Sahadev, Sunil, Malhotra, Neeru ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1351-9202, Kannangara, Lakmini N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1990-8719 and Ritchie, Brent W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1540-9389 (2023) Disaster planning intentions of tourism accommodation managers: understanding the influence of past disaster experience and disaster management training. Journal of Travel Research (JTR), 63 (1). pp. 175-194. ISSN 0047-2875 (Print), 1552-6763 (Online) (doi:10.1177/00472875221145129)

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Abstract

Tourism is one of the most vulnerable industries to disasters, and empirical studies on disaster preparedness have been surprisingly sparse. Drawing on the theory of planned behavior, this study sheds light on the unexplored mediating role of strategic decision-makers’ (SDMs) disaster cognition along with their attitude to explicate how and why learning influences disaster planning. Hypotheses were tested using two-phase survey data collected from 301 SDMs of Sri Lankan accommodation establishments. Clarifying previous inconsistent findings regarding the role of learning, this study demonstrated that training and past disaster experience indirectly influenced SDMs’ planning intentions via their disaster cognition and attitude toward disaster planning. In this regard, past experience was found to regulate the relationship of training with both cognition and attitude, implying that disaster training programs may be more influential for encouraging disaster planning intentions of lesser experienced SDMs by stimulating their disaster cognition and attitude.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	disaster management planning, disaster cognition, attitude, training, tourism accommodation industry
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD61 Risk Management
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Greenwich Business School Greenwich Business School > School of Management and Marketing
Last Modified:	07 Jan 2025 15:23
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/49201

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