Tourists and severe weather - An exploration of the role of 'Locus of Responsibility' in protective behaviour decisions

Tourism Management

Volumn 37, Issue , 2013, Pages 193-202

  Jeuring, Jelmer ^a   Becken, Susanne ^b  

^a NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information Seeking; Locus of Responsibility; Protective action; Risk information; Safety management; Severe weather; Social psychology

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEVERE WEATHER; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84875255541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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