Research keywords (3)：
Cross-cultural competence/ global leadership
, Workplace Dignity
, Tourism and Hospitality Workforce
Research theme for competitive and other funds (4)：
2021 - 2026 Bad jobs or good jobs: Searching for dignity in tourism and hospitality work in Japan
2020 - 2025 Inducing pro-environmental behavior in tourists for the sustainable development of Japan's tourism and hospitality industries
2022 - 2023 Hotel managers attitude toward implementing pro-environmental practices to moderate tourists' behaviours
2021 - 2023 Factors contributing to the social inclusion of foreign employees into the workplace: The case of the hotel industry in Japan
Papers (8)：
Tom Baum, Deirdre Curran, Anastasios Hadjisolomou, Olga Gjerald, Tone Therese Linge, Kate Inyoung Yoo, Anke Winchenbach. Interrogating Tourism and Hospitality's Wicked Employment Issues Through the Lens of Paradox Theory. Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research. 2024
Kate Inyoug YOO. A Practical Report on Navigating Academia-Industry Collaborations in Hospitality and Tourism Education. 2024
Kate Inyoung Yoo. Perceptions towards Hospitality and Tourism Careers. 研究論集. 2024
Kate Inyoung Yoo. Laboring to Learn: Cross-Cultural Adjustment of Foreign Hospitality Workers in Australia. 研究論集. 2021. 113. 231-244
Kate Inyoung YOO. What contributes to foreign workers' success in Japan?: Foreign workers' cross-cultural adjustment via hospitality work experience. JAPAN TOURISM MANAGEMENT REVIEW. 2021. 1. 52-65
Good Jobs or Bad Jobs: Searching for Dignity in Tourism and Hospitality Work
(Japan Society for Tourism Studies (JSTS) 2021)
“The future of tourism and hospitality education in Japan: Lessons learned in 2020”
(2021 SEAM Conference, Okinawa, Japan.)
Sustainable Tourism Development in the Caribbean : Exploring hotel employees’ perspectives of employment challenges
(2021 SEAM Conference, Okinawa, Japan.)
Assessing The Vulnerability Of Tourism In Caribbean Small Islands-A Review Of COVID-19 Impacts On Antigua And Barbuda
(CAUTHE 2021, Australia)
Omotenashi or Hospitality: The challenges for a multinational workforce in delivering service to visitors in Japan
(18th Asia Pacific (AP) Conference, Beppu, Japan.)
2014 - 2017 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Asia Pacific Studies PhD
2008 - 2010 The University of Queensland School of Tourism Master of Business (Advanced)
Work history (3)：
2022/03 - 現在 Kansai Gaidai University College of Foreign Studies Associate Professor
2015/09 - 2017/09 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of International Management
2015/06 - 2017/02 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Asia Pacific Studies Teaching Assistant
Committee career (2)：
2018/09 - 現在 Kansai Gaidai University Faculty Development
2018/09 - Kansai Gaidai University International Affairs
Awards (2)：
2014/09 - Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University JASSO Scholarship
2014/09 - Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University 3-year Scholarship (100% tuition reduction)
Association Membership(s) (4)：
Tourism Business and Research Association of Japan
, Japan Society for Tourism Studies (JSTS)
, Council for Australian Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE)
, Asia Pacific Council on Hotel, Restaurant, Institutional Education (Apac CHRIE)
