Paul Barron
Paul Barron

Prof Paul Barron

Professor

 0131 455 4733

  p.Barron@napier.ac.uk

  

Esteem

Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • Chair of the Council for Hospitality Management Education (CHME) 2015 – 2018; Vice Chair of (CHME) 2011 – 2015; Committee Member of (CHME) 2007 – 2011.

 

Editorial Activity

  • Executive Editor of the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management – January 2000 to July 2007.
  • Hospitality Subject Editor for the Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education (JoHLSTE) – October 2010 to present.

 

External Examining/Validations

  • External panel member to consider the proposed revalidation of the MSc Events Management/MSc Hospitality Management/ MSc Leisure Management/MSc Tourism Management

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Awarded best conference paper for: Barron, P.E. and Dasli, M. (2010), Toward an understanding of integration amongst hospitality and tourism students using Bennett’s Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity. Paper presented at the 19th Council for
  • Awarded best conference paper for: Barron, P.E. (2004), Learning Issues and Learning Problems of Confucian Heritage Culture Students Studying Hospitality and Tourism Management in Australia. Paper presented at the International Society of Travel and Touri
  • Awarded the Principal’s Award, to the value of £30,000 for the development of a Socio/Cultural evaluation toolkit for the Festival and Event industry.

 

Invited Speaker

  • Presentation at Leeds Metropolitan University – Talent Management in the Hospitality Industry. Presented to MSc Continuing Professional Development participants
  • Presentation at The University of Hong Kong – Successful Dissertation Supervision. Presented to academic staff of the School of Professional and Continuing Education.
  • Presentation to Glasgow Caledonian University Business School, Division of People Management and Change – Staff and student responses to the increasing internationalisation of classrooms.
  • Keynote presentation at the 2011 International Hospitality and Tourism Education Summit, Guangzhou, China. Organised by the South China University of Technology – The Internationalisation of Hospitality Management Education
  • Keynote presentation at CHME 2010 Conference, University of Surrey – Developing an understanding of Hospitality Management Education Directions.
  • Keynote presentation at the 2011 SCHOLARFEST Conference, Nairn, Scotland. Organised by the University of the Highlands and Islands – Encouraging Research and Publications in a Teaching Orientated University.
  • Keynote presentation at the 2012 University of the Highlands and Islands Quality Enhancement Conference, Nairn, Scotland. – Developing Scholarship in a New University
  • Keynote presentation at the 2013 Museums and Galleries Scotland ‘Fortune Favours the Brave’ Conference, Glasgow. – Engaging with Non-traditional Audiences: An Analysis of Lates Events at the National Museum of Scotland.
  • Presentation at City University of Hong Kong – Successful Dissertation Supervision. Presented to academic staff of the School of Continuing and Professional Education.

 

Seminar/talk

  • Presentation to Napier University and Herriot Watt University PhD students – The Theory and Practice of Data Gathering: A Guide to Focus Groups
  • Presentation to Napier University and Herriot Watt University PhD students – The Theory and Practice of Data Gathering: A Guide to Focus Groups
  • Presentation to Edinburgh Napier staff and students – Introduction to Research Philosophy
  • Presentation to Napier University and Herriot Watt University PhD students – The Theory and Practice of Data Gathering: A Guide to Focus Groups
  • Presentation to Edinburgh Napier staff and students – Introduction to Research Philosophy
  • Presentation to Napier University and Herriot Watt University PhD students – The Theory and Practice of Data Gathering: A Guide to Focus Groups
  • Presentation to Edinburgh Napier staff and students – Introduction to Research Philosophy

 

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Engaging with Generation Y at Museums

Book Chapter
Leask, A., & Barron, P. (2012)
Engaging with Generation Y at Museums. In M. Smith, & G. Richards (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Cultural TourismTaylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203120958.ch50
Museums form a significant proportion of the cultural tourism offering in many destinations across the world. They ‘serve the functions of collection, research and exhibition,...

Engaging with Gen Y at museum events

Presentation / Conference
Leask, A., Barron, P. & Todd, L. (2012, June)
Engaging with Gen Y at museum events. Paper presented at International Conference on Tourism & Events: Opportunities, Impacts and Change,, Belfast, Northern Ireland
No abstract available.

Generation Y in Asia: Generational consumer behaviour and impacts upon tourism in visitor attractions and hotels in Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore

Presentation / Conference
Leask, A., Barron, P., Fyall, A., & Todd, L. (2012, April)
Generation Y in Asia: Generational consumer behaviour and impacts upon tourism in visitor attractions and hotels in Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore. Paper presented at Contemporary Issues in Hospitality Conference, Hotel and Tourism Management Institute (HTMi
No abstract available.

Generation Y: A supply-side comparative study of Western and Asian visitor attractions.

Conference Proceeding
Leask, A., Fyall, A., & Barron, P. (2012)
Generation Y: A supply-side comparative study of Western and Asian visitor attractions. In 2nd Interdisciplinary Tourism Research Conference Proceedings Book
No abstract available.

Gen Y: The Impact of Generational Changes in Consumer Behaviour on the Marketing of Tourist Attractions

Conference Proceeding
Leask, A., Barron, P., & Ensor, J. (2012)
Gen Y: The Impact of Generational Changes in Consumer Behaviour on the Marketing of Tourist Attractions
This research study compares and contrasts the marketing strategies adopted by operators of tourist attractions aiming to engage effectively with Generation Y (Gen Y) consumer...

Generation Y: opportunity or challenge – strategies to engage Generation Y in the UK attractions’ sector

Journal Article
Leask, A., Fyall, A., & Barron, P. (2011)
Generation Y: opportunity or challenge – strategies to engage Generation Y in the UK attractions’ sector. Current Issues in Tourism, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2011.642856
This study examines the extent to which Generation Y (Gen Y) serves as an opportunity or challenge for visitor attractions in the UK and the corresponding strategies adopted t...

Events management education.

Book Chapter
Leask, A., & Barron, P. (2011)
Events management education. In The Routledge Handbook of EventsRoutledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203803936.ch30
This chapter considers the development of events management education and the close association that this has with the development of academic research in the events managemen...

Motivation to volunteer: a case study of the Edinburgh International Magic Festival

Journal Article
Barron, P., & Rihova, I. (2011)
Motivation to volunteer: a case study of the Edinburgh International Magic Festival. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 2(3), 202-217. https://doi.org/10.1108/17582951111170281
Purpose – Using the inaugural Edinburgh International Magic Festival (EIMF) as a case study, the purpose of this paper is to focus on the motivational factors prevalent in a g...

Generation Y – East meets West: A Comparative Study of Attraction Engagement Strategies

Presentation / Conference
Leask, A., Barron, P. & Fyall, A. (2011, June)
Generation Y – East meets West: A Comparative Study of Attraction Engagement Strategies. Paper presented at Advancing the Social Science of Tourism, University of Surrey, Guildford
No abstract available.

Towards an understanding of integration amongst hospitality and tourism students using Bennett’s developmental model of intercultural sensitivity

Journal Article
developmental model of intercultural sensitivity. Journal of hospitality, leisure, sport & tourism education, 9, 77-88. https://doi.org/10.3794/johlste.92.311

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developmental model of intercultural sensitivity. Journal of hospitality, leisure, sport & tourism education, 9, 77-88. https://doi.org/10.3794/johlste.92.311
By many measures, the higher education classroom is becoming more culturally diverse and recent years have seen a steady increase in the number of international students study...

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