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Considering emotional solidarity and the theory of planned behavior in explaining behavioral intentions to support tourism development

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ID21603809
AuthorsEmrullah Erul (0000-0003-3785-9145, Department of Tourism Management Faculty of Tourism, Izmir Katip Çelebi University, Izmir, Turkey), Kyle Maurice Woosnam (0000-0001-6674-7578, University of Georgia, corresponding author), Wm Alex Mcintosh (Texas A&M University)
Year2020
Volume28
Issue8
Pages1158-1173
Publication date2020-08-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Sustainable Tourism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0966-9582 • E-ISSN: 1747-7646
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09669582.2020.1726935
OpenAlexW3006513482
LanguageEN
Citations received69
References cited59

Though the tourism literature has experienced no shortage of research surrounding residents’ attitudinal support for tourism and tourism development, seldom has work focused on behavioral intentions of support, especially taking into consideration residents’ perceived relationship with tourists. That said, the aim of this study is to formulate a model that incorporates emotional solidarity and theory of planned behavior constructs to gauge residents’ behavioral intentions to support tourism. To test proposed model relationships between emotional solidarity, attitudinal support for tourism, perceived behavioral control, subjective norms, and behavioral intentions to support, data was collected from 740 residents of the widely-popular Mediterranean destination, Izmir (Turkey), and analyzed via structural equation modelling. Results revealed that each of the six proposed hypotheses were supported in the theoretical model. The three factors of emotional solidarity (i.e., welcoming nature, sympathetic understanding, and emotional closeness) uniquely explained 45% (R2SMC = 0.45) of the variance in attitudinal support for tourism. In turn, attitudinal support, along with perceived behavioral control and subjective norms, explained 42% (R2SMC = 0.42) of the variance in behavioral intentions to support tourism within Izmir. Implications for theory and practice along with limitations and future research opportunities are discussed at the close of the paper

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