Field Guide to Case Study Research in Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 178052742X ISBN 13 : 9781780527420

Editeur : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2012

Synopsis

This field guide provides methods and studies on how-to-do case study research in natural settings. A truly international guide, this text is ideal for those studying and conducting case study research in tourism, hospitality and leisure disciplines. It provides a comprehensive and practical account of how to describe, explain and predict both individual and group case behavior, at the same time explaining behavior among a set of cases relevant to a specific context. This guide embraces and extends Herbert Simon's (Nobel Prize in Economics recipient) insight that a decision results from the conjoining two antecedents in human behavior: cognitive processing of an individual or group and a given context or problem framing. Divided into six parts, this guide includes chapters on: analysis of texts; how-to-do executive interviews; field interviewing in international contexts; stakeholder participatory research; researching indigenous and marginal peoples; and cross-case analysis. The chapters increase skills and understanding of culture, tourism, and hospitality behavior through analysis of the four principle objectives of case study research: accomplishing accuracy; achieving generality; reporting complexity and broad coverage; and achieving impact for improving the individual condition, client, and/or society.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This field guide shows how to solve the paradox of keeping a researcher's eyes on the prize of understanding the individual case while viewing the surrounding context. It enables describing, explaining and predicting case (individual and group) behavior, at the same time explaining behavior among a set of cases relevant to a specific context. This truly international guide embraces Herbert Simon's (Nobel Prize in Economics recipient) insight that a decision results from the conjoining two antecedents in human behavior: cognitive processing of an individual or group, and a given context or problem framing. Changing the context/frame often dramatically affects what cognitive process an individual employs as well as her ability to craft choices and make decisions wisely. Thus, this field guide reports on the necessity of describing and explaining relevant decision contexts and to model/predict decisions and behavior for specific contexts. Divided into six parts it includes chapters on: analysis of texts; how-to-do executive interviews; field interviewing in international contexts; stakeholder participatory research; researching indigenous and marginal people; and, cross-case analysis.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 178052742X
• ISBN 13: 9781780527420
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 590
• Éditeur: Hyde Kenneth F., Ryan Chris, Woodside Arch G.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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