Destination Competitiveness and Human Development: The Compelling Critical Force of Human Agency

IF 4.4 3区管理学 Q1 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI:10.1177/10963480221140022

Robertico R. Croes, Marketa Kubickova, Jorge Ridderstaat

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Abstract

The study investigates whether governance and human agency act as intervening factors in the context of destination competitiveness and human development. This study employs the capability approach—that is, operationalizing human agency from an empowerment (feminist) perspective—and employed a case study research strategy to highlight the criticality of context. The results point to a bidirectional relationship between destination competitiveness and human development. Findings support three requisites: empowering people through occupational opportunities, promoting tourism toward sustaining human development, and placing agency over governance regarding public resource allocation. Surprisingly, results indicated that governance is lacking in the relationship between destination competitiveness and human development. Future research should concentrate on investigating urban versus rural destinations and gender roles, and in disaggregating employement indices to further understand the nature and forces of such relationships.

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目的地竞争力与人的发展：人的能动性的关键力量

本文探讨了治理和人的能动性是否在目的地竞争力和人的发展中起中介作用。本研究采用了能力方法，即从赋权(女权主义)的角度来操作人类能动性，并采用案例研究策略来强调语境的重要性。结果表明，目的地竞争力与人的发展之间存在双向关系。调查结果支持三个必要条件:通过就业机会赋予人们权力，促进旅游业以实现可持续的人类发展，以及在公共资源分配方面将机构置于治理之上。令人惊讶的是，结果表明，在目的地竞争力与人类发展之间的关系方面缺乏治理。未来的研究应集中于调查城市与农村目的地和性别角色，以及分类就业指数，以进一步了解这种关系的性质和力量。

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Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-

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10.10

自引率

9.50%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research (JHTR) is an international scholarly research journal that publishes high-quality, refereed articles that advance the knowledge base of the hospitality and tourism field. JHTR focuses on original research, both conceptual and empirical, that clearly contributes to the theoretical development of our field. The word contribution is key. Simple applications of theories from other disciplines to a hospitality or tourism context are not encouraged unless the authors clearly state why this context significantly advances theory or knowledge. JHTR encourages research based on a variety of methods, qualitative and quantitative.