Power dimensions and influence reputation in tourist destinations: Empirical evidence from a network of actors and stakeholders

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1299-1309

  Beritelli, Pietro ^a   Laesser, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Destination management; Influence reputation; Network analysis; Power; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANNING METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 79960319732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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