Kelsy Hejjas
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Dr Kelsy Hejjas

Lecturer

Biography

Dr. Kelsy Hejjas is the Programme Manager of the MSc Global Hospitality Management and a Lecturer in Tourism Management. She currently teaches across a range of tourism, hospitality, and events undergraduate and masters degree programmes, and is supervising PhD students. Her research and interests lay at the intersection of human resource management and corporate social responsibility. Kelsy has conducted extensive qualitative, micro-level research examining leadership, communication, and employee engagement in internal CSR interventions.

Research Groups

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8 results

21009

Presentation / Conference
Hejjas, K., Gilek, M., & Bratton, A. (2024, August)
21009. Paper presented at The 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2024), Chicago, Illinois
Social exchange theory is used to understand the relationship between leadership and employee corporate social responsibility (CSR) engagement in a hybrid work environment. Us...

Sustainable Tourism and Disaster Recovery: A Case Study of Scotland and the Republic of Ireland

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hejjas, K., & Maguire, K. (2023, August)
Sustainable Tourism and Disaster Recovery: A Case Study of Scotland and the Republic of Ireland. Paper presented at International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism (AIEST), Madrid, Spain
With tourism central to the strategic plans of Scotland and Ireland, both countries aim to address issues of sustainability. Research finds that crisis, like Covid-19, can be ...

What is the role of CSR champions in facilitating employee CSR engagement?

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hejjas, K., Scarles, C., & Miller, G. (2023, August)
What is the role of CSR champions in facilitating employee CSR engagement?. Paper presented at The 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA
Although corporate social responsibility (CSR) champions and employee CSR networks are increasingly used to embed CSR throughout organizations, there remains a lack of underst...

An ethical approach to sustainability and recovery operations in hotels

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bryde, M., Hejjas, K., Hannibal, C., & Foster, S. (2023, July)
An ethical approach to sustainability and recovery operations in hotels. Paper presented at Production and Operations Management Society (OOMS), Paris, France
The climate disaster is here and as a result, the intensity and frequency of disasters, whether that is humanitarian, biological or natural, is set to increase (Institute for ...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) when Working from Home: Opportunities for Leadership and Engagement

Presentation / Conference
Hejjas, K., Bratton, A., & Gilek, M. (2022, August)
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) when Working from Home: Opportunities for Leadership and Engagement. Paper presented at British Academy of Management (BAM) 2022, Manchester, England

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Engagement and Remote Work

Presentation / Conference
Hejjas, K., Bratton, A., & Gilek, M. (2022, May)
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Engagement and Remote Work. Paper presented at Council for Hospitality Management Education (CHME) 2022, Edinburgh, Scotland

“It’s Like Hating Puppies!” Employee Disengagement and Corporate Social Responsibility

Journal Article
Hejjas, K., Miller, G., & Scarles, C. (2019)
“It’s Like Hating Puppies!” Employee Disengagement and Corporate Social Responsibility. Journal of Business Ethics, 157(2), 319-337. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-3791-8
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been linked with numerous organizational advantages, including recruitment, retention, productivity, and morale, which relate specifi...

‘Who do you think you are?’ A longitudinal study of Scotland’s destination management

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Anastasiadou, C., & Hejjas, K. (2024, June)
‘Who do you think you are?’ A longitudinal study of Scotland’s destination management. Presented at ATLAS Leisure & Tourism 2030: Navigating the Future, Breda, Netherlands
Organizational structures and models for destination management have been changing in response to disruptions in the operational environment (Dredge, 2016) requiring tradition...

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