TY - JOUR
T1 - Rethinking stimulus-organism-response theory for residents’ behaviour in tourism
AU - Erul, Emrullah
AU - Karacabey, Furkan Atasoy
AU - Woosnam, Kyle Maurice
AU - Koc, Erdogan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - This paper critically examines the application of the Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) theory in tourism research, addressing essential critiques and proposing avenues for theoretical refinement. The current study synthesizes existing literature to explore residents’ behaviour in tourism contexts. This work seeks to determine how residents’ place attachment influences their emotional connection with tourists (measured by the New Emotional Solidarity Scale abbreviated as NESS) and how NESS impacts their facilitations (active and passive), ultimately predicts support for tourism development through using S-O-R. The research involved 450 residents of Sivas, Turkey, and was conducted using random sampling. Notably, nine out of the ten proposed hypotheses were supported. Results indicated that place dependence and place identity were linked to NESS factors (communality and fairness), except for the insignificant relationship between place dependence and communality. Furthermore, NESS factors significantly determined facilitation factors that were ultimately significant predictors of support for tourism. This work contributes to the theoretical synthesis and practical insights for destination management and policy interventions in tourism. It also advances the understanding of residents’ behaviour and informs evidence-based decision-making in the tourism industry.
AB - This paper critically examines the application of the Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) theory in tourism research, addressing essential critiques and proposing avenues for theoretical refinement. The current study synthesizes existing literature to explore residents’ behaviour in tourism contexts. This work seeks to determine how residents’ place attachment influences their emotional connection with tourists (measured by the New Emotional Solidarity Scale abbreviated as NESS) and how NESS impacts their facilitations (active and passive), ultimately predicts support for tourism development through using S-O-R. The research involved 450 residents of Sivas, Turkey, and was conducted using random sampling. Notably, nine out of the ten proposed hypotheses were supported. Results indicated that place dependence and place identity were linked to NESS factors (communality and fairness), except for the insignificant relationship between place dependence and communality. Furthermore, NESS factors significantly determined facilitation factors that were ultimately significant predictors of support for tourism. This work contributes to the theoretical synthesis and practical insights for destination management and policy interventions in tourism. It also advances the understanding of residents’ behaviour and informs evidence-based decision-making in the tourism industry.
KW - Stimulus-Organism-response (S-O-R)
KW - behavioural theories in tourism
KW - facilitation
KW - new emotional solidarity scale
KW - place attachment
KW - residents’ support
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U2 - 10.1080/13683500.2024.2417709
DO - 10.1080/13683500.2024.2417709
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85207841789
SN - 1368-3500
JO - Current Issues in Tourism
JF - Current Issues in Tourism
ER -