Originality: The Holy Grail of Tourism Research

Originality is an important goal of research. However, relatively little is known about the characteristics and motivations of individual researchers or about the facilitating or hindering factors that, in combination, can lead to original research outputs. This is a gap this study aims to fill. Int...

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Published in:Journal of travel research 2022-07, Vol.61 (6), p.1219-1232
Main Authors: Rodríguez Sánchez, Isabel, Mantecón, Alejandro, Williams, Allan M., Makkonen, Teemu, Kim, Yoo Ri
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