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Golf tourism and the trip decision-making process: the influence of lifestage, negotiation and compromise, and the existence of tiered decision-making units

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Pages 75-95 | Received 05 Mar 2012, Accepted 29 Sep 2012, Published online: 13 Nov 2012
 

Abstract

Although sports tourism has matured as a field, research into the decision-making process determining participation is limited. This paper presents insights from an ongoing grounded theory study examining the behaviours of golf tourists. It focuses on the influence of lifestage, negotiation and compromise on decisions to (i) take trips including a golf tourism element and (ii) include a golf tourism element in family trips. The paper suggests two tiers of decision-making unit (DMU): a Meta DMU, comprising family members, that sets rules of engagement for the scheduling and taking of trips over time; and a Trip DMU, comprising those travelling on a particular trip, that decides the trip detail within the rules of engagement set by the different Meta DMUs to which its members belong. Rules of engagement influence the negotiations and compromises required, and can truncate decision-making processes, particularly for families with a shared sports tourism interest. For golfers whose family members do not play golf, the Meta DMU was shown to influence whether a golf tourism element is allowed on family trips, and determines whether trips without the family are taken, as well as setting further rules of engagement for Trip DMUs, which influence trip details.

尽管体育旅游已经成长为一个独立的领域, 但是关于如何做出决策这一过程的研究仍是极为有限。本文通过一个持续发展的基础理论来研究高尔夫球旅游的案例。本文主要关注某些事情对做出以下决定的影响: (i) 一趟包含打高尔夫球的旅行; (ii) 一趟含有打高尔夫球的安排家庭旅行。本文提出有两个决策层级, 一个是基本决策单位, 主要包括家庭成员, 他们设定旅行的时间和规定; 另一个是旅行决策单位, 包括那些旅行这, 他们通过基本决策单位设定的规定决定旅行的细节。旅行的规定影响商谈的需求, 减少决策的过程, 特别是对于那些有着相同体育旅行兴趣的家庭。对于喜欢打高尔夫球但是家里人不喜欢的球手来说, 基本决策单位影响了在家庭旅行中是否去打高尔夫, 决定了要不要进行不含家庭成员的旅行, 此外还为决定具体旅行细节的旅行决策单位制定规则。

Ainda que o turismo esportivo tenha amadurecido em um campo, a pesquisa sobre o processo de tomada de decisão determinando sua participação é limitado. Este trabalho apresenta ideias a partir de um estudo em andamento de grounded theory (teoria fundamentada em dados) examinando comportamentos de turistas do golfe. Ele é focado na influência da etapa da vida, negociação e compromisso sobre decisões para (i) partir em viagens que incluam o elemento de turismo do golfe e (ii) incluir um elemento de turismo d e golfe em viagens de família. O trabalho sugere dois níveis de unidades de tomada de decisão (UTD): a Meta UTD, composta por membros da família, que estabelece regras para a programação e ida em viagens ao longo do tempo; e a UTD de viagem, composta por aqueles envolvidos em uma determinada viagem, que decide os detalhes da viagem dentro das regras estabelecidas pelas diferentes Meta UTDs das quais seus membros participam. As regras influenciam as negociações e os compromissos necessários e podem truncar processos de tomada de decisão, especialmente em famílias que compartilham o interessem em turismo esportivo. Para jogadores de golfe cujos familiares não jogam golfe, a Meta UTD parece ter influência sobre se um elemento de turismo de golfe será permitido nas viagens de família, e determina se é possível fazer viagens sem a família, assim como estabelecem outras regras para UTDs de viagem, que influenciam os detalhes da viagem.

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