Guy Assaker

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Guy Assaker is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Guy Assaker has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 26 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 16 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Guy Assaker's work include Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (31 papers), Customer Service Quality and Loyalty (19 papers) and Digital Marketing and Social Media (16 papers). Guy Assaker is often cited by papers focused on Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (31 papers), Customer Service Quality and Loyalty (19 papers) and Digital Marketing and Social Media (16 papers). Guy Assaker collaborates with scholars based in Lebanon, Australia and France. Guy Assaker's co-authors include Rob Hallak, Peter O’Connor, Vincenzo Esposito Vinzi, Patrícia Oom do Valle, Graham Brown, Gary Howat, Andrew Smith, Craig Lee, Songshan Huang and Betty Weiler and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Research, Tourism Management and Journal of Travel Research.

In The Last Decade

Guy Assaker

55 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling ... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200 250
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling in Tourism Research
    2015 290 citations Guy Assaker et al. Journal of Travel Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Guy Assaker Lebanon 28 2.2k 1.1k 955 317 309 57 3.2k
David Solnet Australia 30 1.9k 0.9× 998 0.9× 1.3k 1.4× 198 0.6× 347 1.1× 78 3.7k
Adele Ladkin United Kingdom 31 2.8k 1.3× 829 0.8× 855 0.9× 469 1.5× 380 1.2× 92 4.1k
Tzung‐Cheng Huan Taiwan 34 2.0k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 1.0k 1.1× 214 0.7× 552 1.8× 118 3.5k
Juergen Gnoth New Zealand 28 2.9k 1.4× 1.7k 1.6× 942 1.0× 408 1.3× 592 1.9× 65 4.2k
Asunción Beerli Palacio Spain 17 3.2k 1.5× 1.5k 1.4× 1.1k 1.1× 803 2.5× 330 1.1× 63 4.3k
Florian Köck Denmark 21 2.0k 0.9× 922 0.9× 472 0.5× 269 0.8× 372 1.2× 52 3.2k
Hanqin Qiu Zhang Hong Kong 41 3.1k 1.4× 1.2k 1.2× 1.4k 1.4× 715 2.3× 409 1.3× 149 4.7k
Terry Lam Hong Kong 26 2.5k 1.2× 1.4k 1.3× 1.6k 1.7× 504 1.6× 394 1.3× 44 4.1k
Giacomo Del Chiappa Italy 38 3.1k 1.4× 1.5k 1.5× 723 0.8× 535 1.7× 407 1.3× 131 4.3k
Hung‐Che Wu China 37 2.7k 1.2× 1.8k 1.7× 1.8k 1.9× 289 0.9× 197 0.6× 131 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Guy Assaker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guy Assaker

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All Works

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O’Connor, Peter, et al.. (2025). Online Travel Agency Participation: An Empirical Investigation of Its Financial Contribution to U.S. Hotel Profitability. Cornell Hospitality Quarterly. 66(4). 527–538.
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O’Connor, Peter & Guy Assaker. (2024). Examining the Role of Reputation as a Moderator of E-Service Quality, Trust, and E-Loyalty in Online Travel Services. Journal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research. 19(4). 3429–3442.
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Assaker, Guy, et al.. (2019). Consumer usage of online travel reviews: Expanding the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2 model. Journal Of Vacation Marketing. 26(2). 149–165. 59 indexed citations
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Brown, Graham, Guy Assaker, & Arianne Reis. (2017). Visiting Fortaleza: motivation, satisfaction and revisit intentions of spectators at the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup. Journal of Sport & Tourism. 22(1). 1–19. 26 indexed citations
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Brown, Graham, Andrew Smith, & Guy Assaker. (2016). Revisiting the host city: An empirical examination of sport involvement, place attachment, event satisfaction and spectator intentions at the London Olympics. Tourism Management. 55. 160–172. 224 indexed citations
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Karkoulian, Silva, Guy Assaker, & Rob Hallak. (2016). An empirical study of 360-degree feedback, organizational justice, and firm sustainability. Journal of Business Research. 69(5). 1862–1867. 77 indexed citations
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Assaker, Guy, et al.. (2016). Entrepreneurial Experience, Support for Community and Family Firm Performance: A Cross-Study of Product and Service-based. Contemporary Management Research. 12(4). 467–496. 3 indexed citations
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Assaker, Guy & Rob Hallak. (2016). Detecting Latent Classes in Tourism Data Through Response-Based Unit Segmentation (REBUS) in Pls-Sem. Tourism Analysis. 21(6). 661–668. 5 indexed citations
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Hallak, Rob, et al.. (2015). Price fairness perceptions and hotel customers’ behavioral intentions. Journal Of Vacation Marketing. 21(3). 262–276. 32 indexed citations
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Assaker, Guy, et al.. (2015). Validating a Structural Model of Destination Image, Satisfaction, and Loyalty Across Gender and Age: Multigroup Analysis with PLS-SEM. Tourism Analysis. 20(6). 577–591. 33 indexed citations
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Assaker, Guy & Rob Hallak. (2014). Segmenting the travel market based on the tourists' need for novelty: insights and implications for Mediterranean destinations.. 7(1). 27–44. 5 indexed citations
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Huang, Songshan, Betty Weiler, & Guy Assaker. (2014). Effects of Interpretive Guiding Outcomes on Tourist Satisfaction and Behavioral Intention. Journal of Travel Research. 54(3). 344–358. 157 indexed citations
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Brown, Graham & Guy Assaker. (2013). Exploring place attachment: An empirical analysis of sports events spectators. 41. 3 indexed citations
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Assaker, Guy, Rob Hallak, Vincenzo Esposito Vinzi, & Peter O’Connor. (2013). An Empirical Operationalization of Countries’ Destination Competitiveness Using Partial Least Squares Modeling. Journal of Travel Research. 53(1). 26–43. 58 indexed citations
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Assaker, Guy, et al.. (2013). Partial Least Squares Path Modelling (PLSPM): A New Direction for Research in Tourism and Hospitality. 13. 158. 7 indexed citations
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Hallak, Rob, Guy Assaker, & Peter O’Connor. (2012). Are Family and Nonfamily Tourism Businesses Different? An Examination of the Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy–Entrepreneurial Performance Relationship. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research. 38(3). 388–413. 73 indexed citations
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Assaker, Guy. (2008). Rethinking international tourism in the face of the terrorist threat.. 36–40. 1 indexed citations

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