On tourism and hospitality management research: A critical realist proposal

Tourism and Hospitality, Planning and Development

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-122

  Downward, Paul ^a   Mearman, Andrew ^b  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 26044457734     PISSN: 1479053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1479053042000251106     Document Type: Article

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