EDUCATION
2010-2016 Ph.D in Management, Zhejiang University, China
2014-2015 Research Assistantin Department of Building and Real Estate,The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HongKong
2006-2010 B.A. in Management, Sun Yat-sen University, China
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2020- Associate Professorin School of Tourism Management,Sun Yat-sen University
2016-2020 Associate Researcherin School of Tourism Management,Sun Yat-sen University
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
In English
| 2025 | Xinrui Wang,Yani Huang & Kaijie Huang. (2025). How does social entrepreneurship achieve sustainable development goals in rural tourism destinations? The role of legitimacy and social capital, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 33(7): 1262-1280. |
| 2025 | Yu Li & Xinrui Wang*(2025). Social capital, resource bricolage and micro-innovation strategy of rural tourism small enterprises: A longitudinal case study, Tourism Management Perspectives, 58: 101395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2025.101395 |
| 2024 | Xinrui Wang, Yanfang Zeng, Qingqing Lai & Micheal. S. Lin (2024). Why do start-up tourism small and medium-sized enterprises imitate? A mixed-methods research design. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 61, 11-22. |
| 2024 | Xinrui Wang, Yanfang Zeng, Haizhen Wen & Zaiyuan Gui. (2024). Ticket Pricing and Spatial Heterogeneity of Scenic Spots in China: A Spatial Hedonic Pricing Approach, Journal of China Tourism Research, 20(4):853-877. |
| 2024 | Hairong Zhao, Yan Xu, Xinrui Wang*. (2024). Greenwashing in workplace: The influencing mechanism of psychological contract fulfillment and the moderating role of ethical work climate,Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 48(3), 420–433. |
| 2023 | Yaoqi Li, Xinying Zeng, Mang He &Xinrui Wang*. (2023). Retirement consumption puzzle in tourism: evidence from CHARLS, Current Issues in Tourism, 27(23): 4258-4275. |
| 2023 | Xinrui Wang, Jiuxia Sun. (2023). Land acquisition in rural tourism destinations: How social relations influence cooperative behaviours? International Journal of Tourism Research, 25(4): 402-415. |
| 2021 | Xiaofan Lai, Fan Wang, Xinrui Wang*. (2021). Asymmetric relationship between customer sentiment and online hotel ratings: the moderating effects of review characteristics, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 33 (6), 2137-2156. |
| 2019 | XinruiWang,Jiuxia Sun, Haizhen Wen. (2019). Tourism seasonality, online user rating and hotel price: a quantitative approach based on the hedonic price model. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 79(5): 140-147. |
2019
| Haizhen Wen, Yue Xiao, Xinrui Wang*, Luhong Chu. (2019). Do land transfer events exert signal effects to the housing market? Empirical evidence from Hangzhou, China. Journal of Urban Planning and Development,145(2): 1-10. |
2018
| Xinrui Wang, Eddie C.M. Hui, Jiuxia Sun. (2018). Population Aging, Mobility, and Real Estate Price: Evidence from Cities in China.Sustainability, 10(9): 3140. |
| 2018 | Jiuxia Sun, Xinrui Wang*, Tao Ma. (2018). De-localization and re-localization of ethnic cultures: what is the role of tourism? Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 23:1034-1046. |
2017
| Xinrui Wang*, Eddie C.M. Hui, Jiuxia Sun. (2017). Population migration, urbanization and housing prices: Evidence from the cities in China.Habitat International, 66: 49-56. |
| 2016 | Eddie C.M. Hui, Xinrui Wang*, Shenghua Jia. (2016). Fertility rate, inter-generation wealth transfer and housing price in China: A theoretical and empirical study based on the overlapping generation model. Habitat International, 53: 369-378. |
| 2015 | Xinrui Wang*, Eddie C.M. Hui, Charles Choguill, Shenghua Jia. (2015). The new urbanization policy in China: Which way forward? Habitat International, 47: 279-284. |
| In Chinese | |
| 2025 | Xinrui Wang,Yani Huang, Yanfang Zeng*. (2025). The innovation process and mechanism of agricultural cluster enterprises based on agriculture-tourism integration. Tourism Tribune, Accept. |
| 2025 | Xinrui Wang, Zhehao Su. (2025). The mechanism of tourism-driven modernization transformation in rural areas. Journalof Natural Resources, Accept. |
| 2025 | Xinrui Wang& Yanfang Zeng*. (2025).How entrepreneurs shape the uniqueness of internet-famous homestays: A configurational analysis based on entrepreneurial narratives.Journal of Business Economics, (3): 78-89. |
| 2025 | Xinrui Wang, Dandan Huang, Yu Li. (2025).Spatial network structure and formation mechanism of corridor tourist destination. Economic Geography, 45(1), 236-245. |
| 2025 | Xinrui Wang,Qingqing Lai, Ganghua Chen. (2025). Progress on domestic and international tourism entrepreneurship research: A systematic literature review. Tourism Tribune, 40(3), 116-134. |
| 2025 | Xinrui Wang, Zhehao Su, Piao Chen. (2025). Research on the classification system and standards of cultural trail data. Tourism Forum, 18(4), 58-68. |
| 2025 | LaiXiaofan, Xie Jiaqian, Xinrui Wang*. (2025). Quality factors of rural tourist attraction and their impacts on tourist satisfaction：Based on kano model with explainable neural network. Tourism Science, 39(4), 120-139. |
| 2024 | Luxuan Liu, Huixian Xie, Shicai Wang, Sen Lin, Zishu Liu,Xinrui Wang*. (2024).How“getting married”promotes“starting a career”: A study on rural tourism entrepreneurialperformance based on the embeddedness theory.Tourism Tribune, 39(4): 78-92. |
| 2023 | Xinrui Wang,Qingqing Lai, Yani Huang. (2023). Imitation and innovation: Research on relational embeddedness and entrepreneurial mode in rural tourism destinations. Tourism Tribune, 38(8): 18-31. |
| 2023 | Xinrui Wang,Yani Huang, Kaijie Huang. (2023). A Research on the Formation Mechanism of Common Prosperity in Rural Tourism Destinations Driven by Social Entrepreneurship. Tourism Science, 37(3): 32-49. |
| 2021 | Xinrui Wang, Jiuxia Sun. (2021). Tourism development and rural labor return migration: Discussions on the determinants and generational differences. Tourism Tribune, 36(4): 58-69. |
| 2019 | XinruiWang,Jiuxia Sun. (2019). Urban residents’ leisure and subjective well-being: Evidences from Guangzhou, China. Geographical Research, 38(07): 1566-1580. |
2018
| Xinrui Wang, Jiuxia Sun.(2018).Land Acquisition and Rural Residents’ Collective Behavior during Tourism Development: A Case Study Based on a Threshold Model. Tourism Tribune, 33(8): 48-57. |
2018
| Xinrui Wang, Jiuxia Sun. (2018). Rural Labor Migration in the Pre-tourism Phase: The case of Traditional Villages in Chongqing, China. Guizhou Social Sciences, (7), 88-94. |
2018
| Jiuxia Sun, Xueji Wang, Xinrui Wang*. (2018). From Pluralism to Transfixion: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Tourism Research. Tourism Forum, (2): 34-42. |
RESEARCH PROJECTS
| 2023.01-2026.12 | PI: National Science Foundation of China-GeneralProject,“Dual embeddedness and social entrepreneurship in rural tourism destinations: formation mechanisms and effects” (No. 72272158),China. |
| 2024.10-2026.08 | CO-PI: British Academy: Bamboo Culture in Rural China: Uncovering how doing and redoing gender enables women social entrepreneurs’ participation in pro-poor tourism development? |
| 2022.12-2015.12 | PI of the sub-project: The National SocialScience Foundation of China-MajorProject, “Theoretical and Practical Research on the Integrated Development of Urban and Rural Areas in County Regions under the Rural Revitalization Strategy” (No. 22&ZD190), China |
| 2023.07-2025.06 | PI: The China Higher Education Association-Scientific Research Planning Project, “Research on the tourism innovation path of patriotic education for young people: A case study of universities in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao”(No. 23TZ0426), China |
| 2022.08-2023.07 | PI: The Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province-Statistical Research Project, “Research on the standardization of statistical database for rural tourism in Guangdong Province”, China |
| 2018.01-2020.12 | PI: National Science Foundation of China-Youth Project,“Rural return migration and place re-embeddedness under the background of tourism development” (No. 41701159),China. |
| 2017.01-2018.12 | PI: Department of Education of Guangdong Province- Youth Foundation Project,“Rural-Urban Migration under the background of tourism development: process, pattern and motivation”(No. 2016WQNCX001),China. |
| 2017.01-2019.12 | PI: Sun Yat-Sen University- Youth Foundation Project, “Tourism industry and rural labor migration: based on the survey in Sichuan and Chongqing Provinces”(No. 17wkpy47),China. |
2012.07- 2013.06 | PI: Peking University- Lincoln Institute Scholarship Project, “Research on Profit Margin of Real Estate Project: Taking Vanke Project as an Example”, China. |
ACADEMIC AWARD AND HONOURS
| 2025 | 2024 Annual Best Papers of the Journal of Tourism Science |
| 2025 | 2024 Annual Excellent Papers of the Journal of Tourism Science |
| 2024 | Outstanding Reviewers of the Journal of Tourism Science for the year 2023 |
| 2023 | Outstanding Graduate Supervisor at Sun Yat-sen University |
| 2022 | 2021 Annual Best Papers of the Journal of Tourism Tribune |
| 2021 | Outstanding Class Adviser at Sun Yat-sen University |
| 2016 | Best Doctoral Dissertation Award,Global Chinese Real Estate Congress 2016 Annual Conference(USD 2,000) |
ACADEMIC SERVICES
2015-
| Editorial Board Member: Tourism Management Perspectives Reviewer: Tourism Management, International Journal of Hospitality Management, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Land Use Policy, Current Issues in Tourism, Tourism Geographies, Habitat International, Cities, Sustainable Cities and Society, Applied Economics, Tourism Tribune, Tourism Science and etc. |
