Quality-of-Life and Travel Motivations: Integrating the Two Concepts in the Grevillea Model

Abstract

Over the past three decades, two bodies of literature have developed relatively independently: Quality of Life research in Psychology and Travel Motivations research in Tourism. Yet, the constructs underlying these two bodies of research are strongly interrelated. This book chapter: (1) reviews the Quality of Life research area with a specific focus on the role of vacations as a Quality of Life domain; (2) reviews prior work in the area of Travel Motivations with a specific focus on motivational segments which may be associated with differences in the importance people attribute to vacations in general; and (3) proposes a conceptual model, referred to as the Grevillea Model, that integrates heterogeneity in the population with respect to both the importance attributed to vacations and Travel Motivations. Tourism. Yet, the constructs underlying these two bodies of research are strongly interrelated.This book chapter: (1) reviews the Quality of Life research area with a specific focus on the role of vacations as a Quality of Life domain; (2) reviews prior work in the area of Travel Motivations with a specific focus on motivational segments which may be associated with differences in the importance people attribute to vacations in general; and (3) proposes a conceptual model, referred to as the Grevillea Model, that integrates heterogeneity in the population with respect to both the importance attributed to vacations and Travel Motivations.

Effects of Service Fairness and Service Quality on Tourists’ Behavioral Intentions and Subjective Well-Being

“…In recent years, SWB, or QOL, has received increasing attention in tourism research (e.g., Chancellor, Yu, & Cole, 2011;Dolnicar et al, 2012Dolnicar et al, , 2013McCabe, Joldersma, & Li, 2010;Nawijn, 2011;Neal et al, 2007;Sirgy, 2010;Sirgy, Kruger, Lee, & Yu, 2011). Similarly, in the literature of social marketing, SWB and QOL have been studied as key factors to evaluate business success (Dagger & Sweeney, 2006).…”

“…Parallel to the economic outcome of tourism development (Dagger & Sweeney, 2006;Zeithaml, 2000), socio-psychological benefits and outcomes of tourism development have recently attracted increasing attention from researchers. Studies following this trend include those on tourist QOL (Andereck & Nyaupane, 2011;Dolnicar et al, 2012Dolnicar et al, , 2013Neal et al, 2007), tourist SWB (Filep, 2012;Gilbert & Abdullah, 2004;McCabe & Johnson, 2013), daily happiness during vacation (Nawijn, 2011), corporate social responsibility in tourism (Sheldon & Park, 2011), among others. Comparatively, tourist SWB could be singled out as the best proxy to represent the sociopsychological benefit of tourism on tourists.…”

“…These studies offer empirical evidence to show that improving service quality and performance at a tourist destination will create desirable economic outcomes. Similarly, research suggests that tourism also creates psychological benefits through meeting various levels of tourist needs and eventually improving their quality of life (QOL) or subjective well-being (SWB) (Dann, 2012;Dolnicar, Lazarevski, & Yanamandram, 2012;Neal, Uysal, & Sirgy, 2007;Sirgy, 2010). In contemporary society, tourism has been well-integrated into people's lifestyles, therefore contributing to people's QOL (Neal et al, 2007).…”

Life satisfaction and support for tourism development

“…From a multidimensional perspective, overall life satisfaction is functionally related to satisfaction within a number of an individual's life domains (Lee & Sirgy, 1995). In other words, QoL is an umbrella concept that refers to all aspects of a person's life including physical health, psychological well-being, and social well-being (Dolnicar, Lazarevski, & Yanamandram, 2012). For instance, Meeberg (1993, p. 37) defined QoL as ''a feeling of overall life satisfaction, as determined by the mentally alert individual whose life is being evaluated.''…”

The Influence of Travel Motives on Visitor Happiness Attending a Wedding Expo

“…Given the large number of motivational studies in travel and tourism, Dolnicar, Lazarevski, and Yanamandram (2012) carried out a review of literature on studies published in three major international tourism research journals: Tourism Management, Journal of Travel Research, and Annals of Tourism Research. Their research found that most articles related to tourist motivations and their effect on purchase decisions (Park & Yoon, 2009), with a few including motivations theories (Beh & Bruyere, 2007;Dann 2001;Iso-Ahola, 1982;Moreno Gil & Ritchie, 2009).…”