Social representations of tourists by various groups of hotel employees and self-representations of tourists representatives of separate countries

Abstract

The article is devoted to the verification of hypotheses related to the influence of the gender of respondents, their position and other attributes on the nature of social representations. The article also includes the material of a comparative analysis of the social representations by hospitality industry employees about various national groups of tourists with relevant self-representations of tourists. The article concludes with the results of a factor analysis of social representations on bipolar constructs of the semantic differential, revealing the features of this methodology for tourism and hospitality.

Author Biography

Darya V. Klimovich, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

postgraduate student at the department of psychology, faculty of philosophy and social sciences

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Published
2020-09-19
Keywords: social representations, semantic differential, hotel business, hospitality industry, foreign tourists
How to Cite
Klimovich, D. V. (2020). Social representations of tourists by various groups of hotel employees and self-representations of tourists representatives of separate countries. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology, 2, 73-86. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/philosophy/article/view/2129
Issue
No 2 (2020): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology
Section
Social Psychology

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