Emotions as core building blocks of an experience
Bastiaansen, Marcel; Lub, Xander Dennis; Mitas, Ondrej; Jung, Timothy Hyungsoo; Ascenção, Mário Passos; Han, Dai-In; Moilanen, Teemu; Smit, Bert; Strijbosch, Wim (2019)
Emerald Publishing Limited
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2020072247542
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Purpose
To stimulate the discussion in the fields of hospitality, tourism, and leisure on what exactly constitutes “an experience” and how to measure it, we unpack the experience construct into its core constituent elements, namely, emotions.
Approach
The paper reviews insights from psychology and cognitive neuroscience that defineexperiences as a fine-grained
temporal succession of emotions that occur during an experiential episode. Limitations of current methods for measuring experiences are discussed, after which biometric and neuroscientific methods are reviewed that are optimally geared toward measuring emotions as they occur during an experience with fine temporal detail.
Findings
An overview is presented of the available studies within the fields of hospitality, tourism, and leisure that use these methodologies. These studies show that using these methodologies provides a fruitful methodological approach to measuring experiences in real time.
Practical implications
Companies are constantly seeking to create memorable experiences for their customers. The proposed research methodologies allow companies to get a more fine-grained image of what impacts customers over the course of their experience and to actively integrate the use of emotions into creating experiences, as emotions are key to making them memorable.
Originality/value
The paper sketches the contours of a rapidly emerging framework that unpacks memorable experiences into their constituent element − emotions. It is proposed that this will contribute to a deeper understanding of how consumers experience offerings in the hospitality, tourism, and leisure industry.
To stimulate the discussion in the fields of hospitality, tourism, and leisure on what exactly constitutes “an experience” and how to measure it, we unpack the experience construct into its core constituent elements, namely, emotions.
Approach
The paper reviews insights from psychology and cognitive neuroscience that defineexperiences as a fine-grained
temporal succession of emotions that occur during an experiential episode. Limitations of current methods for measuring experiences are discussed, after which biometric and neuroscientific methods are reviewed that are optimally geared toward measuring emotions as they occur during an experience with fine temporal detail.
Findings
An overview is presented of the available studies within the fields of hospitality, tourism, and leisure that use these methodologies. These studies show that using these methodologies provides a fruitful methodological approach to measuring experiences in real time.
Practical implications
Companies are constantly seeking to create memorable experiences for their customers. The proposed research methodologies allow companies to get a more fine-grained image of what impacts customers over the course of their experience and to actively integrate the use of emotions into creating experiences, as emotions are key to making them memorable.
Originality/value
The paper sketches the contours of a rapidly emerging framework that unpacks memorable experiences into their constituent element − emotions. It is proposed that this will contribute to a deeper understanding of how consumers experience offerings in the hospitality, tourism, and leisure industry.