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Dr Eunjung Kim

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5138
Email: e.kim@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.250  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2697-309X

Eunjung is a lecturer in Business Services in the School of Business and Law.

Key Research Areas

  • Volunteer Management in Sport and Events
  • Volunteer Tourism
  • Sport Volunteerism
  • Event Tourism
  • Event Management
  • Systematic Quantitative Literature Review

Biography

Prior to joining ECU in 2019, Dr Eunjung Kim completed her PhD study in Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management, Griffith Business School at Griffith University, Australia in June 2018. Her PhD thesis entitled “An investigation of volunteer motivation and psychological contract for the effective management of sport event volunteers”.

She has been working in Griffith University as a sessional teaching staff in Event and Sport Management and a researcher involved in a research project in terms of “Volunteers at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games” funded by Griffith University.

She has published journal articles in top-ranked international journals: Tourism Management, Event Management, World Leisure Journal etc. She has conducted her research in collaboration with several sport event organisations such as Australian PGA Championship, Gold Coast Marathon, Cycle Queensland Adventure Tour and Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Also, she has been volunteering for over 10 years in various events such as Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, London 2012 Summer Olympics, Global HR Forum, San Francisco Pride etc.

ECU Research Themes

Theme Two: Diverse, equitable, informed and productive communities, schools and workplaces, Individual, economic, organisational, political and social transformation.

Awards and recognition

2017 - Postgraduate Research Scheme Scholarship, Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies (ANZALS) 2017 Conference

2017 - High Distinction Award, Griffith Business School Higher Degree Research Poster Competition, Griffith University

2017 - 2015  Griffith University International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Griffith University

2017 - 2015  Griffith University Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Griffith University

2011 - 2012  School of Tourism Dean’s Scholarship, Bournemouth University.

2007 - 2010  Superiority/Neo-Renaissance/International Training Program/Exemplary/Bright Society Scholarships, Kyung Hee University

Professional associations
  • Sport Management Association of Australia & New Zealand (SMAANZ)
  • Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies (ANZALS)
  • European Association for Sport Management (EASM)

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University, 2018.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Choi, K., Kim, E., Griggs, N., Afsharifar, MA. (2024). Generation Z’s meaning of hospitality from a gender perspective. Anatolia: an international journal of tourism and hospitality research, 2024(Article in press), 14 pages. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2024.2425675.
  • Kim, E., Fredline, L., Kappelides, P., Barry, S., Cuskelly, G. (2024). Anything else we should know about you to be a mega sport event volunteer? From gender and person-job fit perspectives. Event Management: an international journal, 28(1), 75-89. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3727/152599523X16907613842147.
  • Wang, A., Huang, S., Kim, E., Xu, J. (2024). Enhancing Consumers’ Repurchase Intention in Peer-to-Peer Accommodation Following a Dual Processing Model: A Principal–Agent Perspective. Journal of Travel Research, 63(5), 1127–1149. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875231189859.
  • Wang, A., Huang, S., Kim, E., Xu, J. (2024). Effects of Consumer–Host Social Interactionand Trust on Peer-to-Peer AccommodationConsumers’ Repurchase Intentions:A Trust-Transfer Perspective. Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, 2024(Article in press), 14 pages. https://doi.org/10.1177/1938965524126808.

2023

Journal Articles

Conference Publications

  • Kim, E. (2023). Re-Approach to Event Volunteer Management by an Understanding of the Motivations and Demographics of Australian Event Volunteers. CAUTHE 2023 West, East, South, North: Redirecting Research in Tourism, Hospitality and Events (101-111). Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE). https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworks2022-2026/2852.

Reports

  • Gallagher, O., Saunders, R., Bulsara, C., Ang, M., Kim, E., Raynor, A., Tecson, R., Crookes, K., Etherton-Beer, C. (2023). University students’ experiences of volunteering to support older adults: A qualitative case study. Volunteering WA. Volunteering WA.
  • Rabbanee , F., O’brien, I., Holmes , K., Paull , M., Ahmad , S., Kim, E., Islam , M., Kestel , J. (2023). University Students' Volunteering During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Volunteering WA. Volunteering WA.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Kim, E., Choi, K., Lappeman, J., Salo, J. (2021). A Content Analysis of Social Media Posts among Recreational Cyclists: A Gender Perspective.. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 10(4), 1275-1282. https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-162.
  • Kappelides, P., Barry, S., Kim, E., Fredline, L., Cuskelly, G. (2021). Volunteer experiences at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 12(3), 331-345. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEFM-11-2020-0069.
  • Cuskelly, G., Fredline, L., Kim, E., Barry, S., Kappelides, P. (2021). Volunteer selection at a major sport event: A strategic Human Resource Management approach. Sport Management Review, 24(1), 116-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2020.02.002.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Kim, E., Cuskelly, G., Fredline, L. (2020). Motivation and psychological contract in sport event volunteerism: The impact of contract fulfilment on satisfaction and future behavioral intention. Event Management: an international journal, 24(4), 463-479. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599519X15506259856110.

2018

Journal Articles

2017

Journal Articles

Research Projects

  • University students’ experiences of volunteering to support older adults in hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative case study., Volunteering WA, Research Grant Program 2021-22, 2022 ‑ 2023, $9,479.
  • Examine consumers' booking intention of Airbnb, Dalian Zhangle Technology Co Ltd, Grant, 2021, $10,000.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The impact of virtual influencer endorsements in short travel videos on viewers' behavioural intentions

Completed Supervisions

No data available
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