Characteristics and goals of family and owner-operated businesses in the rural tourism and hospitality sectors.

By D. Getz, J. Carlsen. 2000

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Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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The entrepreneurship research in hospitality and tourism (2019, background): “Numerous studies have described how variables related to the individual H&T entrepreneur are relevant for predicting the success of a new venture (Badulescu et al., 2014; Getz and Carlsen, 2000; Glavas et al., 2014; Hallak et al., 2012; Jaafar et al., 2011; Jones and Guan, 2011; Ramos-Rodríguez et a”
Entrepreneurial orientation in family firms: the case of the hospitality industry (2018, background): “The context of the hospitality and tourism industry, which is characterized by small and medium-sized family businesses (Getz & Carlsen, 2000) that are often embedded in specific regional settings (Morrison, 2006), forms such a context to explore entrepreneurship.”
Tourism Entrepreneurship Performance (2015, background): “…supports the proposition that tourism enterprises are often created by individuals with lifestyle objectives, such as the motivation to live in a desired location, build social networks, and be part of a community as opposed to profit maximization (Getz and Carlsen 2000; Bosworth and Farrell 2011).”
Encouraging Sustainable Business Practices in a Non-regulatory Environment: A Case Study of Small Tourism Firms in a UK National Park (2003, background): “Further, few disagree that owner-managers are driven by a diverse range of motivations (Getz & Carlsen, 2000;Morrison et al., 1999), have an arrayof networks (Lynch, 2000)and operate within cultural frameworks that may be specific to localities (Shaw & Williams, 2000).”
Scale of hospitality firms and local economic development - evidence from Crete. (2002, background): “…there is a variety of studies which have researched various aspects of development for small firms (e.g. Beaver & Lashley, 1998; Friel, 1999; Getz & Carlsen, 2000; Glancey & Pettigrew, 1997; Holjevac & Vitodusic, 1999; Horobin & Long, 1996; Main, Chung & Ingold, 1997; Morrison, 1998; Smith,…”
Social capital and tourism entrepreneurship (2011, background): “An interesting finding in this regard is that a large proportion of tourism entrepreneurs in western countries are driven by lifestyle-related benefits rather than profits (Getz & Carlsen, 2000).”
Tourism ‘non-entrepreneurship’ in peripheral destinations: a case study of small and medium tourism enterprises on Bornholm, Denmark (2003, background): “This finding is consistent with other studies showing the preponderance of women in smaller tourist firms (Getz and Carlsen 2000; Getz and Nilsson, 2003).”
Assessing the sustainability of agritourism in the US: a comparison between agritourism and other farm entrepreneurial ventures (2013, background): “This mix of economic and noneconomic goals is derived from the entrepreneurial nature of these developments (Alsos, Ljunggren, & Pettersen, 2003) and farmer-specific goals such as lifestyle and the pride of being a farmer (Burton, 2004; Gasson, 1973; Getz & Carlsen, 2000).”
Tourism and Poverty Alleviation: An Integrative Research Framework (2007, methodology): “Previous research is largely limited to the discussion of two types of entrepreneurs – growth and profit-driven and lifestyle (Getz & Carlsen, 2000; Getz & Petersen, 2005).”
Understanding the Nature and Extent of Farm and Ranch Diversification in North America. (2008, background): “Similarly, Getz and Carlsen (2000) reported using a non-random sample to study family rural businesses in tourism and hospitality in Western Australia due to the lack of adequate databases or sampling frames.”
Urban-rural migration, tourism entrepreneurs and rural restructuring in Spain (2002, background): “Such an age distribution is normal in studies of the owners of rural tourism enterprises, who have been found to be mainly between 40 and 54 years old (e.g. Getz and Carlsen 2000).”
Identifying Performance Measures of Small Ventures—The Case of the Tourism Industry (2005, background): “Goals, as well as performance measures, of small tourism ventures appear to have special features that differentiate them from measures in other sectors and industries (Getz and Carlsen 2000).”
Why is diversification an attractive farm adjustment strategy? Insights from Texas farmers and ranchers (2009, methodology): “Similarly, Getz and Carlsen (2000) found that the economic goals (i.e., Revenues Enhancement) behind agritourism were not an end in themselves, but a means to support rural lifestyles.”