- 2023 Lee, S., Park, S., & Kim, J. Club Economic Impact. National Club Association, Club Management Association in America, & Club Benchmarking, $34,000. PI.
- 2023 Lee, S. Club Research Projects for 2023-2027. Club Benchmarking through University Foundation, $125,000. PI
- 2023 Lee, S. Club Research Lab Research, Club Member Experience Scale Development. Club Benchmarking through University Foundation, $12,500. PI
- 2022 Lee, S. & Jeong, E. Club Research Lab Research, Club F&B Satisfaction Scale Development. Club Benchmarking through University Foundation, $12,500. PI
- 2021 Lee, S. “Club stakeholders’ Value Co-creation: Members, Employees, and Leaders,” National Club Association Foundation, $21.000. PI
- 2018 Lee, S. Faculty Research Grant Award, “Club members’ value, psychological ownership, and loyalty,” The Club Foundation, $2,500. PI
- 2016 Lee, S. Faculty Research Grant Award, “Identifying joining motivation factors of members in the country clubs,” The Club Foundation, $1,000. PI
- 2025 Best Paper Award, Choi, N., & Lee, S. (2025, April 11 -12). “Enhancing F&B Satisfaction in Private Clubs: Insights from Machine Learning Models” THEREPS conference, New York, NY.
- 2022 Best Proposal Research Award (2nd place), “Club members’ value co-creation: Psychological ownership, satisfaction, and group identity.” THEREPS conference, Philadelphia, PA
- 2015 Third Place Paper, “Motivation, Place Attachment, and Loyalty in a Country Club.” The ICHRIE Penn State Research Reports. ICHRIE Summer Conference & Marketplace: Orlando, FL.
- 2015 Third Place Paper, “A Case Study of Understanding Country Club Membership Motivation” The ICHRIE Johnson & Wales Case Study Competition. ICHRIE Summer Conference & Marketplace: Orlando, FL.
- 2024 Club Benchmarking & Lee, S. The Club Industry Economic Impact Club Management Association of America (CMAA) Leadership/ Legislative Conference (September 15-17, 2024)
- 2024 Butler, J., & Lee, S. The Economics of Private Clubs in the US, National Club Association (NCA) conference, Fisco, TX (April 29, 2024)
- 2024 Butler, J., & Lee, S. Improving Food and Beverage at Your Club: Using Data from the Members to Improve Your operation, Club Management Association of America (CMAA) conference (March 8, 2024)
- 2020 Meitner, F. C. & Lee, S. Overlooked Routes to Club Member Satisfaction and Loyalty. National Club Association Live Webcast (November 12, 2020)
- 2025 Choi, N., Lee, S., & Butler, J. Private Clubs in Transition: Addressing Membership Challenges in a New Era. ICHRIE Research Reports, 10(2), 2. DOI: www.doi.org/10.61701/958808.791
- 2024 Lee, S., Jeong, E., Butler, J., Morin, M., & Clark, J. Improving food and beverage satisfaction in the private club industry. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Cases, 12(2), 43-47.
- 2022 Zhang, X., & Lee, S. Clubs’ environmentally responsible behavior: The perspectives of club managers in North America. International journal of hospitality & tourism administration, 23(4), 788-812.
- 2017 Butler, J., & Lee, S. An exploration into the marketing of country club management: member’s motivation. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Cases, 5(3), 9-22.
- 2016 Lee, S., & Bai, B. Influence of popular culture on special interest tourists’ destination image. Tourism Management, 52, 161-169. (SSCI indexed, Ranked A* in ABDC, & JCR 5-years Impact Factor: 7.080)
- 2016 Butler, J., & Lee, S. Motivation, place attachment and loyalty in a country Club. Penn State Research Report, 1(1), Article 5 (40% contribution). Retrieved from https://www.chrie.org/i4a/doclibrary/getfile.cfm?doc_id=27
Industry Publications/ Articles/ Media
- 2025 Lee, S. & Cronin, R., CMAA Club Industry Economic Impact. Club Benchmarking. Spring 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMvPmuTd97A
- 2024 Park, S., Lee, S., Kim, J., Butler, J., Cronin, R., LaBlue, B. 2023 Club Economic Impact Report, Club Management Association of America (CMAA). https://www.cmaa.org/club-operations/research/reports-and-white-papers/
- 2023 Lee, S. & Butler, J. Club Members Value Co-creation 1: Value Co-creation and satisfaction. Club Director. Spring 2023.
- 2023 Lee, S., Butler, J., & Cui, H. Club Members Value Co-creation 2: Value Co-creation and psychological ownership. Club Director. Summer 2023
- 2023 Lee, S. & Butler, J., & Jeon, S. Club Members Value Co-creation 3: Value, co-creation, and friendship. Club Director. Fall 2023
- 2020 Meitner, F. C. & Lee, S. How to Improve Member Loyalty at Your Club – Part 3 Service quality: what is it and how do you measure it? Club Director. FALL 2020. 16~22.
- 2020 Meitner, F. C. & Lee, S. How to Improve Member Loyalty at Your Club – Part 2: Attachment—Fundamentals First. Club Director. Summer 2020. 18~24.
- 2020 Meitner, F. C. & Lee, S. How to Improve Member Loyalty at Your Club – Part1: Integrating psychological ownership and group identity. Club Director. Spring 2020. 34~40.
- 2019 Lee, S. Study looks at reasons for member loyalty. Club Industry News. CMAA Club Management March/April, p.6
- 2018 Lee, S. Club Foundation Research Report: Members’ psychological ownership to build value, satisfaction, and loyalty, Club Foundations, 2018
- 2016 McMahon, B.., & Lee, S. Taking the Pulse on Club Environmental Practices A New Groundbreaking Study. Club Trends, Summer 2016, p7~8.
- 2025 – Choi, N. & Lee, S. Enhancing F&B Satisfaction in Private Clubs: Insights from Machine Learning Models. THEREPS Conference, New York, NY.
- 2025 – Choi, N. & Lee, S. A Comprehensive Data Envelopment Analysis Approach: Evaluating Private Clubs in the Southeastern U.S. Using Financial and Members’ Behavioral Variables. The 30th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference, Houston, TX.
- 2024 – Choi, N., Huh, Y., & Lee, S. Decoding a Decade of Club Industry Articles: Topic Modeling Insights into Club F&B Management Trends from 2014–2023. ICHRIE Conference, Montreal, Canada.
- 2024 – Choi, N. & Lee, S. Survival Analysis of Private Clubs in the U.S. ICHRIE Conference, Montreal, Canada.
- 2024 – Huh, Y., Choi, N., Lee, S., & Jeong, E. Identifying Challenges and Unique Characteristics with F&B Operations in the Club Business. The 29th Annual Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism, Miami, FL.
- 2023 – Choi, N. & Lee, S. A Bibliometric Analysis of Club Research between 2014 and 2023. CentralCHRIE Conference, Purdue University.
- 2023 – Jeon, S., Lee, S., Cui, H., & Jeong, E. Club Members’ Trust in Board of Directors: Group Identity, Satisfaction, Loyalty, and Citizenship Behavior. ISTTE, Toronto, Canada.
- 2023 – Lee, S., Jeon, S., Cui, H., & Jeong, E. Club Members’ Trust in Board of Directors: Group Identity, Satisfaction, and Loyalty. THEREPS Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
- 2023 – Jeon, S., Jeong, E., & Lee, S. Identifying Key Attributes Influencing Club Members’ F&B Services Satisfaction: Does the Dining Period (Lunch vs. Dinner) Matter? THEREPS Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
- 2023 – Cui, H. & Lee, S. Club Members’ Value Co-Creation Behavior. The 28th Annual Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism.
- 2022 – Meitner, F. & Lee, S. The Effect of Club Member’s Psychological Ownership on Satisfaction and Loyalty: Individual vs. Collective. ICHRIE Conference, Washington D.C.
- 2022 – Pellizzari, B., Edwards, J., & Lee, S. Club Members’ Value Co-Creation: Psychological Ownership, Satisfaction, and Group Identity. THEREPS Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
- 2022 – Edwards, J., Pellizzari, B., & Lee, S. Club Employees’ Value Co-Creation: Engagement, Trust, and Relationship. THEREPS Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
- 2019 – Lee, S. A New Exploration of Psychological Ownership in Understanding Club Members. ICHRIE Summer Conference, New Orleans, LA.
- 2019 – Meitner, C. & Lee, S. Development of a Quality Service Metric for Private Clubs: CLUBSERV. The 24th Annual Graduate Student Research Conference, Houston, TX.
- 2018 – Meitner, F. & Lee, S. Development of a Quality Service Metric for Private Clubs: CLUBSERV. Central Federation CHRIE Conference, Ames, IA.
- 2017 – Butler, J. & Lee, S. Predicting Club Members’ Loyalty. ICHRIE Summer Conference, Baltimore, MD.
- 2017 – Butler, J., Becker, J., & Lee, S. Membership Retention vs. Attrition: The Fundamental Differences Between Satisfaction and Loyalty. CMAA Conference, Orlando, FL.
- 2016 – Butler, J. & Lee, S. “Motivation, Place Attachment and Loyalty in a Country Club.” Penn State Research Report Presentation.
- 2015 – Lee, S. “Motivation, Place Attachment, and Loyalty in a Country Club.” ICHRIE Penn State Research Reports, Orlando, FL.
- 2015 – Lee, S. “A Case Study of Understanding Country Club Membership Motivation.” ICHRIE Johnson & Wales Case Study Competition, Orlando, FL.
