Applying Hofstede's national culture measures in tourism research: Illuminating issues of divergence and convergence

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-164

  Reisinger, Yvette ^a   Crotts, John C ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Divergence; Hofstede; National culture

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; CULTURAL RELATIONS; DIVERGENCE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77953173055     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287509336473     Document Type: Article

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