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Review of optimism, creativity and spirituality in tourism research

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dc.contributor.authorGarces, Soraia
dc.contributor.authorPocinho, Margarida
dc.contributor.authorNeves de Jesus, Saul
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T14:58:20Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T14:58:20Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractPurpose - Optimism, creativity, and spirituality are important variables in Positive Psychology that can lead to better lives. The authors believe these are also fundamental concepts that can bring a new understanding of the tourism experiences, particularly in the current trend of the 'experience economy'. The study aimed to explore optimism, creativity, and spirituality from a Positive Psychology perspective on tourism settings to deepen the understanding of the state of the art and develop ideas for improvement of tourism research experiences Design - An extensive systematic literature review was developed anchored on PRISMA (2009) guidelines. The search engine Online Knowledge Library (B-On) was used and the search terms 'Optimism', 'Creativity' and 'Spirituality' crossed individually with 'Tourism', 'Travel' and 'Visitor'. In-depth analysis considering the chosen inclusion/exclusion criteria were undertaken concluding with a sample of 31 references. Findings - Overall, results showed a lack of optimism studies on tourism, leading to an urgent need to endeavor in the challenge of developing research. Creativity in tourism is mainly used as a background for the place and its culture and considers organizational, structural and product innovation development. Further, tourism can be seen as a spiritual activity seeking personal enrichment and fulfillment. Originality of the research - This study considers three variables not usually applied to tourism contexts as is clear by the low number of references found. The application of these and consequently of Positive Psychology on tourism is per se new, allowing the emergence of novel and important discussions on tourism.
dc.description.sponsorshipARDITI - Agencia Regional para o Desenvolvimento de Investigacao, Tecnologia e Inovacao (Regional Agency for Development of Research, Technology and Innovation of Madeira) [M1420-09-5369-FSE-000001, Madeira 14-20]
dc.identifier.doi10.20867/thm.24.1.6
dc.identifier.issn1330-7533
dc.identifier.issn1847-3377
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11966
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherUniv Rijeka, Faculty Tourism & Hospitality Management, Opatija
dc.subjectPositive psychology
dc.subjectEmployee creativity
dc.subjectWork-environment
dc.subjectTravel agencies
dc.subjectHospitality
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subjectStudents
dc.subjectIndustry
dc.subjectProgress
dc.subjectReligion
dc.titleReview of optimism, creativity and spirituality in tourism research
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage117
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.startPage107
oaire.citation.titleTourism and Hospitality Management-Croatia
oaire.citation.volume24
person.familyNameNeves de Jesus
person.givenNameSaúl
person.identifier.ciencia-id9A12-2DA2-4C0F
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-2019-1011
rcaap.rightsopenAccess
rcaap.typearticle
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