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Qualitative methods in tourism research : theory and practice /

Contributor(s): Hillman, Wendy [editor.] | Radel, Kylie [editor.].
Series: Aspects of tourism: 82.Publisher: Bristol, UK ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA, USA : Channel View Publications, 2018Description: xxvi, 293 pages : ill. ; 26 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781845416393; 9781845416393:; 1845416392; 9781845416409; 1845416406.Subject(s): Tourism -- Research -- Methodology | Qualitative research -- Methodology | Quantitative researchDDC classification: 338.4791072 HIL
Contents:
Ontology, epistemology: paradigms and parameters for qualitative approaches to Tourism Research -- A grounded theory approach to tourism -- Ethnographic approaches to Tourism Research -- Phenomenology in leisure and Tourism Research -- Action research and Tourism studies -- Participant observation in cross-cultural Tourism Research -- Aligning Western and indigenous ways of doing Tourism Research -- Qualitative Tourism Research: focus groups -- The interview in Tourism Research -- A mixed methods approach in Tourism Research -- Image use in Tourism Research methodology -- Conclusion.
Summary: This volume exposes and illustrates new approaches and thinking in qualitative methods that are being developed and implemented in tourism research. The chapters present an opportunity for social researchers from a range of disciplines to examine how to adapt the wide variety of qualitative approaches to their particular research needs.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ontology, epistemology: paradigms and parameters for qualitative approaches to Tourism Research -- A grounded theory approach to tourism -- Ethnographic approaches to Tourism Research -- Phenomenology in leisure and Tourism Research -- Action research and Tourism studies -- Participant observation in cross-cultural Tourism Research -- Aligning Western and indigenous ways of doing Tourism Research -- Qualitative Tourism Research: focus groups -- The interview in Tourism Research -- A mixed methods approach in Tourism Research -- Image use in Tourism Research methodology -- Conclusion.

This volume exposes and illustrates new approaches and thinking in qualitative methods that are being developed and implemented in tourism research. The chapters present an opportunity for social researchers from a range of disciplines to examine how to adapt the wide variety of qualitative approaches to their particular research needs.

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