Modelling dimensionality of cultural experience attitudes for international tourists Kay, Pandora 2006, Modelling dimensionality of cultural experience attitudes for international tourists, in ACSPRI : Proceedings of the Social Science Methodology Conference, ACSPRI, Sydney, N.S.W., pp. 1-21. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads kay-modellingdimensionality-2006.pdf Published version application/pdf 175.35KB 110 Title Modelling dimensionality of cultural experience attitudes for international tourists Author(s) Kay, Pandora orcid.org/0000-0001-6707-722X Conference name Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc.. Conference. (2006 : Sydney, N.S.W.) Conference location Sydney, N.S.W. Conference dates 10-13 Dec. 2006 Title of proceedings ACSPRI : Proceedings of the Social Science Methodology Conference Editor(s) [unknown] Publication date 2006 Conference series Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated Conference Start page 1 End page 21 Publisher ACSPRI Place of publication Sydney, N.S.W. Keyword(s) tourism Summary This empirical research of tourists’ cultural experiences aims to advance theory by developing a measurement model of attitudes towards attending cultural experiences for a sample of international tourists visiting Melbourne, Australia. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used to cross-validate the underlying dimensionality structure of cultural experience attitudes in the model. A five-factor model was extracted from the EFA and some further modifications were required to establish discriminant validity. A four-factor model was retained in the CFA, which included three factors based on a liking for different types of cultural experiences and one factor indicating that social interaction was the most liked socio-psychological attitude towards attending cultural experiences. Although the sample were all English-speaking international tourists, cross-cultural validation of the model was also examined for factor configural and metric invariance of the measurement model as there were three different groups of international tourists within the sample: North Americans; New Zealanders; and tourists from United Kingdom and Ireland. This measurement structure was found to be relatively invariant for the factor loadings across the three groups of international tourists. ISBN 9780980318814 Language eng Field of Research 159999 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970115 Expanding Knowledge in Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services HERDC Research category E1.1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2006, The Author Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30036661 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Business and Law School of Management and Marketing Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 15 Aug 2011, 14:58:19 EST Tue, 22 Nov 2011, 08:19:25 EST Tue, 22 Nov 2011, 08:21:28 EST Tue, 22 Nov 2011, 08:32:00 EST Tue, 22 Nov 2011, 08:36:03 EST Fri, 16 Mar 2012, 19:02:14 EST Mon, 18 Jun 2012, 16:02:47 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 10:52:30 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:30:24 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 505 Abstract Views, 110 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 15 Aug 2011, 14:58:19 EST