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Dr Kourosh Esfandiar

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Staff Member Details
Email: k.esfandiar@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6242-2899

Kourosh is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Business Services (Tourism & Hospitality) in the School of Business and Law.

Biography

Dr Kourosh Esfandiar is a Postdoc Research Fellow at School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University (ECU). Prior to his current position, he held the same position at the University of South Australia (UniSA), where he was also a member of the UniSA Business’s Centre for Economic Enterprise and Global Economies (C-EDGE) leadership team.

Kourosh obtained his PhD from School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University, Australia with Excellent Academic Results (Top 5% - Dean’s list 2021). Kourosh specialises in sustainable tourism, with his research featured in top-tier international journals such as Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Tourism Management Perspectives, Journal of Business Research, and Journal of Cleaner Production.

Before pursuing his PhD, he engaged actively in the tourism field, serving as a university lecturer, tour guide, tour guide trainer, practitioner, and market researcher. He views tourism as a catalyst for promoting peace, sustainability, and well-being, recognizing its potential to offer enterprising solutions for global challenges.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In terms of expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals, Kourosh’s work contributes towards the following SDGs:

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Awards and Recognition
  • 2021, Edith Cowan University, Excellent Academic Results (Top 5% - Dean’s list 2021)
  • 2019, Journal of Business Research, Highly Cited Paper
  • 2016, Edith Cowan University, winner of international scholarship for cross cultural research project, amount awarded $5000.00.
  • 2016, International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Edith Cowan University (ECU-PRS)
  • 2016, The Valen L., Smith Prize for Best Paper Presented at the Service Quality in Hospitality and Tourism: Experiencing Heritage Tourism Conference held in Isfahan, Iran, 16-17 July 2016

Research Areas and Interests
  • Sustainable tourism and governance
  • Pro-environmental behaviour
  • Nature-based tourism

SBL Research Centres or Cluster/s
  • SBL Centre for Tourism Research (SBLCTR)

Media Topics
  • Sustainable tourism and governance
  • National parks and protected areas

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2020.

Research Outputs

2024

Book Chapters

  • Esfandiar, K., Bapiri, J., Kuhzady, S. (2024). Chapter 27: The impact of the sharing economy on tourism microentrepreneurship. HANDBOOK OF TOURISM ENTREPRENEURSHIP (384-398). Edward Elgar.

Journal Articles

  • Sajid, M., Esfandiar, K., Zakkariya, K., Ertz, M., Surira, M. (2024). Trash in the bin, to a cleaner scene we cling: a mixed method approach on tourists’ binning behavior at two spiritual destinations. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 2024(Article in press), 20 pages. https://doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2024.2397765.
  • Bapiri, J., Esfandiar, K., O’connor, P. (2024). Business models of multisided platforms for in-destination tours and activities: a morphological analysis approach. Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, 41(6), 828-848. https://doi.org/10.1080/10548408.2024.2349815.
  • Raisi Varkani, H., Esfandiar, K., Barratt-Pugh, L., Willson, G., Baggio, R. (2024). Towards a model to measure the efficiency of inter-organizational knowledge transfer for tourism destinations. Tourism Management Perspectives, 53(2024), article number 101282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101282.
  • Zidehsaraei, M., Zidehsaraei, M., Esfandiar, K. (2024). Do Pro-Environmental Factors Lead to Customers' Purchase Intention of Home Energy Management System? The Moderating Effects of Energy-Efficient Habits. Green and Low-Carbon Economy, 2024(Article in press), 13 pages. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewGLCE42022907.
  • O’connor, P., Esfandiar, K., Hallak, R. (2024). Resilience for Hospitality and Tourism Enterprises: A Review and Directions for Future Research. Tourism Analysis, 30(Article in press), 18 pages. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3727/108354224X17209729214520.
  • Vahabzadeh, M., Esfandiar, K., Pourazad, N. (2024). Determinants of consuming functional fermented foods: An integrated structural model approach. Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing, 2024(Article in press), 31 pages. https://doi.org/10.1080/08974438.2024.2409100.
  • Gholipur, H., Esfandiar, K. (2024). Does medial tourism promote growth in healthcare sector?. European Journal of Health Economics, 2024(Article in press), 9 pages. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-024-01700-3.
  • Raisi Varkani, H., Barratt-Pugh, L., Baggio, R., Willson, G., Huang, S., Esfandiar, K. (2024). Developing a weighted model to measure knowledge diffusion in a tourism destination network. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 2024(Article in press), 18 pages. https://doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2024.2335253.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Esfandiar, K., Pearce, J., Dowling, R., Goh, E. (2023). The extended theory of planned behaviour model and national parks visitors' pro-environmental binning behaviour: A cross cultural perspective. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 42(June 2023), Article number 100602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2022.100602.
  • Esfandiar, K., Rahmani Seryasat, M., Kozak, M. (2023). To shop or not to shop while traveling? Exploring the influence of shopping mall attributes on overall tourist shopping satisfaction. Tourism Recreation Research, 2023(Article in press), 17 pages. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2023.2186088.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Goh, E., Esfandiar, K., Jie, F., Brown, K., Djajadikerta, H. (2022). Please sort out your rubbish! An integrated structural model approach to examine antecedents of residential households’ waste separation behaviour. Journal of Cleaner Production, 355(25 June 2022), article number 131789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131789.
  • Esfandiar, K., Pearce, J., Dowling, R., Goh, E. (2022). Pro-environmental behaviours in protected areas: A systematic literature review and future research directions. Tourism Management Perspectives, 41(January 2022), article number 100943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2022.100943.

2021

Journal Articles

  • 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.
  • Esfandiar, K., Dowling, R., Pearce, J., Goh, E. (2021). What a load of rubbish! The efficacy of theory of planned behaviour and norm activation model in predicting visitors’ binning behaviour in national parks. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 46(March 2021), 304-315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2021.01.001.
  • Bapiri, J., Esfandiar, K., Seyfi, S. (2021). A photo-elicitation study of the meanings of a cultural heritage site experience: a means-end chain approach. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 16(1), 62-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743873X.2020.1756833.

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.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Esfandiar, K., Sharifi-Tehrani, M., Pratt, S., Altinay, L. (2019). Understanding entrepreneurial intentions: A developed integrated structural model approach. Journal of Business Research, 94(January 2019), 172–182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.10.045.

2018

Book Chapters

  • Sharifi-Tehrani, M., Esfandiar, K. (2018). Risk Perception and Tourism Experiences among Pilgrims. Quality Services and Experiences in Hospitality and Tourism (41-57). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2042-144320180000009004.

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