Asian Qualitative Research in Tourism Ontologies, Epistemologies, Methodologies, and Methods /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mura, Paolo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Khoo-Lattimore, Catheryn (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Perspectives on Asian Tourism,
• Subjects: Tourism.; Management.; Sociology-Research.; Ethnology-Asia.; Tourism Management.; Research Methodology.; Asian Culture.

This book explores the ontologies, epistemologies, methodologies, and methods that inform tourism qualitative research conducted either by Asian scholars or non-Asian scholars focusing on Asia. In addition to providing a platform for researchers to publish their qualitative journeys, it aims to enco...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction to Asian Qualitative Tourism Research
• Chapter 2. Tourism Studies and the Metaphysics of Presence: Matters of Ontology and the Enlightened Eye
• Chapter 3. Tourism Studies and the Lost Mandates of Knowing: Matters of Epistemology for the Inscriptive/Projective Industry
• Chapter 4. Interpretivism in Asian Qualitative Tourism Research
• Chapter 5. Critical Theory in Asian Tourism Research
• Chapter 6. Qualitative research skill training and developing reflexivity
• Chapter 7. Been There, Done That: Working and Travelling in "Middle Earth"
• Chapter 8. Understanding Ethnography: An 'Exotic' Ethnographer's Perspective
• Chapter 9. Mapping Marketing Communications in Asian Tourism: Case Study Research
• Chapter 10. Co-construction in the study of the trade union movements in the Nepalese tourism industry using grounded theory
• Chapter 11. Emic Voices on Bhutan's Gross National Happiness Tourism Model: A qualitative approach using Grounded Theory Methodology
• Chapter 12. Grounded theory approach in the study of rural tourism destination governance in China
• Chapter 13. Qualitative Research in Tourism: Reflections of an Asian Researcher
• Chapter 14. Connecting with a destination: The case of Gardens by the Bay
• Chapter 15. Black on Brown: Research paradoxes for black scholars working in ethnic communities
• Chapter 16. Prophet or profit? Emotional reflections on Indonesian tourism
• Chapter 17. The qualitative Other - An autoethnography on the experience of conducting a qualitative tourism PhD in Hong Kong
• Chapter 18. 'When in Rome do as the Romans do'? A Reflective Account on Methodological Approach during PhD Journey
• Chapter 19: Conclusion.