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Address: | Karradeios, 82132 Chios |
Office: | 1st floor, Office 15 |
Telephone: | 2271035370 |
Area of expertise: | Human Resources Management of Tourism Enterprises and Organizations |
Dr. Christos Kakarougas is an Assistant Professor specialized in the "Human Resources Management of Tourism Enterprises and Organizations" at the Department of Tourism Economics and Management of the University of the Aegean. He holds a Doctoral Diploma (Ph.D.) from the School of Business Administration of the University of the Aegean with the title: The effect of reward systems on the stages and processes of organizational culture change in Greek five-star hotels. His career in the tourism industry began in 1999 in London where he worked in central hotels in various posts and departments. At the same time, he completed his postgraduate studies at Thames Valley University (now the University of West London) with specialization in Hospitality Management. In Greece he has worked in luxury hotels like the Grande Bretagne and the King George Palace in supervisory and managerial positions in various departments.
Since 2006 and for a number of years without interrupting his professional career in the tourism sector he turned to tourism education where he worked as an associate and part-time instructor of Tourism Business Administration in various private and public tourism schools such as the Anavyssos Tourism School of the Ministry of Tourism. In recent years he has been teaching in the postgraduate program "Master of Science in Tourism Entrepreneurship" of the University of West Attica and has given a significant number of lectures via video conference in the postgraduate program "Strategic Management of Tourism Destinations and Hospitality Businesses" of the University of the Aegean. In addition, he teaches the courses: Global Booking Systems, Entrepreneurship and Management and Administration of Hospitality Enterprises at the undergraduate level in the Department of Tourism Economics and Management of the University of the Aegean. Ηe also teaches at the Hellenic Open University. At the same time, he lectures in a variety of professional tourism seminars and participates as a speaker in tourism business fairs.
His research interests are in the fields of Human Resources Management and the Management of Tourist and Hotel Enterprises. He has published articles in international peer-reviewed journals and has made contributions to international and national peer-reviewed conferences. In addition, he has developed professional manuals and guides for the Labor Institute of the General Confederation of Greek Workers and the Institute of the Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises. In 2008 he successfully completed the annual pedagogical training program (EPPAIK) of ASPAITE, while he is a certified "Adult Educator of Non-Formal Education" by EOPPEP. In addition, from 2008 until 2022, he maintained TouristikiEkpaideysi.gr the unique up to date Greek web portal with rich free educational tourist content. He is married and has two children.
Undergraduate Courses
- Management and Administration of Hospitality Enterprises- 5th Semester (Winter) - Compulsory Course of the "Tourism Business Management" specialty - Course outline
- Global Booking Systems- Winter Semester- Stream choice courses - Course outline
- Entrepreneurship- 4th Semester (Spring) - Optional Compulsory Course - Course outline
- Human Resources Management- 4th Semester (Spring)- Compulsory Course - Course outline
Postgraduate Courses
- Human Resource Management in the Hospitality Industry- Second Semester - Compulsory Course of the "Hospitality Management"
- Strategy and Management of Family and Small and Medium-sized Tourism Enterprises- Second Semester - Elective course for both majors
Recent articles in international scientific journals after crisis
- Kakarougkas, C., Stavrinoudis, T., & Psimoulis, M. (2023). Evaluating the COVID-19 pandemic changes on hotel organizational culture. Journal of Global Business Insights, 8(1), 80-94. https://www.doi.org/10.5038/2640-6489.8.1.1189/
- Kakarougkas, C., & Papageorgakis, E. (2023). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Training Methods on the Performance of Human Resources in Greek Hotel Businesses. Journal of Advances in Humanities Research, 2(1), 62-82. https://doi.org/10.56868/jadhur.v2i1.102
- Stavrinoudis, T., Kakarougkas, C., & Vitzilaiou, C. (2022). Hotel Front Line Employees’perceptions on Leadership and Workplace Motivation in Times of Crisis. Tourism and hospitality management, 28(2), 257-276. https://doi.org/10.20867/thm.28.2.1
- Kakarougkas C. & Stavrinoudis T. (2021). Examining the interrelationships among reward systems, organisational climate, and cultural changes in the hospitality industry. Tourism Review International, 15(1), 31-46. https://doi.org/10.3727/154427220X16064144339174
- Kakarougkas C. & Ntzoufras I. (2019). Reward Systems and Cultural Change in the Hospitality Industry an Organizational Approach. Tourismos 14(1), 189- 210. https://tourismosjournal.aegean.gr/article/download/567/513
Recent chapters in collective volumes after crisis
- Kakarougkas, C., Stavrinoudis, T., & Maroudas, L. The effect of reward systems on individual and teamwork in the context of a process of organisational culture change. Στον Επιστημονικό Τόμο προς τιμήν του Ομότιμου Καθηγητή Λεωνίδα Χυτήρη (Αποδοχή για δημοσίευση).
- Kakarougkas, C., Stavrinoudis, T., & Psimoulis M (2023). Change and Innovation in Small Family-Owned Hotels in the Pandemic Era: Α Delphi Research Method Study Approach. In M. Valeri (Ed.) Family Businesses in Tourism and Hospitality: Innovative Studies and Approaches (pp. 69-84). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28053-5_5
- Stavrinoudis T., Psimoulis M. & Kakarougkas C. (2022). Classification of HR empowerment methods in hospitality, as presented in the international literature.In Christou, E. & Fotiadis, A. (Eds.). Restarting Tourism, Travel and Hospitality. Thessaloniki: SEB-IHU Press https://www.tourman.gr/rtthl.pdf
- Kakarougkas C. & Stavrinoudis T. (2021). COVID-19 impact on the human aspect of organizational culture and learning: The case of the Greek hospitality industry. In Z. Ghaderi and A. Paraskevas (Eds.), Organizational learning in tourism and hospitality crisis management. De Gruyter Studies in Tourism. (p. 49) https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110679120-004
Recent presentations at international scientific conferences with results and minutes
- Psimoulis M., Kakarougkas C. & Stavrinoudis T. (2023). Motivating Human Resources in the Hospitality Industry. A Literature Review. In 10th International Conference Recent Advancements in Tourism Business, Technology and Social Sciences (IACuDiT 2023).29- 31 August, Chania, Creta Island.
- Psimoulis M., Stavrinoudis T. & Kakarougkas C. (2023). The impact of successive crises on the performance of Greek hotels and the well-being of its employees. In 10th Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Marketing and Management (AHTMM) Conference.
- Kakarougkas C. (2022). Modelling the Elements of Organizational Culture that Formulate the Design of the Internal Environment of Tourist Enterprises A Literature Review. In IACuDiT 9th International Conference “Tourism, Travel and Hospitality in a Smart & Sustainable World. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29426-6_9
- Kakarougkas C. (2022). A resource-based theory approach evaluation of the Covid-19 associated changes on the organizational design of hotels. In Tourism, Hospitality & Events International Conference 2022, 22- 24 June. https://theinc2022.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/the-inc-2022-proceedings.pdf
- Stavrinoudis T., Kakarougkas C. & Vitzilaiou C. (2021). Leadership and motivation of human resources in times of crisis. In Restarting Tourism, Travel and Hospitality: The Day After. Proceeding of the 4th International Scientific Conference “Tourman 2021”, 21- 23 May, Thessaloniki, Greece. https://www.tourman.gr/files/TOURMAN2021_BOOK_OF_ABSTRACTS.pdf
- Kakarougkas, C., Stavrinoudis, T. & Maroudas, L. (2020). Weighting the ReSCulture Questionnaire: The Impact of Rewards Systems in Hotels’ Cultural Change Processes. In Cultural and Tourism Innovation in the Digital Era (pp. 543-558). Springer, Cham. Proceeding of the IACuDiT 2019- 6th International Conference, 12- 15 June, Athens- Greece. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36342-0
- Stavrinoudis, T., & Kakarougkas, C. (2019). The Synthesis of the Variables Formulates Rewards System Culture (ReSCulture). In Smart Tourism as a Driver for Culture and Sustainability (pp. 577-602). Springer, Cham. Proceeding of the IACuDiT 2018- 5th International Conference, 28- 30 June, Athens- Greece. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03910-3
- Stavrinoudis, T., & Kakarougkas, C. (2018). A Scientific Modeling of Factors of Human Motivation in Organizations. In Innovative Approaches to Tourism and Leisure (pp. 447-464). Springer, Cham. Proceeding of the IACuDiT 2017- 4th International Conference, 25- 27 May, Athens- Greece. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67603-6
EDITORIAL BOARDS
Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Behaviors and Behavior Change in Tourism (specialty section of Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism): https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2175881/bio
REFEREEING
- European Business Review, Emerald Publishing
- Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, MDPI
- Sustainability, MDPI. https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/AFD-3632-2022
Winter semester: Thursday, 12:00 – 14:00
Spring semester: Thursday, 12:00 – 14:00
Karadeios building, 82132 Chios
(Office 15, 1st floor)