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Call for Papers [Reminder]

 
SPECIAL ISSUE ON LEISURE AND VACATION DECISION MAKING

International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research

 Co-Editors: Alain Decrop,

Louvain

School

of Management
&
FUNDP
(

University
of
Namur

)

Kenneth F. Hyde,

Business

School

,

AUT

University

,
Auckland

Objectives.  This special issue of International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research (IJCTHR) focuses on the plans and decisions made by individuals and households relating to leisure and vacations from micro and/or holistic perspectives. Plans and decisions are made both prior to and during leisure and vacation experiences using explicit and/or implicit thinking processes. Such processes may involve one or more people within the household. Most of the literature explains leisure and vacation decision-making through rational and bounded-rationality paradigms. However, recent literature shows that other perspectives such as hedonic, implicit, and adaptive decision-making processes are also relevant. The influences of changing aspects of the decision environment (e.g., the evolving role of
info
rmation and communication technologies, or the increasing importance of decision-making units other than traditional families) are useful to consider. Contributions are welcome from both positivist and interpretive traditions, using both qualitative and/or quantitative approaches. This special issue of IJCTHR will be published in 2009. March 14, 2008 is the deadline for submissions.

The topics could include (but not limited to):

·        Models of leisure/tourist decision making

·        Tourist
info
rmation search and use

·        Vacation plans and vacation planning

·        Decision timing and sequencing

·        Vacation/destination decision rules and choice heuristics

·        Assessment/comparison of methods used to investigate vacation decision-making

·        Family and group processes in leisure/vacation decision making

·        Social and cultural differences in decision-making processes

·        Hedonic and adaptive decision-making

·        Independent traveler’s planning and decision processes

·        Experiential aspects of planning and decision-making processes

·        Comparison of planned and realized leisure/vacation behaviors

·        Implicit thinking, attitude, and behavior in leisure and vacation theory

·        Tourist use of information and communication technologies

Editorial scope.  The International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research focuses on building bridges in theory, research, and practice across the fields of culture, tourism, and hospitality.  The journal has an interdisciplinary mission to replace silo-thinking research paradigms.  International in scope and grounded in theory-into-practice, the journal provides breadth, depth, provocation and passion in reporting the nuances of humans’ lived experiences relating to culture, tourism and hospitality. 

 
Manuscript requirements

·        Manuscripts should be created using Microsoft Word and submitted as an e-mail attachment to both Alain Decrop (alain.decrop@fundp.ac.be) and Ken Hyde (ken.hyde@aut.ac.nz) on or before March 14, 2008
 

·        Include all authors and their full addresses on the cover page; include a separate abstract page

·         Article length should be limited to 20 text pages not counting the cover page, abstract, figures, tables, and reference pages

·         A brief autobiographical note should be supplied, including full name, affiliation, e-mail address, and full international contact details for all authors

·         A structured abstract must be supplied and should be set out under 4-6 sub-headings: Purpose; Method/Approach; Findings; Research Limitations/Implications (if applicable); Practical Implications (if applicable); and, the Originality/Value of Paper. Maximum is 250 words. For more information and guidance on structured abstracts visit:

·         Six keywords on the abstract page should be provided which encapsulate the principal topics of the paper

·        Submissions must be in American-English–please have a native or near-native American-English speaker review document before submission

·        Send only one WORD file attachment of the complete manuscript (send one additional file of exhibits in POWERPOINT if appropriate for the manuscript). 

Copyright.  Articles submitted to the journal should be original contributions and should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time. Authors submitting articles for publication warrant that the work is not an infringement of any existing copyright and will indemnify the publisher against any breach of such warranty.