The Effects of Resident Empowerment on Intention to Participate in Financing: The Roles of Personal Economic Benefit and Negative Impacts of Tourism

ABSTRACT

The aim of this research is to investigate residents’ intention of participating in financing for tourism by exploring sub-dimensions of resident empowerment, perceived personal economic benefit, and perceived negative impacts of tourism in their community. Based on this study, theoretical and empirical evidence of the relations among the six constructs are presented. Using structural equation modeling with the sample of residents from a rural tourist site, the results indicate that psychological empowerment has significant direct impacts on intention of participating in financing for tourism. Social and psychological empowerment has significant direct impacts on perceived personal economic benefit. Sub-dimensions of resident empowerment are negatively related to perceived negative impacts. Perceived personal economic benefit and perceived negative impacts are positively/negatively related to intention of participating in financing for tourism respectively. Finally, theoretical and practical implications, and limitations of this research are analyzed within the rural tourist site.

摘要

本研究旨在通过探索居民增权的亚维度、个人经济收益感知与社区旅游消极影响感知，研究居民参与旅游旅游融资意愿的影响因素。基于研究结论，文章探讨了六个构念间的关系。借用结构方程，研究结论显示心理增权对于旅游融资意愿有显著的影响。社会与心理增权对于个人经济收益感知影响显著。心理增权的三个亚维度与旅游消极影响感知呈负相关关系。个人经济收益感知与旅游消极影响感知分别与旅游融资意愿呈正相关与负相关关系。最后，本研究探讨了基于乡村旅游地研究的理论启示、实践启示与本研究存在的不足之处

KEYWORDS:

• Resident empowerment
• perceived personal economic benefit
• perceived negative impacts
• financing intention for tourism；rural community
• community involvement

关键词:

• 居民增权
• 个人经济收益感知
• 旅游消极影响感知
• 旅游融资意愿
• 乡村社区
• 社区参与

Disclosure statement

No potential conflicts of interest was reported by the authors.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by  Young and Middle-aged Teacher Education Research Program, the Education Department of Fujian Province (grant number JAS160586); Soft Science Research Program of Fujian ProvincialScientific and Technical department (grant number 2018R0081); National Social Science Foundation of China (grant number 18XMZ071).

Notes on contributors

Qunchao Lv

Qunchao Lv is an associate professor in the College of Economics and Management at Ningde Normal University, Tourism Research Center, 1 College Road, Ningde, Fujian, China.

Xinli Xie

Xinli Xie is an associate professor in the College of Economics and Management at Ningde Normal University, Tourism Research Center, 1 College Road, Ningde, Fujian, China.

Yuxin Li

Yuxin Li is an associate professor in School of Management at Shandong Business and Technology University, Yantai, Shandong, China.