Social capital at the tourist destination level
Determining the dimensions to assess and improve collective action in tourism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12697490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Santiago Rodríguez-Girón (0000-0002-3644-7934, Division of Geography and Tourism, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium, corresponding author), Dominique Vanneste (0000-0002-8474-4546, Division of Geography and Tourism, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-42 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tourist Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-7976 • E-ISSN: 1741-3206 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1468797618790109 |
| OpenAlex | W2886051234 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 44 |
A tourist destination, as a collective of actors trying to act together, faces the challenges of shaping a common future and self-determining its development path. This depends on its actors’ capacity to act towards collective goals. Social capital (SC) theory explains how resources are mobilised for common purposes, representing a key notion for understanding collective action. Non-tourism- and tourism-related literature on SC were analysed, finding that SC theory is used mostly as a means to study other aspects in tourism. Little has been discussed about SC itself as the object of interest. This article, therefore (1) identifies the key dimensions and levels of scope of a tourist destination’s SC, and (2) presents a structured assessment framework as the basis to reflect upon the improvement of the destination’s capacity for self-determination. The article contributes to tourist destination’s SC theory building and as the basis for further research on the subject
Action (physics · Business · Collective action · Economic geography · Economics · Object (grammar · Political science · Scope (computer science · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Subject (documents · Tourism · Tourism geography · Computer Science · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Law · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Social Capital and Networks · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |