Antecedents and outcomes of resident empowerment through tourism
Journal article
Authors | Aleshinloye, Kayode, Woosnam, Kyle, Tasci, Asli and Ramkissoon, Haywantee |
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Abstract | Even though empowerment is a frequently mentioned keyword in resident attitude studies, the relationship network of this concept is rather vague. It is critical to understand the factors that influence empowerment, and factors that empowerment influences in return. Therefore, the current study modeled residents’ data from the top tourism destination in the U.S.—Orlando, Florida. Data from 415 residents were analyzed using Partial Least Squares - Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) on SmartPLS to test the effects of residents’ involvement and economic benefits from tourism on their psychological, social and political empowerment, and thus quality of life and ultimately, place attachment. Findings revealed that psychological empowerment is the most significant dimension of resident empowerment influencing both place dependence and place identity, suggesting that residents hold special values for their place. Managerial and theoretical implications, along with limitations (in light of the project occurring pre-COVID-19) and future research opportunities are discussed. Keywords: Resident attitudes, empowerment, place attachment, quality of life, PLS |
Keywords | Residents' attitudes; empowerment; place attachment; Quality-of-life; PLS |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Journal of Travel Research |
Publisher | Sage |
ISSN | 1552-6763 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0047287521990437 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625622 |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
hdl:10545/625622 | |
Publication dates | 17 Feb 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 24 Feb 2021, 12:18 |
Accepted | 17 Dec 2020 |
Rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
Contributors | University of Central Florida, University of Georiga, Athens, Greece and University of Derby |
File | File Access Level Open |
File | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/950v2/antecedents-and-outcomes-of-resident-empowerment-through-tourism
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