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Abstract

Although problems are a fundamental dynamics of tourism knowledge production, a systematic, exclusive, and in-depth study of tourism problems or tourism problemology has been overlooked. This study, which represents the first time to examine the nature of tourism problemology, aims to fill this gap. A theoretical model is developed and partially tested through a survey of 212 Chinese tourism researchers. Results show that researchers generally consider problems as difficulties or contradictions that require resolution. Moreover, personal/environmental factors influence the researchers’ understanding of problems, and such understanding further affects their evaluation and selection of problems at the early stage of research. The study highlights the significance of problems as an important, yet overlooked reflexivity of tourism knowledge production

Keywords

• Problemology, Knowledge production, Reflexivity, Research community, Theorizing

Turizm Problemolojisi: Bilgi Üretmenin Özdüşünümselliği

Öz

Turizm bilgisi üretim sürecinin temelinde problemlerin yatıyor olmasına ragmen, turizm problemlerine ya da turizm problemolojisine münhasır, sistematik ve derinlemesine bir araştırma yapılmamıştır. Bu çalışma turizm problemolojisinin doğasını keşfetmeye ve bu boşluğu doldurmaya çalışması açısından bir ilktir. Çalışma kapsamında kuramsal model geliştirilmiş ve 212 Çinli turizm araştırmacısı üzerinde kısmen test edilmiştir. Sonuçlara göre araştırmacılar turizm problemlerini çözüm bekleyen zorluklar ya da çelişkiler olarak görmektedir. Dahası kişisel/çevresel faktörler araştırmacıların problemlere yönelik anlayışını etkilemektedir. Ayrıca etkilenen bu anlayış da, araştırmanın erken evresinde araştırmacıların problem seçimini ve değerlendirmesini etkilemektedir. Çalışma, turizm problemlerini, önemini ve henüz üzerinde durulmamış olan turizm bilgisi üretiminin özdüşünümselliğini öne çıkarmaktadır.

 

ABSTRACT
Although problems are a fundamental dynamics of tourism knowledge production, a systematic, exclusive, and in-depth study of tourism problems or tourism problemology has been overlooked. This study, which represents the first time to examine the nature of tourism problemology, aims to fill this gap. A theoretical model is developed and partially tested through a survey of 212 Chinese tourism researchers. Results show that researchers generally consider problems as difficulties or contradictions that require resolution. Moreover, personal/environmental factors influence the researchers’ understanding of problems, and such understanding further affects their evaluation and selection of problems at the early stage of research. The study highlights the significance of problems as an important, yet overlooked reflexivity of tourism knowledge production.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Problemoloji, Bilgi üretimi, Özdüşünümsellik, Araştırma topluluğu, Kuramsallaştırma

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