| Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research Contributor(s): Woodside, Arch G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0762312572 ISBN-13: 9780762312573 Publisher: Jai Press Inc. OUR PRICE: $147.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2007 Annotation: Advances in Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality Research (ACTHR) broadly seeks to increase understanding and description of human behavior, conscious and unconscious meaning, and implicit/explicit decision processes applied to living and making major and everyday choices???from where to live, how culture affects thinking and actions; marriage, children; work choices and behavior; leisure pursuits; holiday destination; travel behavior; making tradeoffs among work, play, sleeping, and necessity behaviors; deciding, using, and evaluating short and long term accommodations; decisions and behaviors regarding assisted living and death. The objective of ACTHR is to promote synergies among culture, work, leisure, tourism, and hospitality scholars. ACTHR focuses on examining individual??'s and household??'s lived experiences and their cultural and personal antecedents and consequences. Most papers appearing in ACTHR will offer advances both in theory and empirical evidence; empirical reports include interpretive, positivistic, or mixed research designs. *Arch Woodside is very well known and highly respected figure in tourism in marketing, tourism & leisure *Offers a unique and interdisciplinary view on lifestyle *Each volume of the series consists of original articles |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 338.479 |
| Series: Advances in Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.46" W x 9.24" (1.42 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Advances in Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality Research (ACTHR) broadly seeks to increase understanding and description of human behavior, conscious and unconscious meaning, and implicit/explicit decision processes applied to living and making major and everyday choices from where to live, how culture affects thinking and actions; marriage, children; work choices and behavior; leisure pursuits; holiday destination; travel behavior; making tradeoffs among work, play, sleeping, and necessity behaviors; deciding, using, and evaluating short and long term accommodations; and, decisions and behaviors regarding assisted living and death. The objective of ACTHR is to promote synergies among culture, work, leisure, tourism, and hospitality scholars. The series focuses on examining individuals and households lived experiences and their cultural and personal antecedents and consequences. Most papers appearing in ACTHR will offer advances both in theory and empirical evidence; empirical reports include interpretive, positivistic, or mixed research designs. Arch Woodside is very well known and highly respected figure in tourism in marketing, tourism & leisure. This volume offers a unique and interdisciplinary view on lifestyle. Each volume of the series consists of original articles. |