Consumer satisfaction and dissatisfaction in tourism as related to destination image perception
dc.contributor.author | Chon, Kye-Sung | en |
dc.contributor.committeecochair | Olsen, Michael D. | en |
dc.contributor.committeecochair | Sirgy, M. Joseph | en |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Evans, Michael R. | en |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Kent, William E. | en |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Khan, Mahmood A. | en |
dc.contributor.department | Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-14T21:18:59Z | en |
dc.date.adate | 2005-09-16 | en |
dc.date.available | 2014-03-14T21:18:59Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 1990-12-06 | en |
dc.date.rdate | 2005-09-16 | en |
dc.date.sdate | 2005-09-16 | en |
dc.description.abstract | The primary objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between travel destination image and the tourist satisfaction/dissatisfaction. Using the evaluative congruity theory framework, this study focused on the role of destination images in tourism with regard to consumer satisfaction/ dissatisfaction (CS/D) from the stand point of: (1) the functional congruency between the tourist's expectations and his/her perceptions of specific utilitarian (functional) attributes of a destination; (2) the value-expressive (symbolic) congruency between the tourist'S self concept and the destination's personality image; and (3) the degree of emotional involvement the traveler associates with travel purchases and its influence on his/her satisfaction/ dissatisfaction. The key findings of this study indicate that CS/D is related to both functional and symbolic congruity. With regard to the relative strength of the functional congruity and the symbolic congruity in explaining CS/D in tourism, the functional congruity was found to explain CS/D better than the symbolic congruity. It was also found that the tourist's emotional involvement in the travel purchase process affects his/her satisfaction/dissatisfaction with the destination. | en |
dc.description.degree | Ph. D. | en |
dc.format.extent | x, 156 leaves | en |
dc.format.medium | BTD | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.other | etd-09162005-115041 | en |
dc.identifier.sourceurl | http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09162005-115041/ | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39384 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
dc.relation.haspart | LD5655.V856_1990.C566.pdf | en |
dc.relation.isformatof | OCLC# 24167555 | en |
dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
dc.subject.lcc | LD5655.V856 1990.C566 | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Consumer behavior | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Tourism -- Psychological aspects | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Travelers -- Psychology | en |
dc.title | Consumer satisfaction and dissatisfaction in tourism as related to destination image perception | en |
dc.type | Dissertation | en |
dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
thesis.degree.level | doctoral | en |
thesis.degree.name | Ph. D. | en |
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