Tourism as the subject of doctoral dissertations

Jafari, Jafar; Aaser, Dean

doi:10.1016/0160-7383(88)90030-8

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“…Many of these academics hired to teach in business-related programmes came from geography or recreation backgrounds and apparently conducted their research in a national parks or protected area management setting. About30% oftourismPhDs granted between 1971 and 1987 came from geography or recreation (Jafari and Aaser 1988), while a follow-up study concluded that an even higher 39% of tourism dissertations completed between 1987 and 2000 were in these fields (Meyer-Arendt and Justice 2002). By comparison, the share of dissertations in economics fell from 35% to seven per cent during the same time, while the proportion of PhDs in the broad field of business administration stayed stable at less than 10%.…”

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Academia and the Evolution of Ecotourism

McKercher¹

2010

Tourism Recreation Research

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This review paper traces the evolution of ecotourism and the role academia has played in that evolution. Ecotourism arguably would not exist, and certainly would not exist in the form it is now, were it not for the active involvement of the academic community. Academics and academia have played a critical stewardship role in the conceptualization and operationalization of this activity, more so than any other form of tourism. Ecotourism has evolved, and is still evolving through three phases. The 'New Dawn' phase is typified by idealism, hyperbole and hope. It is followed quickly by a 'Crisis of Legitimacy,' where critics illustrate that the ecotourism largely fails to meet its social, economic and ecological ideals, that has not yet been resolved fully. Finally, ecotourism reaches maturity when it achieves the 'Sustainable Product Niche' phase where a realistic understanding of what it can and cannot do, emerges.

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Section: Academia's Rolementioning

confidence: 98%

Academia and the Evolution of Ecotourism

McKercher¹

2010

Tourism Recreation Research

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“…Identificam e analisam os assuntos e temas abordados, as metodologias empregadas e as linhas de pesquisa nos programas produtores (Jafari & Aaser, 1988;Hall,1991;Rejowski, 1993Rejowski, , 1997Rejowski, , 2002Rejowski, , 2010Boterill, 2002;Santos & Costa, 2010;Afifi, 2009Afifi, , 2013.…”

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Setor, Domínio e Dimensão: uma Nova Sistematização da Produção Científica do Mestrado em Hospitalidade da Universidade Anhembi Morumbi- 2004 a 2013

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Stefanelli

2014

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A temática do presente artigo é a sistematização do conhecimento científico sobre hospitalidade das pesquisas acadêmicas defendidas no Mestrado em Hospitalidade da Universidade Anhembi Morumbi (UAM). Para tanto, institui a hospitalidade como indexador e as categorias setor, domínio e dimensão para a análise deste estudo. Nesse sentido, tem por objetivo sistematizar as dissertações a partir dessas categorias e identificar o perfil de seus autores. Caracterizada como um estudo exploratório descritivo, a pesquisa documental pautou-se pela análise de conteúdo do curriculum lattes dos discentes e das 227 dissertações defendidas entre 2004 e 2013, com base em autoria, título, resumo, palavras chave e ano de defesa. Os resultados revelam o equilíbrio entre as duas linhas de pesquisa do programa, mas com características específicas em cada uma; a baixa incidência de estudos dos domínios virtual e doméstico; o turismo e os meios de hospedagem como os setores abordados em todos os anos do período; e a dimensão econômica como a mais significativa. Apontam também a necessidade de aprofundamento do referencial teórico que fundamenta o estabelecimento das categorias de análise e de suas variáveis.

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“…"If the following are indicators of maturity: a community of scholars with the support structures of dedicated journals, other publications and scholarly conferences; a curriculum which is not constrained to a particular territory and about which there is a measure of agreement; an appreciation that teaching is as much about encouraging students to challenge and think as it is about passing on knowledge; a recognition in common with other social (1997), an emphasis on the needs of business, and on economics (Jafari and Aaser, 1988) with a positivist stance and quantitative methods, tourism research "has changed almost beyond recognition" (Airey, 2013). As described in the words of Tribe and Airey (2007b): "Many of the gaps in knowledge have been completed and the methodological approaches and research techniques have extended".…”

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40 years of tourism studies – a remarkable story

Airey

2015

Tourism Recreation Research

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The formal study of tourism as a distinct subject in the academy is about 40 years old, the same age as Tourism Recreation Research. Over these 40 years it has shown remarkable growth and development and in the process has changed and adapted. This article, drawing inter alia on the author's own 40 years in the tourism academy and on his writings over the period, plots the past, present and future of tourism studies. The article begins with the vocational origins and the rapid changes that brought tourism to a kind of maturity to take its place alongside other social sciences as a subject for research and teaching. It then explores the tensions and challenges that it has faced in more recent years as global competition has forced universities to focus more on their finances and reputations. In this environment, influenced by performance against various metrics, the position of tourism in the academy has been challenging. The article then turns to consider the current problems created by a metrics driven agenda and how there is an opportunity for tourism to meet the needs of a post-industrial world by focusing not on immediate metrics but on the characteristics that tourism offers as a complex area of study.

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Tourism as the subject of doctoral dissertations

Cited by 109 publications

References 6 publications

Academia and the Evolution of Ecotourism

Academia and the Evolution of Ecotourism

Setor, Domínio e Dimensão: uma Nova Sistematização da Produção Científica do Mestrado em Hospitalidade da Universidade Anhembi Morumbi- 2004 a 2013

40 years of tourism studies – a remarkable story

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