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Rafael Robina Ramírez, Ana Leal Solís, Aloysius OSB Roets, Manuel Jesús Sánchez-González This study investigates how serious games enhance sustainability learning in tourism through cognitive–emotional activation and agency-driven behavioural pathways. The sample comprised 354 students from hospitality, culinary arts, and…
Manuel Jesús Sánchez-González, Rafael Robina Ramírez, Ana Leal Solís This study examines how Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can contribute to the development of a responsible governance orientation in hotel companies located in inland tourism destinations through internal organizational capabilities. Unlike…
Rafael Robina Ramírez,Jesús Sánchez,Ana Leal Solís Digital transformation is reshaping bank management through standardization, metric visibility, and technological dependence. In rural banking, these pressures coexist with community embeddedness, local service knowledge, and relationship‐based service, making team adaptation especially challenging. This…
Aloysius OSB Roets, Rafael Robina Ramírez, Ana Leal Solís The introduction of the thesis presents Laudato Si’ as the ethical foundation for rethinking sustainability in the hospitality industry. Pope Francis’ encyclical emphasises integral ecology, human dignity, responsible leadership, and the…
Rafael Robina Ramírez, Ana Leal Solís Introduction: Women’s dropout from sports practice remains a persistent challenge despite growing participation in sports tourism activities. Transformative Sport Tourism Theory (TSTT) suggests that challenging and meaningful sport experiences may foster empowerment and long-term…
Rafael Robina Ramírez, Cristian Mendoza Ovando, Aloysius OSB Roets, Aloysius OSB Roets Purpose This article examines humility-based leadership as a strategic organizational virtue and an enabler of improved organizational performance in tourism enterprises. It explores how humility fosters psychological safety,…
This study investigates how leadership fairness, support, well-being, and digital adaptation interact to shape employee functioning in digitally transforming banks. Using PLS-SEM (N = 594), multigroup analysis, and mediation testing, the findings reveal that resource activation operates through reciprocal emotional-technological…
This study analyzes how identity fit, narrative selection, co-creation, and AI-Enhanced Interpretation (AII) shape Tourist Active Heritage Engagement in Ecuador. Using a cross-sectional survey of 1336 international tourists and PLS-SEM with Multigroup Analysis, the results show that engagement is driven…
Sustainability in the hotel industry extends far beyond regulatory compliance or operational efficiency (Robina-Ramírez et al., 2022); it represents a profound moral and strategic commitment rooted in human dignity and the ethical responsibility to protect Creation (Robina-Ramírez et al., 2025).…
Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI), often designated as Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS), represents a critical opportunity to deliver multifunctional spaces and urban adaptation with sustainable water management at its core. Nevertheless, the social aspects of BGI remain under-explored, with socio-technical perception…
