Victoria Wells

Prof. Victoria Wells

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Academic Career Length

16Years (2011-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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29 November 2013 in Journal of Business Ethics
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DMDanae Manika
Danae Manika
VWVictoria Wells
Victoria Wells
DGDiana Gregory-Smith
Diana Gregory-Smith
MGMichael Gentry
Michael Gentry

1 October 2016 in Tourism Management
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Victoria Wells
Babak TaheriBabak Taheri
Babak Taheri
DGDiana Gregory-Smith
Diana Gregory-Smith
DMDanae Manika
Danae Manika
Building on prior studies in environmental behaviour and employee micro level CSR, this paper examines the role of generativity, encompassing thoughts towards the well-being of future generations and contribution to future society, and specific environmental attitudes on environmental behaviour in the home and workplace. The paper examines the relationships between these variables, including assessing spillover effects between home and workplace environmental behaviour via a quantitative survey methodology, within the hospitality industry in Iran. Analysis using PLS found generativity to be important in determining attitudes and, in turn, environmental behaviour both in the workplace and the home. However, a spillover effect between home and workplace behaviours was not found. Thus, this research adds to the limited literature on CSR at the micro employee level in tourism studies and highlights the effects of generativity on home and workplace behaviours, as well as potential directions for internal social marketing campaigns within tourism organisations

1 July 2011 in Journal of Marketing Management
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Victoria Wells
CPCerys A. Ponting
Cerys A. Ponting
KPKen Peattie
Ken Peattie
This paper explores the under-researched notion of consumer responsibility, a potentially significant influence on consumer behaviour that marketers and policymakers may be able to harness as they attempt to respond to environmental challenges such as climate change. The paper uses data derived from a commercially motivated survey (n = 1513) to explore domestic consumption behaviours most closely associated with the issue of disruptive climate change. A measure of 'General Environmental Responsiveness' (GER) is used to test: (1) the effects of consumers both taking responsibility for their actions and placing responsibility on others for the consequences of their consumption behaviour; and (2) whether sociodemographic variables can aid the targeting of consumers by the level and type of responsibility and pro-environmental behavioural intentions expressed. The study's findings demonstrate clear, if not strong, relationships between consumer conceptions of responsibilities for causing and tackling climate change and environment-related consumer behaviour. The study's implications both challenge accepted wisdom about environment-related consumer behaviour and suggest avenues for future research.

1 June 2015 in Tourism Management
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VWVictoria Wells
Victoria Wells
DMDanae Manika
Danae Manika
DGDiana Gregory-Smith
Diana Gregory-Smith
Babak TaheriBabak Taheri
Babak Taheri
CMClair McCowlen
Clair McCowlen
Although research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) has grown steadily, little research has focused on CSR at the individual employee level within cultural heritage tourism. This article sheds light on the antecedents of employee environmental behaviour and the effects of a social marketing intervention in a tourism organisation using a mixed methods longitudinal approach. Qualitative results (from 68 respondents) suggest knowledge and awareness of environmental solutions are often lacking while quantitative results (from two surveys with 237 and 96 employees) highlight the influence of motivations, perceived potential to change and perceived information adequacy on employees' satisfaction with their environmental behaviour. Additionally, a proxy measure of actual behaviour change, energy usage, is reported, highlighting the intervention's success in changing actual behaviour. The paper highlights the need for managers to increase knowledge and self-efficacy and to carefully consider how varying motivations and barriers might explain differences across organisational sites when designing interventions

1 May 2016 in Annals of Tourism Research
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VWVictoria Wells
Victoria Wells
DGDiana Gregory-Smith
Diana Gregory-Smith
Babak TaheriBabak Taheri
Babak Taheri
DMDanae Manika
Danae Manika
CMClair McCowlen
Clair McCowlen
Although research on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in tourism has seen increased attention, few studies have focused on CSR at the micro level. In addition, while stage models of CSR development have been extensively proposed these studies are rarely examined in actual organisations and, hence, lack empirical validity. This article explores the consolidative model of CSR, mainly via employees’ but also via visitors’ viewpoints in a large heritage tourism organisation. The research locates the organisation within the broad 3 phase-model and notes that differing parts of the organisation may be at different stages. However it is more difficult to locate the organisation within the narrower 7-stage model because of heritage tourism specific characteristics such as intergenerational drivers and cliques

15 January 2020 in European Management Review
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CCCristina E. Ciocirlan
Cristina E. Ciocirlan
DGDiana Gregory-Smith
Diana Gregory-Smith
DMDanae Manika
Danae Manika
VWVictoria Wells
Victoria Wells