Investigating the Role of Prior Knowledge in Tourist Decision Making: A Structural Equation Model of Risk Perceptions and Information Search

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 307-322

  Sharifpour, Mona ^a   Walters, Gabrielle ^a   Ritchie, Brent W ^a   Winter, Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

information search; prior knowledge; risk perception; the Middle East

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE; RISK PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84898685164     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287513500390     Document Type: Article

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