Perceived environmental uncertainty in tourism: A new approach using the Rasch model

Tourism Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1450-1463

  Oreja Rodríguez, Juan Ramón ^a   Yanes Estévez, Vanessa ^a  

^a Instituto Universitario de la Empresa (IUDE)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complexity; Dynamism; Environmental scanning; Perception; Rasch model; Small islands tourism; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; PLANNING METHOD; TOURISM; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34548284479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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