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G.S. Hong
Campbell Hall 229A
(614) 247-7243
ghong@ehe.osu.edu

Position

Professor and Chair

View G. S. Hong's curriculum vitae.

Education

Ph.D. Consumer Economics, Cornell University. Minors: Research Methods and Health Care Policy

M. S. Household Economics, Utah State University.

M. S. Public Health, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

B. S. Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

 

 

Consumer Sciences - Faculty/Staff Profile

G. S. Hong

Scholarly Interests

Healthcare, family financial management and intergenerational transfers of time and money including healthcare expenditures, healthcare use, and healthcare of the aged.

Publications

Montalto, C., Bhargava, V., Hong, G. S. (2006). Use of complementary and alternative medicine by older adults: An exploratory Study. Complementary Health Practice Review, 11(1), 27-46.

Lee, Y., Hong, G. S. & Rowe, B. (2006). The third-shift women in business-owning families, Journal of Family and Economics Issues, 72-91.

Hong, G. S., Fan, J., Palmer, L., & Bhargava, V. (2005). Leisure travel expenditure patterns by family life cycle stages, Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, 18(2), 15-30.

Jang, S., Baily, B., Hong, G. S., & O’Leary, J. (2004). Understanding Japanese expenditure patterns by income level, Tourism Management, 25(3), 231-241.

Fan, J., Sharpe, D., & Hong, G. S. (2003). A closer look at health care and prescription drug expenditures by seniors, Monthly Labor Review, 126(3), 16-26.

Hong, G. S., Sung, J. & Kim, S. (2002). Saving behavior among Korean households, Family and Consumer Science Research Journal, 30 (4), 437-462.

Lee, G., O’Leary, J., Hong, G. S. (2002). Visiting propensity predicted by destination image: German Long-Haul pleasure travelers to the US. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration, 3(2), 63-92.

White-Means, S. & Hong, G. S. (2001). Giving incentives of adult children who care for disabled parents, Journal of Consumer Affairs, 35(2), 364-389.

Xiao, J., Alhabeeb, M., Hong, G. S. & Haynes, G. (2001). Risk tolerance of family business owners, Journal of Consumer Affairs, 35 (2), 307-325.

Sharpe, D., Fan, J. & Hong, G. S., Household out-of-pocket health care expenditure trends: 1980-1995 (June 2001), International Journal of Consumer Studies, 25 (2), 114-122.

Tyrrell, B. Countryman, C., Hong, G. S., & Cai, L. (2001). Determinant of destination choice by Japanese overseas travelers. Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, 10(2/3), 87-100.

Sung, H., Morrison, A., Hong, G. S., & O’Leary, J. (2001). The effects of household and trip characteristics on trip types: A consumer behavioral approach for segmenting the US domestic leisure travel market. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, 25(1), 46-68.

Sharpe, D., Kim, H., Abdel-Ghany, M. & Hong, G. S. (2001). Alcohol consumption in Korea, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 22 (1). 7-24.