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Overview

Brent W. Ritchie is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on the intersection of social sciences and psychology, with significant contributions to subfields such as sociology and political science, social psychology, applied psychology, transportation, and ecology.

Their work addresses diverse aspects of tourism research, disaster management and resilience, behavioral health and interventions, sport and mega-event impacts, cruise tourism development and management, recreation, leisure and wilderness management, and the nonprofit sector and volunteering.

Brent W. Ritchie's recent publications include:

  • Afraid to travel after COVID-19? Self-protection, coping and resilience against pandemic 'travel fear', 2020, Tourism Management
  • Risk, crisis and disaster management in hospitality and tourism: a comparative review, 2021, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
  • The impact of travel constraints on travel decision-making: A comparative approach of travel frequencies and intended travel participation, 2020, Journal of Destination Marketing & Management
  • Building business resilience to external shocks: Conceptualising the role of social networks to small tourism & hospitality businesses, 2021, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management
  • Developing disaster resilience: A processual and reflective approach, 2021, Tourism Management

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brent W. Ritchie include:

  • Yawei Jiang
  • Danni Zheng
  • C. Stephan Demeter
  • Martie-Louise Verreynne
  • P. Monica Chien

Their scholarly work has been published notably in:

  • Journal of Travel Research
  • Journal of Sustainable Tourism
  • Tourism Management
  • Journal of Destination Marketing & Management
  • Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Within their main fields of study, Brent W. Ritchie has contributed extensively to the social sciences with 37 publications and psychology with 10 publications. Their subfields reflect an interdisciplinary approach spanning sociology, political science, and psychology among others.

Best Publications

  • Chaos, crises and disasters: a strategic approach to crisis management in the tourism industry

    Brent W. Ritchie;Brent W. Ritchie

  • Promoting Destinations via Film Tourism: An Empirical Identification of Supporting Marketing Initiatives

    Simon Hudson;J. R. Brent Ritchie

  • A review of research on tourism risk, crisis and disaster management: Launching the annals of tourism research curated collection on tourism risk, crisis and disaster management

    Brent W. Ritchie;Yawei Jiang

  • Managing Educational Tourism

    Brent W. Ritchie;Neil Carr;Christopher P. Cooper

  • 'No Ebola…still doomed' - The Ebola-induced tourism crisis.

    Marina Novelli;Liv Gussing Burgess;Adam Jones;Brent W. Ritchie

  • Afraid to travel after COVID-19? Self-protection, coping and resilience against pandemic 'travel fear '

    Danni Zheng;Danni Zheng;Qiuju Luo;Brent W. Ritchie

  • Towards a research agenda for post-disaster and post-crisis recovery strategies for tourist destinations: a narrative review

    Judith Mair;Brent W. Ritchie;Gabby Walters

  • Resident Perceptions of Mega-Sporting Events: A Non-Host City Perspective of the 2012 London Olympic Games

    Brent W. Ritchie;Richard Shipway;Bethany Cleeve

  • Tourism disaster planning and management: From response and recovery to reduction and readiness

    Brent Ritchie

  • Crisis and Disaster Management for Tourism

    Brent W. Ritchie

  • Governance: a review and synthesis of the literature

    Lisa Ruhanen;Noel Scott;Brent Ritchie;Aaron Tkaczynski

  • Bibliometric visualisation: an application in tourism crisis and disaster management research

    Yawei Jiang;Brent W. Ritchie;Pierre Benckendorff

  • Bicycle tourism in the South Island of New Zealand: planning and management issues

    Brent W Ritchie

  • Tourism Research Methods: Integrating Theory with Practice

    Brent W. Ritchie;Peter M.Burns;Catherine Palmer

  • Economic valuation of cultural heritage sites: A choice modeling approach

    Andy S. Choi;Brent W. Ritchie;Franco Papandrea;Jeff Bennett

  • Understanding accommodation managers’ crisis planning intention: An application of the theory of planned behaviour

    Jie Wang;Brent W. Ritchie

  • Sport tourism : interrelationships, impacts and issues

    Brent W. Ritchie;Daryl Adair

  • Host community attitudes toward tourism and cultural tourism development: The case of the Lewes District, Southern England

    Brent W. Ritchie;Mikko Inkari

  • Measuring destination competitiveness: an empirical study of Canadian ski resorts

    Simon Hudson;Brent Ritchie;Seldjan Timur

  • Investigating the Role of Prior Knowledge in Tourist Decision Making: A Structural Equation Model of Risk Perceptions and Information Search

    Mona Sharifpour;Gabrielle Walters;Brent W. Ritchie;Caroline Winter

  • Building tourism organizational resilience to crises and disasters: A dynamic capabilities view

    Yawei Jiang;Brent W. Ritchie;Martie‐Louise Verreynne

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Benckendorff
Pierre Benckendorff University of Queensland
Graham Miller
Graham Miller Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Noel Scott
Noel Scott University of the Sunshine Coast
Simon Hudson
Simon Hudson University of South Carolina
Stewart Lockie
Stewart Lockie James Cook University
David Solnet
David Solnet University of Queensland
Stefan Gössling
Stefan Gössling Linnaeus University
Larry Dwyer
Larry Dwyer University of Technology Sydney
Nadine Marshall
Nadine Marshall James Cook University
Nancy A. Pachana
Nancy A. Pachana University of Queensland

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