John L. Crompton
· University Distinguished Professor and Associate Department Head of Undergraduate ProgramsTexas A&M University · Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism
Active 1884–2025
About
John L. Crompton is a University Distinguished Professor and Associate Department Head of Undergraduate Programs at the Department of Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism at Texas A&M University. He holds a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University obtained in 1977, along with graduate degrees from the University of Illinois and Loughborough University. Crompton has received numerous awards for his contributions to the field, including the Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Research Award, the NRPA Distinguished Professional Award, and the Minnie Stevens Piper Professor for Teaching Excellence in Texas. His professional achievements also include the Pugsley Medal, the US Department of Agriculture National Teaching Award, and recognition as a Regent Professor and Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence. Crompton's career is distinguished by his extensive research, teaching, and mentoring in tourism, hospitality, and recreation management, with a focus on issues related to sustaining tourism and public service. His work has been recognized through various fellowships and awards, and he is a member of multiple professional organizations, contributing significantly to the academic and practical understanding of tourism and hospitality.
Research topics
- Business
- Computer Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Accounting
- Linguistics
- Advertising
- Applied psychology
- Psychotherapist
- Philosophy
- Art
- History
- Aesthetics
- Archaeology
- Social psychology
- Biology
- Statistics
- Economics
- Geography
- Medicine
- Food science
Selected publications
The role of slave trade wealth in creating Liverpool’s park system
World Leisure Journal · 2025-03-11
article1st authorCorrespondingLeisure Sciences · 2025-05-14 · 3 citations
article1st authorCorrespondingKeith Hollinshead: An Independent Scholar
Tourism Culture & Communication · 2025-11-16
article1st authorCorrespondingInternational Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management · 2025-02-28 · 5 citations
article1st authorCorrespondingPurpose The purpose of this paper is to point out that most research published in hospitality and tourism industry journals is of no value to the visitor industries or society. It argues that a primary reason is the academic practice of evaluating the utility of its research with the inappropriate metrics of journal impact factors and citation counts. To become relevant, academic leaders must refocus evaluation of the field’s research on its meaningful impacts on society. Design/methodology/approach This study reviews the literature that differentiates the constructs of research quality and research impact and identifies their limitations. Findings The contention that either journal impact factors or citation counts adequately measure the usefulness of research is challenged. It is suggested that reliance on them has resulted in an academic self-serving “echo chamber.” The author argues the field should refocus away from the echo chamber to shift the primary evaluation of research to societal impact. Illustrations are offered from the author’s recent experiences that illustrate the fallacy of confusing citation counts with impact. The challenges of shifting to an impact assessment from the existing system are acknowledged, and a way forward is proposed. Research limitations/implications Continuing to embrace beguiling measures that are invested with a conventional, but false, aura of truth inevitably means the field’s scholarship will continue to be ignored. Originality/value An analytical critique of the prevailing metrics is undertaken, and a five-step process to shift the emphasis to societal impact is offered.
Accrual Accounting – A Glimpse of How it Works in Practice
2024-01-01
book-chapterFrom Warfare to Welfare in Three Generations
2024-01-01
book-chapterWhy Accrual Accounting Matters
2024
- Accounting
- Business
What Should Governments Do with Public Commercial Assets?
2024-01-01
book-chapterHow Accounting Can Save Democracy
2024-01-01
book-chapterInstitutionalising the Management of Public Wealth
2024-01-01
book-chapter
Frequent coauthors
- 35 shared
Dinesh Selva
Royal Adelaide Hospital
- 23 shared
Igal Leibovitch
- 20 shared
Dag Detter
- 20 shared
Jacob Soll
Sherman Oaks Hospital
- 20 shared
Ian Ball
London Health Sciences Centre
- 20 shared
Willem H. Buiter
New York Proton Center
- 12 shared
Charles W. Lamb
University of California, Berkeley
- 12 shared
Ji Youn Jeong
Education
- 1966
Other
Loughborough College
- 1968
M.S.
University of Illinois
- 1970
M.S.
Loughborough University
- 1977
Ph.D.
Texas A&M University
Awards & honors
- Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Research Award (NRPA)
- NRPA Distinguished Professional Award
- NRPA National Literary Award
- TTRA Travel Research Award
- National Park Foundation's Cornelius Amory Pugsley Medal
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