Residents’ Attitudes to Tourism: A Longitudinal Study of 140 Articles from 1984-2010
This paper is a longitudinal study of 140 articles on residents’ attitudes to tourism published in Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, and Journal of Travel Research from 1984 to 2010. Content analysis was used to determine the nature of the articles and the research approaches used. Alt...
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| description | This paper is a longitudinal study of 140 articles on residents’ attitudes to tourism published in Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, and Journal of Travel Research from 1984 to 2010. Content analysis was used to determine the nature of the articles and the research approaches used. Although most articles were atheoretical, over the survey period an increasing proportion of studies made use of a variety of theories drawn from other disciplines to investigate the topic. The majority of studies were quantitative in nature, while a few studies used qualitative and mixed-methods approaches. Based on the results, some implications for research design and possibilities for future research are discussed. The paper concludes that studies on the topic have evolved from being low on methodological sophistication and theoretical awareness to being high on both aspects. Research on this topic has reached a stage of active scholarship in theory development followed by empirical testing. The study’s limitations are discussed, which readers should take into account when evaluating its findings. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-480612017-09-13T14:19:38Z Residents’ Attitudes to Tourism: A Longitudinal Study of 140 Articles from 1984-2010 Nunkoo, R. Smith, S. Ramkissoon, Haywantee longitudinal study residents’ attitudes statistical techniques theory content analysis methodology This paper is a longitudinal study of 140 articles on residents’ attitudes to tourism published in Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, and Journal of Travel Research from 1984 to 2010. Content analysis was used to determine the nature of the articles and the research approaches used. Although most articles were atheoretical, over the survey period an increasing proportion of studies made use of a variety of theories drawn from other disciplines to investigate the topic. The majority of studies were quantitative in nature, while a few studies used qualitative and mixed-methods approaches. Based on the results, some implications for research design and possibilities for future research are discussed. The paper concludes that studies on the topic have evolved from being low on methodological sophistication and theoretical awareness to being high on both aspects. Research on this topic has reached a stage of active scholarship in theory development followed by empirical testing. The study’s limitations are discussed, which readers should take into account when evaluating its findings. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48061 10.1080/09669582.2012.673621 Routledge restricted |
| spellingShingle | longitudinal study residents’ attitudes statistical techniques theory content analysis methodology Nunkoo, R. Smith, S. Ramkissoon, Haywantee Residents’ Attitudes to Tourism: A Longitudinal Study of 140 Articles from 1984-2010 |
| title | Residents’ Attitudes to Tourism: A Longitudinal Study of 140 Articles from 1984-2010 |
| title_full | Residents’ Attitudes to Tourism: A Longitudinal Study of 140 Articles from 1984-2010 |
| title_fullStr | Residents’ Attitudes to Tourism: A Longitudinal Study of 140 Articles from 1984-2010 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Residents’ Attitudes to Tourism: A Longitudinal Study of 140 Articles from 1984-2010 |
| title_short | Residents’ Attitudes to Tourism: A Longitudinal Study of 140 Articles from 1984-2010 |
| title_sort | residents’ attitudes to tourism: a longitudinal study of 140 articles from 1984-2010 |
| topic | longitudinal study residents’ attitudes statistical techniques theory content analysis methodology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48061 |