Official Title: Adjunct Associate Professor (Visiting Academic)

Faculty: School of Education

Email: tang.jinwen@usj.edu.mo

Short Bio

Jinwen(Jimmy) Tang is an Associate Professor at Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University and a part-time Master's supervisor at City University of Macau. He received his doctoral training jointly from South China University of Technology and the University of Surrey, United Kingdom. As a young scholar with an international perspective, solid academic expertise, and strong practical competence, Dr. Tang has long focused on interdisciplinary research in vocational education, educational management, and educational psychology. He has achieved particularly notable results in study travel, tourism education, study-travel curriculum design, and the training of study-travel instructors, and has developed a relatively systematic research framework and a solid body of scholarship in these fields.

In recent years, he has published more than 20 academic papers in SSCI-indexed journals, led more than 10 provincial- and ministerial-level research projects, and secured cumulative research funding exceeding RMB 1 million, demonstrating strong capabilities in research organization and sustained innovation. His work consistently integrates both problem-oriented and practice-oriented approaches, with a strong commitment to serving national educational reform, the integrated development of culture and tourism, and the cultivation of high-quality talent. He has established close collaborative relationships with government agencies and industry enterprises, and has achieved significant results in industry-academia-research collaboration, curriculum system optimization, reform of practical teaching, and think tank services.

At the same time, he maintains close academic partnerships with more than 10 universities worldwide, actively promoting international exchange, joint research, and resource sharing, thereby demonstrating a strong global outlook and broad academic influence.

Publications

  • Publication

  • Tang, J., Xiang, X., Wang, J., & Schänzel, H. (2024). Mechanism underlying the influence of family travel on adolescent self-differentiation: A social learning theory perspective. International Journal of Tourism Research, 26(5), e2766. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2766 (SSCI)

     Chen, X., & Tang, J. (2025). Online switching cost's antecedents and effects on e-loyalty: A case from the online booking market. International Journal of Tourism Research, 27(3), e70028. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70028 (SSCI)

    Liu, J., Tang, J., Yang, G., & Xiao, X. (2025). Unmasking review usefulness: How central, peripheral, and product cues shape consumer perception in online travel reviews. Acta Psychologica, 260, 05556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105556 (SSCI)

     Liu, M., Yang, G., & Tang, J. (2026). How does ICT self-efficacy of undergraduate students influence the intention to use ICT? Acta Psychologica, 263, 106303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106303(SSCI)

    Tang, J., Liu, G., Bai, J., & Jiang, J. (2024). The impacts of peer assessment on critical thinking competence: An epistemic network analysis. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education, 35, 100515. (SSCI)

    Tang, J., Cheng, J., & Zhang, M. (2024). Forecasting Airbnb prices through machine learning. Managerial and Decision Economics, 45(1), 148-160. (SSCI)

    Tang, J., Wang, J., Zhang, M., & Huang, W. (2023). How destination brand experience influences tourist citizenship behavior: Testing mediation of brand relationship quality and moderation effects on commitment. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1080457. (SSCI)

     Yu, G., Tang, J*., Na, J., & Ma, T. (2022). Nighttime as Experiences: The Influence of Perceived Value on Urban Waterfront Night Cruise Loyalty. SAGE Open, 12(2), 21582440221102431. (SSCI)

    Huang, W., Wang, J., Jiang, J., & Tang, J. (2021). The role of procedural, financial and relational switching costs in the Chinese online hotel booking market: antecedents and consequences. Information Technology & Tourism, 23(3), 439-470. (SSCI)

    Mou, N., Zheng, Y., Makkonen, T., Yang, T., Tang, J. J., & Song, Y. (2020). Tourists’ digital footprint: The spatial patterns of tourist flows in Qingdao, China. Tourism Management, 81, 104151. (SSCI)

    Mou, N., Yuan, R., Yang, T., Zhang, H., Tang, J., & Makkonen, T. (2020). Exploring spatio-temporal changes of city inbound tourism flow: the case of shanghai, China. Tourism management, 76(Feb.), 103955.1-103955.14. (SSCI)

     Tang J, Williams A M, Makkonen T, et al.( 2019). Are different types of interfirm linkages conducive to different types of tourism innovation? International Journal of Tourism Research, 21(6):901-913.（SSCI）

    Fundings

    1.China National Tourism Administration (2016): China National Tourism Administration Ten Thousand Talents Program. Project source:（No.:WMYC20165-1032） ·

    2.Guangzhou Federation of Social Sciences (2021): How to Create a New High-Quality Tourism Development Hub in Guangzhou under the Background of Cultural and Tourism Integration. ·

    3. Heyuan Federation of Social Sciences (2021): Research on High-Quality Development of Heyuan under the New Dual Circulation Development Pattern (No.: HYSK21P68) ·

     4.Ministry of Culture and Tourism (2024): the Symbiotic Development of Digital and Intelligent Integration in China's Cultural and Tourism Industry: The Perspective of Elemental Innovation. ·

    5.China National Tourism Administration (2017): China National Tourism Administration Ten Thousand Talents Program. Project source（No.:MWYC20171018）(project has been selected into the national excellent case collection)

     I warmly welcome highly self-motivated and self-disciplined students to pursue their master’s or doctoral studies under my supervision. I will support and guide you in reaching the highest peaks of academic excellence.

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