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Philip L. Pearce Professor
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Education: B.A. in Psychology and Education at University of Adelaide; Ph.D. in Psychology at Oxford University.
Research interests: Tourist behaviour and management; Tourism research methodology; Tourist motivation and satisfaction: models, theories and measurement; Tourist attitudes and attitude change: studies of culture contact, environmental perception, destination image and orientation; Community attitudes to tourism: development issues, case studies and social representations; Tourism planning and the community impacts of tourism; Tourist attractions: planning, design, interpretation, crowds and density management; The analysis of specialist market segments: backpackers, visiting friends and relatives, self-drive market, specialist accommodation users; Tourism education.
Present positions: Program leader for both the Reef and Sustainable Tourism Co-operative Research Centres ● Memberships: International Academy for the study of Tourism; International Association for Scientific Experts in Tourism (AIEST).
Awards and acknowledgments: Fulbright Scholarship to Harvard University, 1981.
Web resources on Professor Pearce: Some questions to Pearce on his scholar experience (http://www.jcu.edu.au/app/prof/prof.cfm?profid=27 )
SOME PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE ON WEB
(2005) Pearce, P.L., & Lee, U-I., Developing the travel career approach to tourist motivation. Journal of Travel Research 43, 226-237 (http://jtr.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/43/3/226).
(2001) Moscardo, G., Pearce, P., Green, D., & O'Leary, J.T., Understanding coastal and marine tourism demand from three European markets: Implications for the future of ecotourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 9(3), 212-227 ( http://www.multilingual-matters.net/jost/009/0212/jost0090212.pdf).
(2000) Richins, H., & Pearce, P., Influences on tourism development decision making: Coastal local government areas in Eastern Australia. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 8(3), 207-231 (http://personal.ecu.edu/johnsonje/Tourism/tourismdev.pdf).
(1996) Moscardo, G., Morrison, A.M., & Pearce, P.L., Specialist accommodation and ecologically-sustainable tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 4(1), 29-52 ( http://www.channelviewpublications.net/jost/004/0029/jost0040029.pdf).
Updated: January 31, 2007