Rhodri Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3984763 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rhodri Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rhodri |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leeds Beckett University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2148-4265 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 125 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The policy responses of tourism agencies to emerging digital skills constraints
This paper analyses policies and practices designed to support digital transformation in the tourism workforce in six OECD countries, namely Germany, Greece, Iceland, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Data for the project were gathered via a questionnaire survey, interviews with key informants and examination of various policy documents in 2021. Contrasting practice in relation to digital skills development is revealed. Significan…
Affective subjectivation or moral ambivalence? Constraints on the promotion of sustainable tourism by academic researchers
This paper examines an increasingly pervasive aspect of neoliberal research funding regimes, namely the expectation that academic research should influence non-academic policy and practice. More specifically, it explores the reaction of British academic researchers with an interest in sustainable tourism to what has become known as the impact agenda. How do they conceptualise impact? Do they moralise impact (perhaps in relation to the limits of t…
The case for linguistic narrative analysis, illustrated studying small firms in tourism
We advocate the adoption of more expansive and creative methodological approaches the study of tourism. More specifically, we argue that by examining how individuals narrate their experiences and social practices, researchers can gain an insight into the meanings actors attach to their actions. Considered from this perspective, narratives become performative; they prompt actors to take actions that (they feel) actualise the story they are seeking…
Narrating values-based entrepreneurs in tourism
This paper adds to previous conceptualisations of lifestyle entrepreneurship in tourism by framing the identity construction of such enterprises in terms of their ethical commitment to global issues, social and economic inequalities, and radical criticism of neoliberal capitalism. The study addresses a gap in the tourism studies literature which usually conceptualises entrepreneurs as either commercially oriented or lifestyle oriented. Such dicho…
Problematising ‘The impact of tourism research’
Questioning the Assessment of Research Impact
Founts of knowledge or delusions of grandeur? Limits and illusions of tourism research impact
The (almost) imperceptible impact of tourism research on policy and practice
Innovation implementation
Residents’ perceptions of tourism and their implications for policy development
Academics and policy-makers have long been interested in understanding the interplay of factors that influence resident perceptions of local tourism development. This article reports the results of a study that is both methodologically and contextually novel. It uses the chi-square automatic interaction detection method (CHAID), which is usually associated with other fields, most notably consumer marketing, to examine residents’ perceptions of to…
The absorptive capacity of tourism organisations
Innovation in tourism
Small Firms in Tourism
Business elites, universities and knowledge transfer in tourism
Understanding small firms in tourism
Tourism Partnerships and Small Firms
Partnerships have been a central feature of the tourism public policy landscape in advanced capitalist countries for some time. The intuitively appealing argument is that, by sharing expertise and decision making, commitment to the local tourism project is ensured. By participating in partnership working, small firms – which are almost universally characteristic of the sector – are said to contribute to the form and competitiveness of the tourism…
Tourism in the New Europe
Understanding Tourism Policy-Making in Urban Areas, with Particular Reference to Small Firms
Much of the literature on tourism planning makes assumptions about the nature of power relations that generate policy, though this is usually implicit rather than stated explicitly. Following a critical review of the literature, this paper argues that existing understanding of tourism policy formulation at a local level is deficient. Drawing on developments in urban political theory it suggests a framework for understanding how tourism policy is …
Heritage, place and community
Small firms in the tourism industry
Public policy to promote small business development is an established feature of the political landscape throughout western Europe. In a tourism context, there is a growing interest in the small business dimension, in both academic and policy terms. Yet, research relating to small firms does not appear to inform policy development. This paper argues that such a situation is exacerbated, if not precipitated, by a lack of common understanding about…
The informal economy and local economic development policy
1994). The informal economy and local economic development policy. Local Government Studies: Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 486-501
Understanding small firms in tourism
The absorptive capacity of tourism organisations
Innovation in tourism
Business elites, universities and knowledge transfer in tourism
The (almost) imperceptible impact of tourism research on policy and practice
Understanding Tourism Policy-Making in Urban Areas, with Particular Reference to Small Firms
Much of the literature on tourism planning makes assumptions about the nature of power relations that generate policy, though this is usually implicit rather than stated explicitly. Following a critical review of the literature, this paper argues that existing understanding of tourism policy formulation at a local level is deficient. Drawing on developments in urban political theory it suggests a framework for understanding how tourism policy is …
The case for linguistic narrative analysis, illustrated studying small firms in tourism
We advocate the adoption of more expansive and creative methodological approaches the study of tourism. More specifically, we argue that by examining how individuals narrate their experiences and social practices, researchers can gain an insight into the meanings actors attach to their actions. Considered from this perspective, narratives become performative; they prompt actors to take actions that (they feel) actualise the story they are seeking…
The informal economy and local economic development policy
1994). The informal economy and local economic development policy. Local Government Studies: Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 486-501
Innovation implementation
Narrating values-based entrepreneurs in tourism
This paper adds to previous conceptualisations of lifestyle entrepreneurship in tourism by framing the identity construction of such enterprises in terms of their ethical commitment to global issues, social and economic inequalities, and radical criticism of neoliberal capitalism. The study addresses a gap in the tourism studies literature which usually conceptualises entrepreneurs as either commercially oriented or lifestyle oriented. Such dicho…
Problematising ‘The impact of tourism research’
Founts of knowledge or delusions of grandeur? Limits and illusions of tourism research impact
Residents’ perceptions of tourism and their implications for policy development
Academics and policy-makers have long been interested in understanding the interplay of factors that influence resident perceptions of local tourism development. This article reports the results of a study that is both methodologically and contextually novel. It uses the chi-square automatic interaction detection method (CHAID), which is usually associated with other fields, most notably consumer marketing, to examine residents’ perceptions of to…
The informal economy and local economic development policy
1994). The informal economy and local economic development policy. Local Government Studies: Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 486-501
Small firms in the tourism industry
Public policy to promote small business development is an established feature of the political landscape throughout western Europe. In a tourism context, there is a growing interest in the small business dimension, in both academic and policy terms. Yet, research relating to small firms does not appear to inform policy development. This paper argues that such a situation is exacerbated, if not precipitated, by a lack of common understanding about…
Heritage, place and community
Understanding Tourism Policy-Making in Urban Areas, with Particular Reference to Small Firms
Much of the literature on tourism planning makes assumptions about the nature of power relations that generate policy, though this is usually implicit rather than stated explicitly. Following a critical review of the literature, this paper argues that existing understanding of tourism policy formulation at a local level is deficient. Drawing on developments in urban political theory it suggests a framework for understanding how tourism policy is …
Tourism Partnerships and Small Firms
Partnerships have been a central feature of the tourism public policy landscape in advanced capitalist countries for some time. The intuitively appealing argument is that, by sharing expertise and decision making, commitment to the local tourism project is ensured. By participating in partnership working, small firms – which are almost universally characteristic of the sector – are said to contribute to the form and competitiveness of the tourism…
Tourism in the New Europe
Understanding small firms in tourism
Business elites, universities and knowledge transfer in tourism
Small Firms in Tourism
Innovation in tourism
The absorptive capacity of tourism organisations
Residents’ perceptions of tourism and their implications for policy development
Academics and policy-makers have long been interested in understanding the interplay of factors that influence resident perceptions of local tourism development. This article reports the results of a study that is both methodologically and contextually novel. It uses the chi-square automatic interaction detection method (CHAID), which is usually associated with other fields, most notably consumer marketing, to examine residents’ perceptions of to…
Founts of knowledge or delusions of grandeur? Limits and illusions of tourism research impact
The (almost) imperceptible impact of tourism research on policy and practice
Innovation implementation
Questioning the Assessment of Research Impact
Narrating values-based entrepreneurs in tourism
This paper adds to previous conceptualisations of lifestyle entrepreneurship in tourism by framing the identity construction of such enterprises in terms of their ethical commitment to global issues, social and economic inequalities, and radical criticism of neoliberal capitalism. The study addresses a gap in the tourism studies literature which usually conceptualises entrepreneurs as either commercially oriented or lifestyle oriented. Such dicho…
Problematising ‘The impact of tourism research’
The case for linguistic narrative analysis, illustrated studying small firms in tourism
We advocate the adoption of more expansive and creative methodological approaches the study of tourism. More specifically, we argue that by examining how individuals narrate their experiences and social practices, researchers can gain an insight into the meanings actors attach to their actions. Considered from this perspective, narratives become performative; they prompt actors to take actions that (they feel) actualise the story they are seeking…
Affective subjectivation or moral ambivalence? Constraints on the promotion of sustainable tourism by academic researchers
This paper examines an increasingly pervasive aspect of neoliberal research funding regimes, namely the expectation that academic research should influence non-academic policy and practice. More specifically, it explores the reaction of British academic researchers with an interest in sustainable tourism to what has become known as the impact agenda. How do they conceptualise impact? Do they moralise impact (perhaps in relation to the limits of t…
The policy responses of tourism agencies to emerging digital skills constraints
This paper analyses policies and practices designed to support digital transformation in the tourism workforce in six OECD countries, namely Germany, Greece, Iceland, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Data for the project were gathered via a questionnaire survey, interviews with key informants and examination of various policy documents in 2021. Contrasting practice in relation to digital skills development is revealed. Significan…
Tourism (19 works) · Political science (17 works) · Business (15 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Economics (10 works) · Hospitality and Tourism Education (9 works) · Marketing (9 works) · Public relations (8 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (7 works)