Theorizing the concept of alienation in tourism studies

Xue, Lan; Manuel-Navarrete, David; Buzinde, Christine N.

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2013.10.001

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“…The studies indicated that there were negative relationships between work alienation and job performance since alienation was characterized by disruption in sense of self, workers' attitudes, business goal, and social networks. Researchers (Podsakoff et al, 1986;Michaels et al, 1988;Goldsmith et al, 1996;Banai et al, 2004;Banai & Reisel, 2007;Ganesh & Joseph, 2011;Chiaburu et al, 2014;Xue et al, 2014;Sulu et al, 2010) mostly emphasize a negative relationship between alienation and performance output. For instance, Tummers and Dulk, (2013) found that when midwives feel alienated from their work, this negatively influences the effort they put into their work.…”

Section: Impact Of Occupational Health and Safety Practices Work Alimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In many scientific studies as regards the organization, alienation has been a curious issue (Podsakoff et al, 1986;Michaels et al, 1988;Goldsmith et al, 1996;Banai et al, 2004;Banai & Reisel, 2007;Ganesh & Joseph, 2011;Chiaburu et al, 2014;Xue et al, 2014;Sulu et al, 2010;Tummers & Dulk, 2013). Researchers mostly emphasized a negative relationship between alienation and performance output, such as job performance and citizenship behaviors.…”

Section: Work Alienationmentioning

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Effects of Occupational Health and Safety Practices on Organizational Commitment, Work Alienation, and Job Performance: Using the PLS-SEM Approach

Kaynak¹,

Toklu²,

Elçi³

et al. 2016

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Recent occupational accidents urged enterprises to put more importance on occupational health and safety practices. The pressure by both the public authority and the business and social milieu has played an important role in it. The present study investigated occupational health and safety (OHS) practices in five dimensions, i.e. safety procedures and risk management, safety and health rules, first aid support and training, occupational accident prevention, and organizational safety support. A survey form was developed in order to investigate the effect of OHS practices on work alienation, organizational commitment, and job performance as a throughput of such practices. The data set obtained from private sector enterprises was analyzed by structural equation modeling using least squares method. The findings of the analysis suggested that such OHS practices as safety procedures and risk management, safety and health rules, first aid support and training, and organizational safety support had a positive effect on organizational commitment. Moreover, it was seen that safety and health rules and organizational safety support decreased alienation, where first aid support and training played a role in increasing work alienation. Finally, safety procedures and risk management, safety and health rules, and organizational safety support had indirect effects on job performance of the employees.

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Section: Impact Of Occupational Health and Safety Practices Work Alimentioning

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Section: Work Alienationmentioning

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Effects of Occupational Health and Safety Practices on Organizational Commitment, Work Alienation, and Job Performance: Using the PLS-SEM Approach

Kaynak¹,

Toklu²,

Elçi³

et al. 2016

IJBM

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“…Likewise that tourism provides space and materials to stimulate self-analysis, reflection, realisation, growth and actualisation (Steiner & Reisinger, 2006;Wang, 1999;Xue et al, 2014). Netnography reveals how such discussions of authenticity appear alongside themes of landscape interactions, deep, challenging and communal experiences.…”

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“…Thus the third aspect of existentialist discussion relates to notions of self-actualisation being reached through living authentically. If the intrinsic existence of alienation is linked to anxiety, and flight from this to avoidance, then authenticity relates to confronting and overcoming (Xue et al 2014. Authenticity may be interpreted as an ideal state of fulfilment in which people can be true to themselves (Wang, 1999) and acts this way as opposed to becoming lost in public roles and public spheres (Berger, 1973).…”

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“…Existentialism has over the past two decades been brought into the tourism studies literature reflecting strong overlaps between the philosophy and tourism concepts (Steiner & Reisinger, 2006). Associations have been drawn between existential angst as precedent and antecedent of tourism (Kirillova & Lehto, 2015), tourism and its enabling of existential avoidance (Comic & Beograd, 1989;Smith & Kelly, 2006), and also its catalyses of existential authenticity (Brown, 2013;Wang, 1999;Xue, Manuel-Navarrete & Buzinde, 2014).…”

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An existentialist exploration of tourism sustainability: backpackers fleeing and finding themselves

Canavan

2017

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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This article applies existentialism to sustainable tourism discussion using an exploratory netnographic case study of 12 backpackers. Highlighted is the importance of both existential avoidance and authenticity to participants looking to escape and transcend underlying existential anxiety. Avoidance can be found in the cultural-adherence and selfesteem pathways facilitated by travel. Authenticity is identified in the deeper interactions with host peoples and landscapes, and the liberation, reflection and learning which emerge from this. Avoidance and authenticity are linked in turn with the sustainability of tourism pursued. The former is associated with more hedonistic escape and superficial, selfcentric and insensitive tourism. The latter is suggestive of more transcendent escape and involved, appreciative and alternative tourism.

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Are authentic tourists happier? Examining structural relationships amongst perceived cultural distance, existential authenticity, and wellbeing

Xiao

2019

Journal of Tourism Research

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The existential authenticity theory and eudaimonism theory imply that perceived cultural distance facilitates existential authenticity, which then conduces to hedonic and eudaimonic wellbeing. This study examined these presumptions basing on quantitative data collected through questionnaire survey in China. Results suggest that perceived cultural distance is not related to existential authenticity, and existential authenticity is positively related to hedonic and eudaimonic wellbeing. Hence, physically breaking away from one's home culture does not guarantee existential authenticity, and experiencing greater existential authenticity is related to correspondingly greater hedonic and eudaimonic wellbeing. Theoretical and practical implications of this research are also discussed.

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Theorizing the concept of alienation in tourism studies

Cited by 67 publications

References 47 publications

Effects of Occupational Health and Safety Practices on Organizational Commitment, Work Alienation, and Job Performance: Using the PLS-SEM Approach

Effects of Occupational Health and Safety Practices on Organizational Commitment, Work Alienation, and Job Performance: Using the PLS-SEM Approach

An existentialist exploration of tourism sustainability: backpackers fleeing and finding themselves

Are authentic tourists happier? Examining structural relationships amongst perceived cultural distance, existential authenticity, and wellbeing

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