Does life satisfaction of tourists increase if they set travel goals that have high positive valence?

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 173-188

  Kruger, Stefan ^a   Joseph Sirgy, M ^b   Lee, Dong Jin ^c   Yu, Grace ^c  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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

^c Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Marketing   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Goal setting; Goal valence; Life satisfaction; Tourism and quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938680855     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354215X14265319207353     Document Type: Article

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