Ki‐Joon Back

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Ki‐Joon Back is a scholar working on Marketing, Sociology and Political Science and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Ki‐Joon Back has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Marketing, 57 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 53 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Ki‐Joon Back's work include Customer Service Quality and Loyalty (51 papers), Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (33 papers) and Digital Marketing and Social Media (32 papers). Ki‐Joon Back is often cited by papers focused on Customer Service Quality and Loyalty (51 papers), Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (33 papers) and Digital Marketing and Social Media (32 papers). Ki‐Joon Back collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Hong Kong. Ki‐Joon Back's co-authors include Jiseon Ahn, Heesup Han, Jin‐Soo Lee, Choong‐Ki Lee, Sara Parks, Myong Jae Lee, Betsy B. Barrett, Minwoo Lee, Carol W. Shanklin and Chihyung Ok and has published in prestigious journals such as Tourism Management, Annals of Tourism Research and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Ki‐Joon Back

96 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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A bibliometric analysis of the hospitality and tourism environmental, social, and governance (ESG) literature

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ki‐Joon Back United States	44	3.2k	2.8k	2.5k	466	445	101	5.1k
Sunghyup Sean Hyun South Korea	44	3.0k 1.0×	2.6k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	690 1.5×	441 1.0×	124	5.3k
Mark S. Rosenbaum United States	34	2.1k 0.7×	3.3k 1.2×	2.1k 0.9×	360 0.8×	494 1.1×	105	5.2k
IpKin Anthony Wong Macao	47	3.8k 1.2×	2.7k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	577 1.2×	818 1.8×	200	6.3k
Yüksel Ekinci United Kingdom	41	4.7k 1.5×	4.2k 1.5×	2.7k 1.1×	600 1.3×	370 0.8×	105	7.0k
Kirk L. Wakefield United States	31	2.7k 0.9×	4.2k 1.5×	2.7k 1.1×	841 1.8×	591 1.3×	47	6.5k
Hak Jun Song South Korea	32	2.2k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	377 0.8×	276 0.6×	90	4.0k
Hyun Jeong Kim United States	28	2.3k 0.7×	943 0.3×	1.8k 0.7×	220 0.5×	965 2.2×	48	4.1k
Ceridwyn King United States	36	2.7k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	452 1.0×	287 0.6×	71	4.5k
Tzung‐Cheng Huan Taiwan	34	2.0k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	259 0.6×	552 1.2×	118	3.5k
Lia Zarantonello United Kingdom	21	3.5k 1.1×	4.9k 1.8×	2.5k 1.0×	557 1.2×	502 1.1×	44	6.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ki‐Joon Back

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Liu, Jingxian, et al.. (2025). Silver travel in golden age: how virtual travel guided by GenAI-enabled avatars boost well-being for older adults. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing. 42(3). 267–281. 2 indexed citations

Shin, Minjung, et al.. (2025). Effectively implementing technology in heritage hotels: Balancing tradition and technology. International Journal of Hospitality Management. 128. 104134–104134.

Um, Taehyee, Minwoo Lee, Ki‐Joon Back, & Tarik Doğru. (2025). Professionalization and performance of multi-unit Airbnb hosts: The effect of geographical distance and geographical diversification. International Journal of Hospitality Management. 131. 104315–104315.

Park, Yae‐Na, et al.. (2024). Developing an integrated resort’s (IR) environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) measurement scale. International Journal of Hospitality Management. 123. 103924–103924. 8 indexed citations

Park, Jungkun, et al.. (2020). Exploring Internal Benefits of Medical Tourism Facilitators’ Satisfaction. Journal of Healthcare Management. 65(2). 90–105. 12 indexed citations

Ahn, Jiseon, et al.. (2020). Co-creation and integrated resort experience in Croatia: The application of service-dominant logic. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management. 17. 100443–100443. 28 indexed citations

Park, Sohee & Ki‐Joon Back. (2020). Modified scales for organizational identification and organizational disidentification for the foodservice industry. International Journal of Hospitality Management. 91. 102667–102667. 7 indexed citations

Guchait, Priyanko, JéAnna Abbott, Choong‐Ki Lee, Ki‐Joon Back, & Ashokkumar Manoharan. (2019). The influence of perceived forgiveness climate on service recovery performance: The mediating effect of psychological safety and organizational fairness. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management. 40. 94–102. 44 indexed citations

Ahn, Jiseon, Ki‐Joon Back, & Yeongbae Choe. (2019). Customers’ needs satisfaction: A scale validation with refinement in the integrated resort setting. International Journal of Hospitality Management. 82. 39–47. 20 indexed citations

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Ahn, Jiseon, et al.. (2019). The effect of dynamic integrated resort experience on Croatian customer behavior. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing. 36(3). 358–370. 8 indexed citations

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Ahn, Jiseon, Ki‐Joon Back, & Carl A. Boger. (2019). Effects of Integrated Resort Experience on Customers’ Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research. 43(8). 1225–1255. 66 indexed citations

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Ahn, Jiseon & Ki‐Joon Back. (2018). The structural effects of affective and cognitive elaboration in formation of customer–brand relationship. Service Industries Journal. 40(3-4). 226–242. 35 indexed citations

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Back, Ki‐Joon, et al.. (2018). A mixed method approach to developing a multidimensional scale for gambling fallacy in the Korean context. International Gambling Studies. 19(2). 220–240. 2 indexed citations

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Back, Ki‐Joon, et al.. (2018). EFFECTS OF COGNITIVE ENGAGEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRAND LOYALTY AND BRAND LOVE IN HOTEL CONTEXT. Global Fashion Management Conference. 2018. 1070–1071. 1 indexed citations

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Back, Ki‐Joon & Choong‐Ki Lee. (2015). Determining the Attributes of Casino Customer Satisfaction: Applying Impact-Range Performance and Asymmetry Analyses. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing. 32(6). 747–760. 35 indexed citations

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Lee, Jin‐Soo & Ki‐Joon Back. (2010). Examining Antecedents and Consequences of Brand Personality in the Upper-Upscale Business Hotel Segment. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing. 27(2). 132–145. 74 indexed citations

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Lee, Jin‐Soo & Ki‐Joon Back. (2009). Examining the Effect of Self-Image Congruence, Relative to Education and Networking, on Conference Evaluation Through Its Competing Models and Moderating Effect. Journal of Convention & Event Tourism. 10(4). 256–275. 18 indexed citations

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Lee, Choong‐Ki & Ki‐Joon Back. (2009). An overview of residents' perceptions toward gaming development in local community. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes. 1(4). 300–319. 5 indexed citations

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Lee, Myong Jae & Ki‐Joon Back. (2007). Association Members' Meeting Participation Behaviors. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing. 22(2). 15–33. 46 indexed citations

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Ok, Chihyung, Ki‐Joon Back, & Carol W. Shanklin. (2005). Dimensional Roles of Justice on Post-Recovery Overall Satisfaction and Behavioral Intentions. Journal of Foodservice Business Research. 8(3). 3–22. 8 indexed citations

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