Examining a Supply-side Predictive Model in Tourism Using Partial Least Squares Path Modeling: An empirical analysis at the country aggregate level

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 587-599

  Assaker, Guy ^a   Hallak, Rob ^b  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Formative constructs; Partial least squares path modeling (PLSPM); Predictive relationships; Tourism demand modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874199715     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354212X13485873913840     Document Type: Article

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