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Social networks in the tourism industry, an investigation of Charleston, South Carolina, by Tianyu Ying

eng

Includes bibliographical references

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Clemson University, 2010.

Social networks in the tourism industry

245539147

by Tianyu Ying

an investigation of Charleston, South Carolina

"Over the last decade, increasing attention has been given to the networking in the tourism industry .... The existing literature mainly focuses on the interrelationships among tourism stakeholders at sector level and the structure of the interorganizational networks in tourism industry. However, little research has been done to examine the possible antecedents and outcomes of the tourism networks and the interrelationships between the network structures at different subject level (i.e., interpersonal and interorganizational) and in different social contexts (i.e., online and offline). The purpose of this study is to address these research gaps by empirically examining the networks in a tourism destination."--Abstract