Laurie Murphy
Biographic Data
| ID | 4007589 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laurie Murphy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laurie |
| FAMILY NAME | Murphy |
| SIGNATURE | MURPHY L |
| AFFILIATIONS | James Cook University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1752-0462 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 154 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Engaging young minds
This study explores the role of humour in providing participative interpretation and how it can enhance children’s learning experience in tourism based on insights collected from Iranian tour guides and tour managers who specifically cater to children as a tourism demographic. The findings reveal that humour contributes to the co-creation of interpretive experiences between the tour guide and children, through four humour-driven strategies. Howev…
The Funny Side of Tourism
Engaging young visitors is crucial for a meaningful tourism experience. This study focuses on humour as a positive psychology practice, to explore how it enhances children's engagement with tourism interpretation. Using constructivist grounded theory, the research employed participant observation of tours operated for children in Iran. Children aged 9–12 years were specifically targeted. Results revealed that children responded most positively to…
How different are community support for ethnic tourism? The views of multiple ethnic groups in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
Purpose The paper aims to explore (1) the ways in which community support for ethnic tourism is influenced by different community-related factors and (2) how community support for ethnic tourism varies among four ethnic communities. Design/methodology/approach By adopting a qualitative approach, 31 semi-structured interviews are conducted with ethnic villagers in four study sites of the Central Highlands, Vietnam. The content analysis and cross-c…
Evaluating a Mindfulness Training Program for Chinese Tour Guides
There is growing pressure on tour guides to encourage responsible and sustainable behaviors amongst their tour participants focusing attention on tour guide training. Despite calls for the inclusion of concepts such as mindfulness and sustainability in tour guide training there has been limited academic discussion of how these might be applied in practice in the Chinese context. This article explores the impact of an online socio-cognitive mindfu…
Humour and children’s learning
Educating children as future agents appears crucial to achieving sustainability goals, and tourism settings are considered high-potential places for learning and education. This research note explores the importance of humour in children's learning by reviewing the educational literature and identifying a research gap in tourism. Findings highlight humour as a pedagogical tool, categorising different learning contexts and their features to determ…
Incorporating humour in the educational journey of young tourists
Humour for children has received attention from various academic domains. However, the topic is a less explored area in the field of tourism. Addressing this research gap, the present study aims to firstly, identify the main themes of humour which are discussed in the academic literature about children, and secondly to outline how the identified themes can be applied to children’s learning experiences in tourism settings. The study employs conten…
Using an industry-aligned capabilities framework to effectively assess student performance in non-accredited work-integrated learning contexts
This study recognises how Industry 4.0 is influencing labour market demands of graduating students and how ongoing discord between employers and educators regarding their preparation is driving work-integrated learning across the sector. Stakeholder involvement in capability development requires expected performance standards to benchmark students for learning and assessment purposes, especially in non-accredited contexts which lack defined stand…
Let’s listen
Host-tourist interaction is a core attraction of ethnic tourism. Yet both parties may confront challenges in such interactions because of different cultural backgrounds. This study aims to investigate hosttourist interaction issues in Vietnam's Central Highlands by adopting a qualitative approach wherein 31 semi-structured interviews were conducted with villagers. Results find that villagers interacted with domestic tourists mostly in private hou…
Tourist scams
Tourist scams have long been a challenge for tourist security and destination management. Understanding the tourist decision-making process can improve scam prevention. Through a quasi-experiment, 609 participants made, and documented reasons for, decisions after viewing animated scam videos. Thematic analysis was conducted to explore the external (operational) cues and internal (respondent-related) references, and revealed two categories of cues…
Unraveling The Mechanisms Behind Chinese Outbound Tourist Shopping
Chinese outbound tourist shopping is a prominent phenomenon in many destinations, but the mechanisms behind it have rarely been addressed. This study draws upon social practice theory to examine why shopping dominates the tourist experience of Chinese travelers in Australia. Thirty-two semistructured interviews were conducted to identify key social and consumption practices that lead to the dominance of Chinese outbound tourist shopping. The stud…
Does social capital help communities to cope with long-distance commuting
Long-distance commuting (LDC) is a common occurrence in rural/remote regions. The literature shows that the impacts of LDC on residents in host regions can be diverse. To understand this diversity, this paper explores the potential mediating role of social capital between LDC impacts in a host region and the well-being of its residents. Using detailed information on residents’ social capital in a remote region, this paper confirms the negative re…
Making sense of tourist shopping research
Tourist Shopping Villages
Shopping is perhaps the most universal of tourist activities. Tourists form a separate retailing segment from the general population and place importance on different products and product attributes, contributing billions of dollars each year for both the private and public sector by which retail areas, townscapes and streetscapes can be revitalised. This volume – based on a two year research program from a team of authors – examines the forms an…
Debugging From the Student Perspective
Learning to debug is a difficult, yet essential, aspect of learning to program. Students in this multi-institutional study report that finding bugs is harder than fixing them. They use a wide variety of debugging strategies, some of them unexpected. Time spent on understanding the problem can be effective. Pattern matching, particularly at the syntactic level, is an important technique for beginners. The Web has emerged as an obvious first place …
Using Brand Personality to Differentiate Regional Tourism Destinations
Destination branding is growing rapidly as an approach to tourism destination promotion. While this concept has been borrowed from the world of general consumer goods and applied in a number of national tourism destinations, academic analysis of the value and effectiveness of destination branding has emerged more slowly. The present article addresses this paucity of academic scrutiny by examining the value of the destination brand personality con…
High Tech versus High Touch
There are a number of current debates in the academic and management literature about the benefits and costs of introducing technology into tourist experiences. The debate is an important one for those who manage tourist attractions when making decisions about which directions to take in the development of visitor experiences. A review of the relevant literature in tourism suggests that very little attention has been paid to tourists' perceptions…
Exploring social interactions of backpackers
Young budget travelers
Changes in Serum Dopamine-β-Hydroxylase Activity during Group Psychotherapy
This psychobiological study investigates married-coupled group psychotherapy from pre- and postsession serum dopamine dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH) determinations, the Free Association Test (FAT), and a Postsession Questionnaire (PSQ). Experimental manipulations permit controls for the assessment of DBH variations. Group, gender, and individual linear regression analyses are interpreted by a stressor-destrssor typology. DBH levels significantly…
Young budget travelers
Exploring social interactions of backpackers
Incorporating humour in the educational journey of young tourists
Humour for children has received attention from various academic domains. However, the topic is a less explored area in the field of tourism. Addressing this research gap, the present study aims to firstly, identify the main themes of humour which are discussed in the academic literature about children, and secondly to outline how the identified themes can be applied to children’s learning experiences in tourism settings. The study employs conten…
Let’s listen
Host-tourist interaction is a core attraction of ethnic tourism. Yet both parties may confront challenges in such interactions because of different cultural backgrounds. This study aims to investigate hosttourist interaction issues in Vietnam's Central Highlands by adopting a qualitative approach wherein 31 semi-structured interviews were conducted with villagers. Results find that villagers interacted with domestic tourists mostly in private hou…
Tourist scams
Tourist scams have long been a challenge for tourist security and destination management. Understanding the tourist decision-making process can improve scam prevention. Through a quasi-experiment, 609 participants made, and documented reasons for, decisions after viewing animated scam videos. Thematic analysis was conducted to explore the external (operational) cues and internal (respondent-related) references, and revealed two categories of cues…
Does social capital help communities to cope with long-distance commuting
Long-distance commuting (LDC) is a common occurrence in rural/remote regions. The literature shows that the impacts of LDC on residents in host regions can be diverse. To understand this diversity, this paper explores the potential mediating role of social capital between LDC impacts in a host region and the well-being of its residents. Using detailed information on residents’ social capital in a remote region, this paper confirms the negative re…
Changes in Serum Dopamine-β-Hydroxylase Activity during Group Psychotherapy
This psychobiological study investigates married-coupled group psychotherapy from pre- and postsession serum dopamine dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH) determinations, the Free Association Test (FAT), and a Postsession Questionnaire (PSQ). Experimental manipulations permit controls for the assessment of DBH variations. Group, gender, and individual linear regression analyses are interpreted by a stressor-destrssor typology. DBH levels significantly…
Young budget travelers
Exploring social interactions of backpackers
High Tech versus High Touch
There are a number of current debates in the academic and management literature about the benefits and costs of introducing technology into tourist experiences. The debate is an important one for those who manage tourist attractions when making decisions about which directions to take in the development of visitor experiences. A review of the relevant literature in tourism suggests that very little attention has been paid to tourists' perceptions…
Using Brand Personality to Differentiate Regional Tourism Destinations
Destination branding is growing rapidly as an approach to tourism destination promotion. While this concept has been borrowed from the world of general consumer goods and applied in a number of national tourism destinations, academic analysis of the value and effectiveness of destination branding has emerged more slowly. The present article addresses this paucity of academic scrutiny by examining the value of the destination brand personality con…
Debugging From the Student Perspective
Learning to debug is a difficult, yet essential, aspect of learning to program. Students in this multi-institutional study report that finding bugs is harder than fixing them. They use a wide variety of debugging strategies, some of them unexpected. Time spent on understanding the problem can be effective. Pattern matching, particularly at the syntactic level, is an important technique for beginners. The Web has emerged as an obvious first place …
Tourist Shopping Villages
Shopping is perhaps the most universal of tourist activities. Tourists form a separate retailing segment from the general population and place importance on different products and product attributes, contributing billions of dollars each year for both the private and public sector by which retail areas, townscapes and streetscapes can be revitalised. This volume – based on a two year research program from a team of authors – examines the forms an…
Making sense of tourist shopping research
Does social capital help communities to cope with long-distance commuting
Long-distance commuting (LDC) is a common occurrence in rural/remote regions. The literature shows that the impacts of LDC on residents in host regions can be diverse. To understand this diversity, this paper explores the potential mediating role of social capital between LDC impacts in a host region and the well-being of its residents. Using detailed information on residents’ social capital in a remote region, this paper confirms the negative re…
Unraveling The Mechanisms Behind Chinese Outbound Tourist Shopping
Chinese outbound tourist shopping is a prominent phenomenon in many destinations, but the mechanisms behind it have rarely been addressed. This study draws upon social practice theory to examine why shopping dominates the tourist experience of Chinese travelers in Australia. Thirty-two semistructured interviews were conducted to identify key social and consumption practices that lead to the dominance of Chinese outbound tourist shopping. The stud…
Tourist scams
Tourist scams have long been a challenge for tourist security and destination management. Understanding the tourist decision-making process can improve scam prevention. Through a quasi-experiment, 609 participants made, and documented reasons for, decisions after viewing animated scam videos. Thematic analysis was conducted to explore the external (operational) cues and internal (respondent-related) references, and revealed two categories of cues…
Using an industry-aligned capabilities framework to effectively assess student performance in non-accredited work-integrated learning contexts
This study recognises how Industry 4.0 is influencing labour market demands of graduating students and how ongoing discord between employers and educators regarding their preparation is driving work-integrated learning across the sector. Stakeholder involvement in capability development requires expected performance standards to benchmark students for learning and assessment purposes, especially in non-accredited contexts which lack defined stand…
Let’s listen
Host-tourist interaction is a core attraction of ethnic tourism. Yet both parties may confront challenges in such interactions because of different cultural backgrounds. This study aims to investigate hosttourist interaction issues in Vietnam's Central Highlands by adopting a qualitative approach wherein 31 semi-structured interviews were conducted with villagers. Results find that villagers interacted with domestic tourists mostly in private hou…
Incorporating humour in the educational journey of young tourists
Humour for children has received attention from various academic domains. However, the topic is a less explored area in the field of tourism. Addressing this research gap, the present study aims to firstly, identify the main themes of humour which are discussed in the academic literature about children, and secondly to outline how the identified themes can be applied to children’s learning experiences in tourism settings. The study employs conten…
The Funny Side of Tourism
Engaging young visitors is crucial for a meaningful tourism experience. This study focuses on humour as a positive psychology practice, to explore how it enhances children's engagement with tourism interpretation. Using constructivist grounded theory, the research employed participant observation of tours operated for children in Iran. Children aged 9–12 years were specifically targeted. Results revealed that children responded most positively to…
How different are community support for ethnic tourism? The views of multiple ethnic groups in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
Purpose The paper aims to explore (1) the ways in which community support for ethnic tourism is influenced by different community-related factors and (2) how community support for ethnic tourism varies among four ethnic communities. Design/methodology/approach By adopting a qualitative approach, 31 semi-structured interviews are conducted with ethnic villagers in four study sites of the Central Highlands, Vietnam. The content analysis and cross-c…
Evaluating a Mindfulness Training Program for Chinese Tour Guides
There is growing pressure on tour guides to encourage responsible and sustainable behaviors amongst their tour participants focusing attention on tour guide training. Despite calls for the inclusion of concepts such as mindfulness and sustainability in tour guide training there has been limited academic discussion of how these might be applied in practice in the Chinese context. This article explores the impact of an online socio-cognitive mindfu…
Humour and children’s learning
Educating children as future agents appears crucial to achieving sustainability goals, and tourism settings are considered high-potential places for learning and education. This research note explores the importance of humour in children's learning by reviewing the educational literature and identifying a research gap in tourism. Findings highlight humour as a pedagogical tool, categorising different learning contexts and their features to determ…
Engaging young minds
This study explores the role of humour in providing participative interpretation and how it can enhance children’s learning experience in tourism based on insights collected from Iranian tour guides and tour managers who specifically cater to children as a tourism demographic. The findings reveal that humour contributes to the co-creation of interpretive experiences between the tour guide and children, through four humour-driven strategies. Howev…
Tourism (14 works) · Business (11 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Advertising (8 works) · Marketing (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (6 works)