.5) acco ding o ecommended s anda ds (Nunnally, 1994). Indica o s wi h ac o loadings less han 0.707 we e disca ded, as Ca mines & Zelle (1979) sugges ed. To de ec po en ial collinea i y issues, i was e i ied ha he Va iance In la ion Fac o (VIF) was less han 10 (Mye s & Mye s, 1990) o di e en i ems. 712 Ho el Managemen Beha io Model in eWOM Managemen PASOS Re is a de Tu ismo y Pa imonio Cul u al. 22(4). Oc ub e-diciemb e 2024 ISSN 1695-7121 Table 1: Elemen s o he ques ionnai e Sou ce: Own elabo a ion. A e a pu i ica ion p ocess (λ<0.7), i ems ma ked in i alics we e excluded om he model. Manuel Gilabe , Ma ia del Ca men Be né Mane o 713 PASOS Re is a de Tu ismo y Pa imonio Cul u al. 22(4). Oc ub e-diciemb e 2024 ISSN 1695-7121 Table 2: Geog aphical dis ibu ion ( egion) o he esponses Region Responses % o o al COSTA 21 18% PINAMAR 32 27% VILLA GESELL 29 24% MAR CHIQUITA 2 2% GRAL. PUEYRREDON 32 27% NECOCHEA 4 3% TOTAL 120 100% Sou ce: own elabo a ion Table 3: Minimum obse a ions in PLS-SEM Núme o mínimo de obse aciones de la mues a Núme o de elaciones en el modelo es uc u al 59 3 65 4 70 5 75 6 80 7 84 8 88 9 91 10 Sou ce: Ma coulides & Saunde s (2006) C onbach's Alpha " is an index used o measu e he eliabili y o in e nal consis ency o a scale, ha is, o assess he ex en o which he i ems o an ins umen a e co ela ed. In o he wo ds, C onbach's Alpha is he a e age o he co ela ions be ween he i ems ha make up an ins umen . This coe icien can also be unde s ood as he ex en o which some cons uc , concep , o ac o being measu ed is p esen in each i em. Gene ally, a g oup o i ems ha explo e a common ac o will show a high alue o C onbach's Alpha " (O iedo & Campo-A ias, 2005, p. 575). Composi e Reliabili y (CR) is ecommended o e alua e eliabili y h ough in e nal consis ency. I was designed o gene ic measu emen models o o e come he limi a ion o C onbach's Alpha, which equi es au-equi alen i ems. Values be ween .70 and .79 in CR e lec accep able le els o in e nal consis ency eliabili y, indica ing ha a leas 70% o he a iance o he measu emen s o empi ical sco es in he es is e o - ee. Simila ly, alues be ween .80 and .89 a e conside ed good, and hose g ea e han o equal o .90 a e excellen (Cho & Kim, 2015). Nex , disc iminan alidi y was e iewed, whe e he alidi y o cons uc s was e i ied using he Fo nell-La cke c i e ion. Addi ional es s we e conduc ed using c oss-loadings analysis and he He e o ai -Mono ai Ra io (HTMT) (Ma ínez-Á ila & Fie o-Mo eno, 2018). The A e age Va iance Ex ac ed (AVE) indica es he ex en o which he cons uc 's a iance is explained h ough he selec ed indica o s (Fo nell & La cke , 1981). The AVE " should be g ea e han o equal o 0.50 and p o ides he amoun o a iance ha a cons uc ob ains om i s indica o s conce ning he amoun o a iance due o measu emen e o ; his means ha each cons uc o a iable explains a leas 50% o he a iance o he indica o s " (Ma ínez-Á ila & Fie o-Mo eno, 2018, p. 18). The HTMT a io is he a e age o he co ela ions be ween indica o s measu ing di e en cons uc s (He e o ai -He e ome hod co ela ion, HT) abou he a e age o co ela ions o indica o s wi hin he same cons uc (Mono ai -He e ome hod co ela ions, MT). The e is disc iminan alidi y i he Mono ai - He e ome hod co ela ions (co ela ions be ween indica o s measu ing he same cons uc ) a e mo e signi ican han he He e o ai -He e ome hod co ela ions (co ela ions be ween indica o s measu ing di e en cons uc s). Thus, i is ecommended ha he HTMT a io is below one (Ma ínez-Á ila & Fie o-Mo eno, 2018) o below .90 (Hensele , Ringle & Sa s ed , 2015) o demons a e adequa e disc iminan alidi y. 720 Ho el Managemen Beha io Model in eWOM Managemen PASOS Re is a de Tu ismo y Pa imonio Cul u al. 22(4). Oc ub e-diciemb e 2024 ISSN 1695-7121 ( imeliness, ele ance, and excellence) is a ele an aspec ha subsequen ly a ec s pe cei ed u ili y. C edibili y and au hen ici y, highligh ed in he li e a u e, did no consis en ly eme ge as aspec s e lec ed in eWOM cha ac e is ics (i ems 15 o 21 o he ques ionnai e wi h λ<0.7) om a manage ial s andpoin . In o he wo ds, ho elie s associa e eWOM wi h quali y in o ma ion, bu no all pay a en ion o he c edibili y and au hen ic sou ce o eWOM. They ocus on he impo ance o he imeliness, ele ance, and excellence o eWOM communica ion, which a e mo e objec i e ac o s. A he same ime, seconda y a en ion is gi en o mo e subjec i e aspec s, such as he c edibili y o he message and he sou ce. This could indica e a somewha limi ed unde s anding o he po en ial scope o eWOM and sugges s oom o u u e e inemen . Addi ionally, he associa ion be ween he ype o ho el opening and he pe cei ed ease o eWOM managemen s ands ou . Annual ho els ind eWOM managemen easie compa ed o seasonal ho els. Jus as i has been ound ha o ganiza ions wi h yea - ound ope a ions achie e g ea e e iciency (Pa k e al., 2016; Sáez-Fe nández, Jiménez-He nández & Os os-Rey, 2020), he s udy's esul s sugges ha di e ences in eWOM communica ion managemen ease exis based on he opening scheme, om a manage ial pe spec i e. This could be a ibu ed o yea - ound ho els ha ing pe manen s a o eWOM communica ion moni o ing and mo e ime o esponse s a egy planning. Mo eo e , hey may be mo e inclined o in es in eWOM managemen sys ems (Oli ei a, Renda & Co eia, 2020), gi en hei yea - ound ope a ions compa ed o being open only a ew mon hs a yea . This ci cums ance cons ains he pe o mance o seasonal ho els and should be conside ed in hei planning. The TAM-EWOM model p esen s se e al simila i ies wi h he gene al TAM model (Da is, 1989), pa icula ly conce ning he ac ha pe cei ed ease and pe cei ed u ili y a ec a i ude, which a ec s in en ion ha subsequen ly impac s beha io . Howe e , a no able di e ence is ha , pa icula ly in eWOM managemen , pe cei ed ease does no signi ican ly in luence pe cei ed u ili y. This implies ha he managemen iews eWOM as applicable based on i s quali y, ega dless o he ease o esou ces a ailable o i s managemen . A di ec ela ionship be ween pe cei ed u ili y and in en ion o manage is also absen , ins ead ope a ing indi ec ly h ough a i ude. This implies ha pe cei ed u ili y alone does no ha e a decisi e impac on in en ion. Mo eo e , in line wi h he TAM model, ex e nal a iables a ec pe cei ed u ili y and ease. In his pa icula case, eWOM quali y is a c ucial a iable in luencing pe cei ed u ili y o managemen . This inding aligns wi h he eWIP model (Be né-Mane o, Ciobanu, & Ped aja-Iglesias, 2020), whe e eWOM cha ac e is ics impac o e all mo i es o eWOM managemen . I 's wo h no ing ha he eWIP model includes a i ude owa ds eWOM wi hin hese mo i es, while in he TAM-EWOM model, he e ec on a i ude is i s media ed by pe cei ed u ili y. Finally, conce ning he explana o y capaci y o pe o mance, he TAM-EWOM model o e s a subs an ial con ibu ion, explaining 64.3% o he cons uc , a highe a io compa ed o he epo ed 28% in he eWIP model. In o he wo ds, he TAM-EWOM model se es as a ool wi h a high le el o explana o y powe ega ding he accep ance and adop ion o eWOM in ho el decision-making and i s componen s, p esen ed in a cause-and-e ec sequence. To begin wi h, i highligh s how ac o s such as expe ience wi h he ool and i s managemen , he a ailabili y o suppo esou ces, and he e e -essen ial esou ce o ime can de e mine he le el o achie ed pe o mance. On he o he hand, he emphasis o managemen on he mo e objec i e ac o s o eWOM (quali y) while downplaying he mo e subjec i e aspec s (c edibili y and au hen ici y) is a beha io ha wa an s a en ion. As he specialized li e a u e sugges s, hese a e essen ial cha ac e is ics o eWOM communica ions and a e highly ele an om he consume 's pe spec i e. The esul s also indica e ha he ho els in he sample need o be mo e widely conside ing he ela ionship be ween eWOM managemen and undamen al cus ome acquisi ion and e en ion ma ke ing s a egies. This si ua ion e eals a po en ial o ien a ion o he indus y owa d p oduc s and sales a he han cus ome -cen ici y, a pe spec i e ha he indus y should econside . Las ly, i is no ewo hy ha annual ho els pe cei ed eWOM managemen as simple han seasonal ho els. This ci cums ance could u he ein o ce ope a ional and managemen di e ences esul ing om he dis inc ion be ween seasonal and yea - ound accommoda ions. A limi a ion in e ms o ca ego izing a ho el as seasonal om his s udy's s andpoin is ha he a iable's measu emen model was dicho omous (annual opening / non-annual opening). While his app oach has been adop ed in p e ious esea ch and is easonable, conside ing di e en ypes o closu es du ing low seasons, spanning a ious leng hs o ime, could po en ially enhance he models, pa icula ly hose in ol ing eWOM olume. Ano he aspec o conside is ha , al hough he esponse a e achie ed was highe han in o he s udies, ha ing mo e ex ensi e and di e se samples om di e en egions would s eng hen he models. Gi en ha he ho el indus y holds signi ican impo ance o he local economy, bo h in e ms o e enue and employmen , i is cen al o highligh ha his wo k con ibu es o e lec ing on Manuel Gilabe , Ma ia del Ca men Be né Mane o 721 PASOS Re is a de Tu ismo y Pa imonio Cul u al. 22(4). Oc ub e-diciemb e 2024 ISSN 1695-7121 oppo uni ies o imp o emen in a egion ma ked by seasonali y. Enhancing he managemen o o ganiza ions wi hin his indus y impac s no only he accommoda ions and hei owne s bu also he employees and hei amilies, he ou is des ina ion whe e he accommoda ions a e si ua ed, and he egional and na ional economy. Looking ahead o u u e esea ch, i would be aluable o explo e he speci ici ies o seasonal ho els and hei managemen and he a iables ha may in luence he pe cei ed ease o eWOM managemen . These could include ac o s such as he use o in eg a ed managemen sys ems, he p opo ion o cus ome s acqui ed ia booking pla o ms, o employee cha ac e is ics, among o he a iables. Re e ences Ace enza, M. 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