Steve Litvin, D.B.A.

Professor

Education

University of South Australia - Adelaide, South Australia
D.B.A., Business Administration, International Graduate School of Management, 2000

Babson College - Wellesley, Massachusetts
M.B.A., 1978

Bentley College - Waltham, Massachusetts
B.S., Accounting, 1973

Research Interests

Tourism consumer behavior, Tourism impacts, Community development for a tourist community

Courses Taught

Undergraduate

  • Principles of Hospitality and Tourism Management
  • Hospitality and Tourism Marketing
  • Tourism Impact Studies (co-taught)
  • Applied Tourism Research
  • Principles of Marketing

Graduate

  • Hospitality Marketing
  • International Tourism Management (co-taught)
  • Marketing Management
  • Supervision of Masters by Research student’s dissertation
  • Review committee, tourism Ph.D. program

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Academic Journals

Litvin, S.W., Wilkie, J., Lindner, C. and Patience, M. (2023 Acceptance). “Experiential Learning and Hospitality Research for the Public Good: A Study of DUI and the F&B Industry.” Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism.  Accepted 1/25/2023 and awaiting publication.)

Litvin, S.W. (2023 Acceptance). “Hotel Heavy Users and Satisfaction: A Surprising Relationship.” Journal of Hospitality and Tourism. Accepted 2/21/2023 and awaiting publication.

Litvin, S.W. (2023). “Length of Stay and a Hotel’s Fixed Costs: A Commentary” [peer-reviewed commentary]. Annals of Tourism Research. 98, 103521. (Paper accepted 11/28/2022 and awaiting publication.)

Litvin, S.W., and Guttentag, D. (2022). “There is No Place Like Home for the Holidays: Who Travels in the Midst of a Deadly Pandemic?”  Journal of Travel Research. (Paper accepted 3/27/2022 and awaiting publication.)

Litvin, S.W., Guttentag, D. and Smith, W.W. (2021 Acceptance). “Political Attitudes and Plog’s Travel Personality Model.” International Journal of Tourism Research. http://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2484. (Paper accepted 7/09/2021, available online and awaiting publication).

Litvin, S.W., Guttentag, D. and Smith, W.W. (2021 Acceptance). “Who Should you Market to in a Crisis?
Examining Plog’s Model during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Travel Research.
00472875211018502. (Paper accepted 4/08/2021, available online and awaiting publication.)

Litvin, S.W. and Smith, W.W. (2021 Acceptance). “International Travel and Coronavirus: A Very Early USA-Based Study.” International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration. (Paper accepted 01/04/2021 and awaiting publication.)

Litvin, S.W. and Powell, E. (2021 Acceptance). “Festival Attendees: A Motivation and Performance Analysis of a Young Adult Literature Festival.” Events Management. (Paper accepted 1/18/2021 and awaiting publication.)

Pan, B., Smith, W.W., Litvin, S.W., Yuan Y., and Woodside, A. (2021 Acceptance). “Ethnic Bias and Design Factors Impact Response Rates of Online Travel Surveys.” Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/21639159.2020.1808827 (Paper accepted 2021 and awaiting publication.)

Litvin, S.W. and Smith, W.W. (2021). “International Travel and Political Views.” International Journal of Tourism Research. Vol. 23 (1): 106-109.

Honors & Awards

  • College of Charelston, School of Business, Outstanding Research Award, 2003, 2005.
  • Guelph University Fulbright Scholar of Sustainable Commerce, Canada, 2008-2009