Toward an agency and reactance theory of crowding : Insights from COVID‐19 and the tourism industry

Abstract In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, this article endeavors to offer expeditious insights into the impact of the global humanitarian crisis on the tourism industry from a consumer behavior perspective. To do so, this article employs the theory of crowding as an overarching theoretical lens, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) as a context to represent a global humanitarian crisis, and the rapid review approach as a method to source maiden evidence. In doing so, this article sheds light on instances of undercrowding (undertourism) and overcrowding (overtourism) in tourism as a result of COVID‐19, with interpretations enriched by agency theory and reactance theory—thereby resulting in the emergence of a new theory called the agency and reactance theory of crowding. The article concludes with pragmatic implications in light of the global humanitarian crisis..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Journal of Consumer Behaviour - 20(2021), 6, Seite 1690-1694

Beteiligte Personen:

Lim, Weng Marc [VerfasserIn]

Anmerkungen:

© 2021 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Umfang:

5

doi:

10.1002/cb.1948

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

WLY003163415