Empowerment and resident attitudes toward tourism: Strengthening the theoretical foundation through a Weberian lens

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-50

  Boley, B Bynum ^a   McGehee, Nancy G ^b   Perdue, Richard R ^b   Long, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Resident attitudes toward tourism; Social exchange theory; Sustainable tourism; Weber's theory of formal and substantive rationality

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; EMPOWERMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL THEORY; RESIDENT POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM;

EID: 84906855710     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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