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      Ken Kendall
Faculty: Associate Professor
School of Hospitality Business Management
Washington State University, Pullman

Office: Todd 467
Phone: 509-335-0916
Email: kendall@wsu.edu
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  Expertise:
  • Hospitality Business Management: Strategy, consumer behavior, research methods
  • International Business: International strategy and structure
  • Strategic Management: Managerial decision making
Teaching Area:
  • MBA - International Business
Research:
  • Perceived Impacts of Mega Events
        Analysis of Perceived Impacts of Mega Events on support for tourism projects and mega events: social, economic, environmental . . . Modelling and segment differenciation and rationale
  • Implementation Strategies
        Implementation strategies of hospitality firms under different environmental impacts: dynamism and complexity
  • Services Strategic Management: Pedagogy
        Efficiency and Effectiveness comparisons of simulation vs written cases in teaching Services Strategic Management . . . learning and performance
Education:
  • Ph.D., Marketing, Consumer Behavior, Psychology, University of Iowa, 1977
  • BA, Economics and Mathematics, Occidental College, 1965
Professional Memberships:

  • TTRA, AMA, SMS . . .
Publications:
  • Article (Refereed journal): "Uncovering the Interrelationships among Firm Size, Organizational Involvement, Environmental Uncertainty, and Implementation Success," International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration, 2007    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • Article (Refereed journal): "Perceived Environmental Uncertainty, Ownership, Firm Structure, and Market Segment," International Journal Tourism, 2007    
  • Article (Refereed journal): "Positioning and Branding: A Managerial Approach For Destination Management," Tourism Analysis, 2007    
  • Article (Refereed journal): "Hosting Mega Events: Modeling Locals' Support," Annals of Tourism Research, 2006    
  • Article (Refereed journal): "Strategy Implementation Success: The Moderating Effects of Size and Environmental Complexity and the Mediating kEffects of Involvement," Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 2006    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • Article (Refereed journal): "How Certain are you Measuring Environmental Dynamism and Complexity? A Multitrait-Multimethod Approach," Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 2005    
  • Article (Refereed journal): "A Question of Fit: The Links Among Environment, Strategy Formulation and Performance," Journal of Business & Management, 2004    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • Article (Refereed conference proceedings): "The Perceived Social Impacts of Mega Events on Local Communities," Travel and Tourism Research Association, 2003    
  • Article (Refereed journal): "Strategic Management Education Incorporating Written Cases or Simulations: An Empirical Test," Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, 2003    
  • Article (Refereed journal): "The Threat-Rigidity Thesis in Newly Formed Teams: An Empirical Test," Journal of Business & Management, 2002    
Experience:

   Teaching
  • Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University, 1979-1985
Service:

  • GPPC, member
  • MBA Community Service Projects, CEO, Professor
  • Editorial Review Boards: JTR, JTTM,ATR, etc., member
  • Tenure Committee, Committee member
  • JTR, ATR, JHTR, JTTM, Editorial Reviewer for Manuscripts
  • PhD Program Committee, Chair
  • CBE/SHBM: Search Committee, member
  • CBE/International Business Fellow, Fellow
Awards:
  • Dean's Fellow , College of Business & Economics , 2005
  • University Assessment Grant , Washington State University , 2004
  • Distinguished Professor , Mortar Board , 2000
Web Links: Languages:
  • English
 
                         
                         
 

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