Measuring residents' emotional solidarity with tourists: Scale development of durkheim's theoretical constructs

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 365-380

  Woosnam, Kyle M ^a   Norman, William C ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Resident and tourist interaction; Shared behavior; Shared beliefs; Theory of emotional solidarity

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954599513     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287509346858     Document Type: Article

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