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Building enduring culture involvement, destination identification and destination loyalty through need fulfilment

Building enduring culture involvement, destination identification and destination loyalty through need fulfilment
Building enduring culture involvement, destination identification and destination loyalty through need fulfilment

Involvement and identification have been deemed as prominent constructs that result in favourable outcomes for a holiday destination. However, research that investigates the drivers of these two constructs is very limited. Drawing upon Self Determination Theory (SDT), this study examines how fulfilling the need for autonomy, relatedness and competence (ARC) would affect involvement, identification and loyalty. Based on a survey of 725 respondents, the findings show that if the destination is able to foster tourists’ need fulfilment, these tourists will have higher involvement, identification and ultimately become loyal to the destination. The findings of this study also show the mediating role of involvement and identification. Theoretical contributions and practical implications are discussed.

Autonomy Relatedness Competence (ARC), destination identification, destination loyalty, enduring culture involvement, holiday destination
0250-8281
177-189
Japutra, Arnold
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Japutra, Arnold
004a3f8c-4d07-4cc7-8660-c5b3a5983760

Japutra, Arnold (2022) Building enduring culture involvement, destination identification and destination loyalty through need fulfilment. Tourism Recreation Research, 47 (2), 177-189. (doi:10.1080/02508281.2020.1827567).

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Abstract

Involvement and identification have been deemed as prominent constructs that result in favourable outcomes for a holiday destination. However, research that investigates the drivers of these two constructs is very limited. Drawing upon Self Determination Theory (SDT), this study examines how fulfilling the need for autonomy, relatedness and competence (ARC) would affect involvement, identification and loyalty. Based on a survey of 725 respondents, the findings show that if the destination is able to foster tourists’ need fulfilment, these tourists will have higher involvement, identification and ultimately become loyal to the destination. The findings of this study also show the mediating role of involvement and identification. Theoretical contributions and practical implications are discussed.

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Published date: 2022
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Keywords: Autonomy Relatedness Competence (ARC), destination identification, destination loyalty, enduring culture involvement, holiday destination

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Local EPrints ID: 500225
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/500225
ISSN: 0250-8281
PURE UUID: c0441960-95e1-4604-9131-9b4141a5f9e1
ORCID for Arnold Japutra: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0513-8792

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Date deposited: 22 Apr 2025 17:14
Last modified: 23 Apr 2025 02:14

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Author: Arnold Japutra ORCID iD

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