Undiscovered public knowledge: The potential of research synthesis approaches in tourism research

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 256-268

  Weed, Mike ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Meta interpretation; Research synthesis; Tourism research; Undiscovered public knowledge

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE; META-ANALYSIS; POLICY ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33748468352     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/cit/mp004.0     Document Type: Review

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