Robin B. DiPietro
University of South Carolina
116 Papers
428 Citations
Robin B. DiPietro is an academic researcher from University of South Carolina. The author has contributed to research in topics: Service (business) & Hospitality industry. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 107 publications. Previous affiliations of Robin B. DiPietro include University of Central Florida & Florida International University.
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Papers
Green practices in upscale foodservice operations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated customers' perceptions and purchase intentions related to green practices in an upscale, green certified restaurant, on a university campus located in the southeastern USA, and found that customers who utilized green practices at home intended to visit green restaurants more often.
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Local foods in a university setting: Price consciousness, product involvement, price/quality inference and consumer's willingness-to-pay
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the relationship between price consciousness, product involvement, price/quality inference, and consumer's willingness to pay related to local foods in a university foodservice environment.
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Food tourist segmentation: Attitude, behavioral intentions and travel planning behavior based on food involvement and motivation
TL;DR: The authors assessed attitudes, intentions, and travel planning behavior for potential food tourists using two-step cluster analysis, respondents were segmented into three groups based on three groups: positive, negative, and neutral.
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Employee turnover in the hospitality industry: an analysis based on the CANE model of motivation.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the Commitment And Necessary Effort (CANE) model of motivation to determine if levels of motivated thinking and behavior, indexed as choice, persistence, and effort, and influenced by selfefficacy, support, emotion, and task value, impacted employee turnover rates in the hotel and quick service restaurant segments of the hospitality industry.
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Well-being, affective commitment and job satisfaction: influences on turnover intentions in casual dining employees
TL;DR: In this article, a case study examines a large franchise of an American style casual dining chain and examines whether new changes to the operational procedures of a restaurant can improve the performance of the chain.
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