Use of Structural Equation Modeling in Tourism Research: Past, Present, and Future

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 759-771

  Nunkoo, Robin ^a,b   Ramkissoon, Haywantee ^c   Gursoy, Dogan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

structural equation modeling; time series analysis; tourism journals; tourism research

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EQUATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOURISM;

EID: 84884733864     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287513478503     Document Type: Article

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