Using attribution theory to explain tourists' attachments to place-based brands

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1321-1327

  Orth, Ulrich R ^a   Stöckl, Albert ^b   Veale, Roberta ^c   Brouard, Joëlle ^d   Cavicchi, Alessio ^e   Faraoni, Monica ^f   Larreina, Mikel ^g   Lecat, Benoît ^d   Olsen, Janeen ^h   Rodriguez Santos, Carmen ⁱ   Santini, Cristina ^f   Wilson, Damien ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Burgenland University   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d BURGUNDY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^h SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arousal; Attachment; Causal attribution; Pleasure; Tourism; Wine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861737139     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.10.027     Document Type: Article

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