Purpose After expressing an initial disquiet about the nature of many studies that are
published using structural equation modelling (SEM), a rationale for using the technique is …

This study reviewed use of covariance-based structural equation modeling (SEM) in 209
articles published in nine tourism journals between 2000 and 2011. Time-series analysis …

Panel data sets are also known as longitudinal data or cross-sectional time series data.
They have spatial (N) and temporal (T) dimensions. They constitute of a number of …

INVALID MEASURES OF BEHAVIOUR. Many researchers want to understand the behaviour
of tourists, managers, workers, or policy makers. Yet, they limit themselves to measuring self …

This paper explores the concept of structural equation modelling (SEM) and discusses the
steps which researchers should follow when using this technique. This involves the …

This exploratory article attempts to highlight some areas of tourism research which are
believed to lack sufficient methodological sophistication. The origin of such research is …

As the name suggests, meta-analysis is a research method that involves the analysis of
analyses. It aims at assessing “a field of study beyond one particular study”(Timulak, 2009 …

As the tourism industry has grown, so too has tourism research. Similar to previous research
on the development of tourism research, this study presents a content analysis of refereed …

The aim of this note is to raise awareness about the problem of measurement
misspecification in tourism research with reference to studies that employ structural …

Since the end of the nineteenth century, the discourse between positivism and
phenomenology has dominated the development of social science research methods. The …