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Research interests
Edmund Goh was previously Associate Professor, Hotel and Tourism at Bond Business School, Bond University Australia.
Edmund is an award-winning educator who has received teaching excellence awards such as the Vice-Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning in 2021, Teaching Mentorship Award in 2019, and Teaching and Learning Excellence Award in 2018 at Edith Cowan University. He has also received the prestigious national StudyPerth Australia Best Friend Award in 2021 for Excellent Contribution to International Education in Western Australia. In 2025, he received the Heidi Sung Achievement Award for lifetime contribution to the field of hospitality and tourism by the International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators (ISTTE).
Edmund is passionate about research and has published more than 150 research articles in hospitality and tourism management related fields. He has published more than 70 journal articles in leading journals such as Tourism Management, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Journal of Sustainable Tourism Research, and Journal of Cleaner Production.
His research excellence has received international recognition and has been ranked in the prestigious World Top 2% Scientists list by Elsevier and Stanford University for citation impact for five consecutive years (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025). His impactful research has been recognised with various awards such as the Emerging Researcher Excellence Award in 2018 and 2021, and the Early Career Researcher Career Highlight Award in 2019 at Edith Cowan University. His research has received numerous grants and funding amounting to more than $1m.
Edmund is the Associate Editor of International Journal Tourism Research, and Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism. He currently sits on 10 editorial boards in Hospitality and Tourism such as Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Journal of Vacation Marketing and International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management.
His research interest can be grouped into three streams:
- Hospitality workforce. The impertus is to improve the working conditions of frontline hospitality employees predominantly in the Generation Z work cohort to develop a future sustainable workforce. Areas in this research space include workforce attitudes, food wastage, employee theft, job embeddedness and meaningful work.
- Higher education in hospitality and tourism. The purpose is to ensure that higher education must be meaningful and translate into employment outcomes and industry readiness. Areas of research in this stream looks at innovative teaching pedagogies, academic misconduct, student satisfaction, work integrated learning, technology enhanced teaching, and teaching excellence.
- Contemporary hospitality and tourism issues. The purpose is to explore exciting contemporary issues and trends in hospitality and tourism. Areas of research include COVID19 hospitality and tourism impact, wellbeing tourism, elderly tourism, disability travel, sex trafficking in tourism, smart hospitality, non-compliance in national parks, selfie gaze, and suicide travel.
Edmund is a highly passionate educator who believes in providing students with an authentic learning experience to develop industry readiness. His research philosophy is grounded on industry relevancy and bridging the nexus between academia and industry.
Education/Academic qualification
Tourism, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Queensland
Award Date: 1 Jan 2015
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Travel constraints and coping mechanisms of healthy ageing senior solo travellers: a netnographic user-generated content analysis of video travel blogs
Goh, E., Lai, M. Y. & Tham, A., Jan 2026, In: Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics. 38, 1, p. 47-80 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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30 Years of contribution and future directions in tourism, hospitality, and events research: A Quo Vadis perspective from the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Sigala, M., Goh, E., Leung, X., Rasoolimanesh, M., Su, J. & Tham, A., Mar 2025, In: Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management. 62, p. 258-265 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Advancing self-congruity theory in senior tourism: a perspective on theoretical, methodological and contextual progress
Yang, S., Goh, E. & Fan, Y., 25 Apr 2025, In: Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Crisis planning intentions among hotel managers: what have we learned from the COVID-19 pandemic?
Tjong, F., Goh, E. & Wilk, V., 21 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Tourism Recreation Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Do prestige sensitivity and altruism moderate the effects of customers’ emotions on WOM? An investigation of luxury retailers
Yang, S., Mohd, S., Fan, Y. & Goh, E., 9 Apr 2025, In: Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management. 29, 4, p. 541-567 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Activities
- 1 Consultancy
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Leveraging Scarcity Marketing Tactics to Elevate Abu Dhabi as a Unique World-Class Tourism Destination: Working Towards Abu Dhabi DCT Tourism Vision 2030
Barton, B. (Consultant) & Goh, E. (Consultant)
2025 → Dec 2026Activity: Consultancy
Press/Media
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Calls for hotels to train Instabutlers to help guests with holiday photos
17/10/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment