Political influences on the roles and characteristics of ethnic tourism industry employees: a case of Korean-Chinese tour guides

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Jo, Mina
Lee, Namhee
Kim, Jisong
Lee, Timothy J
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2020
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This study investigates the roles and characteristics of Korean-Chinese tour guides during the rapid socio-political changes between China and Korea. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews with 12 guides working in South Korea and were analyzed using the grounded theory framework. Open coding gave 98 conceptual labels, 30 subcategories, and 13 main categories. This study allows us to innovatively investigate the psychological changes in Korean-Chinese tour guides affected by political influences. However, most of the data was collected from males in their 30s using cross-sectional analysis, a longitudinal study would ...
View more >This study investigates the roles and characteristics of Korean-Chinese tour guides during the rapid socio-political changes between China and Korea. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews with 12 guides working in South Korea and were analyzed using the grounded theory framework. Open coding gave 98 conceptual labels, 30 subcategories, and 13 main categories. This study allows us to innovatively investigate the psychological changes in Korean-Chinese tour guides affected by political influences. However, most of the data was collected from males in their 30s using cross-sectional analysis, a longitudinal study would therefore strengthen the value of our approach in the future.
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View more >This study investigates the roles and characteristics of Korean-Chinese tour guides during the rapid socio-political changes between China and Korea. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews with 12 guides working in South Korea and were analyzed using the grounded theory framework. Open coding gave 98 conceptual labels, 30 subcategories, and 13 main categories. This study allows us to innovatively investigate the psychological changes in Korean-Chinese tour guides affected by political influences. However, most of the data was collected from males in their 30s using cross-sectional analysis, a longitudinal study would therefore strengthen the value of our approach in the future.
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Journal Title
Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research
Volume
25
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, Volume 25, 2020 - Issue 12, Pages 1359-1374, 21 Dec 2020, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2020.1853580
Subject
Tourism
Social Sciences
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Social Sciences - Other Topics
Political influence
Korean-Chinese