2020
DOI: 10.1108/trc-04-2020-0009
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The concept of subjective well-being: its origins an application in tourism research: a critical review with reference to China

Abstract: Purpose The subject of “well-being” has attracted a lot attention from tourism scholars, but differences and misuses in approach have meant that academic contributions and knowledge accumulation to the tourism literature remained relatively little. This paper aims to attempt to clarify the theoretical source of subjective well-being, and critically reflect on the problems existing in the study of well-being when applied to tourism. It is suggested that subjective well-being belongs to the category of “quality … Show more

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“…The culmination of traversing the different challenges is synthesized in a scholarly perspective into the holistic concept of personal subjective well-being. Liang [43] defined well-being as either evaluative or hedonic, referring to the presence of a positive effect, the absence of negative aspects, and the experience of satisfaction and happiness. Entrepreneurial resilience is an outcome of the person and entrepreneurial fit and how the entrepreneur interacts with their environment [13], resilience is therefore dependent on the different psychological qualities of the individual in the event of adversity.…”
Section: The Mediating Role Of Well-being Of the Individual Entrepreneurmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The culmination of traversing the different challenges is synthesized in a scholarly perspective into the holistic concept of personal subjective well-being. Liang [43] defined well-being as either evaluative or hedonic, referring to the presence of a positive effect, the absence of negative aspects, and the experience of satisfaction and happiness. Entrepreneurial resilience is an outcome of the person and entrepreneurial fit and how the entrepreneur interacts with their environment [13], resilience is therefore dependent on the different psychological qualities of the individual in the event of adversity.…”
Section: The Mediating Role Of Well-being Of the Individual Entrepreneurmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ini kerana, ahli psikologi yang berpegang kepada pendekatan ini percaya bahawa kesejahteraan hidup diperoleh melalui kebahagiaan subjektif, melalui pengalaman yang bahagia dan mengelak pengalaman yang tidak bahagia hasil tafsiran daripada perkara yang baik dan buruk dalam kehidupan manusia (Diener, De Neve, Tay & Xuereb, 2013;Diener et al, 1998;Kubovy, 1999). Komponen utama pendekatan hedonik menurut pandangan ahli psikologi adalah kebahagiaan subjektif yang meliputi tiga elemen asas iaitu kewujudan emosi positif, ketiadaan emosi negatif dan kepuasan hidup (Liang, Luo & Liu, 2020;Diener & Lucas, 1999;Deci & Ryan, 2008;Albuquerque et al, 2012).…”
Section: Konsep Pengkajian Kebahagiaanunclassified
“…The concepts of well-being and quality of life are widely used in tourism research (Liang and Hui, 2016; Liang et al, 2020; Nawijn and Mitas, 2012; Ridderstaat et al, 2016). Objective indicators of the quality of life include economic, leisure, environmental, and health well-being, obtained from secondary data sources.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%