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Factors Influencing The Orientation Towards Innovation In The Hospitality Industry - The Case Of Romanian Hotels

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  • Andrea Nagy

    (West University of Timisoara Faculty of Economics and Business Administration)

  • Carmen Babaita

    (West University of Timisoara Faculty of Economics and Business Administration)

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The aim of this paper is to analyse the factors that are influencing the management’s orientation towards innovation in Romanian 3, 4 and 5 star hotels. In order to identify these factors, we reviewed the literature on the topics of innovation and orientation towards innovation (innovation orientation) and have identified several factors that influence innovation or the orientation towards innovation such as hotel category, hotel size, leadership style and manager-employee relationship. Based on these aspects, we formulated 4 main research hypotheses and 8 secondary hypotheses, because we considered the orientation towards innovation as a bi-dimensional variable and in each case all the factors taken into account could influence both its dimensions: the openness towards innovation and the employee involvement in the innovation process. A questionnaire was distributed to 127 hotels from all over the country (especially in the big cities) and the employees were asked to fill in their observations. The questionnaires were applied both online and by using interviewers. We received valid responses from 135 employees, working in 3 and 4-star hotels. Scale reliability analysis and factor analysis were used to analyze the data. To test the hypothesis, we used ANOVA and linear regression. We validated 3 out of 4 main research hypotheses and 6 out of 8 secondary hypotheses. Accordingly, amongst the factors that influence the management’s orientation towards innovation we identified the manager-employee relationship, the leadership styles and the hotel size.

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  • Andrea Nagy & Carmen Babaita, 2016. "Factors Influencing The Orientation Towards Innovation In The Hospitality Industry - The Case Of Romanian Hotels," Annals of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1(1), pages 584-595, July.
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    Keywords

    innovation; orientation towards innovation; hospitality industry; influence factors; Romania.;
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    JEL classification:

    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General
    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General

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