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Kai Hong Phua - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Medical tourism and policy implications for health systems: A conceptual framework from a comparative study of Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia
Globalization and Health, 2011Co-Authors: Nicola S. Pocock, Kai Hong PhuaAbstract:Medical tourism is a growing phenomenon with policy implications for health systems, particularly of destination countries. Private actors and governments in Southeast Asia are promoting the medical Tourist Industry, but the potential impact on health systems, particularly in terms of equity in access and availability for local consumers, is unclear. This article presents a conceptual framework that outlines the policy implications of medical tourism's growth for health systems, drawing on the cases of Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia, three regional hubs for medical tourism, via an extensive review of academic and grey literature. Variables for further analysis of the potential impact of medical tourism on health systems are also identified. The framework can provide a basis for empirical, in country studies weighing the benefits and disadvantages of medical tourism for health systems. The policy implications described are of particular relevance for policymakers and Industry practitioners in other Southeast Asian countries with similar health systems where governments have expressed interest in facilitating the growth of the medical Tourist Industry. This article calls for a universal definition of medical tourism and medical Tourists to be enunciated, as well as concerted data collection efforts, to be undertaken prior to any meaningful empirical analysis of medical tourism's impact on health systems.
Nicola S. Pocock - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Medical tourism and policy implications for health systems: A conceptual framework from a comparative study of Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia
Globalization and Health, 2011Co-Authors: Nicola S. Pocock, Kai Hong PhuaAbstract:Medical tourism is a growing phenomenon with policy implications for health systems, particularly of destination countries. Private actors and governments in Southeast Asia are promoting the medical Tourist Industry, but the potential impact on health systems, particularly in terms of equity in access and availability for local consumers, is unclear. This article presents a conceptual framework that outlines the policy implications of medical tourism's growth for health systems, drawing on the cases of Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia, three regional hubs for medical tourism, via an extensive review of academic and grey literature. Variables for further analysis of the potential impact of medical tourism on health systems are also identified. The framework can provide a basis for empirical, in country studies weighing the benefits and disadvantages of medical tourism for health systems. The policy implications described are of particular relevance for policymakers and Industry practitioners in other Southeast Asian countries with similar health systems where governments have expressed interest in facilitating the growth of the medical Tourist Industry. This article calls for a universal definition of medical tourism and medical Tourists to be enunciated, as well as concerted data collection efforts, to be undertaken prior to any meaningful empirical analysis of medical tourism's impact on health systems.
Sune Bechmann Pedersen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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eastbound tourism in the cold war the history of the swedish communist travel agency folkturist
Journal of Tourism History, 2018Co-Authors: Sune Bechmann PedersenAbstract:Millions of Westerners went on holiday behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. This article considers the place of Eastern Europe in the international travel Industry through the prism of Folkturist, a travel agency owned by the Communist Party of Sweden. By analysing Folkturist's business strategies and interactions with the East European Tourist industries, the article shows the competing interests at stake when the market for eastbound leisure tourism expanded. Balancing the quest for profit with political goals was a constant challenge for Folkturist, as it was for the various organisations and institutions engaged in the Tourist Industry in the socialist states. By analysing Folkturist's advertisement strategies and package tour organisation and those of its commercial competitors in Sweden, the article argues that traditional concepts of political tourism fail to capture the pragmatism of political entrepreneurs and the impact they had on the market for leisure tourism to Cold War Eastern Europe. (Less)
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eastbound tourism in the cold war the history of the swedish communist travel agency folkturist
Journal of Tourism History, 2018Co-Authors: Sune Bechmann PedersenAbstract:Millions of Westerners went on holiday behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. This article considers the place of Eastern Europe in the international travel Industry through the prism of Folkturist, a travel agency owned by the Communist Party of Sweden. By analysing Folkturist's business strategies and interactions with the East European Tourist industries, the article shows the competing interests at stake when the market for eastbound leisure tourism expanded. Balancing the quest for profit with political goals was a constant challenge for Folkturist, as it was for the various organisations and institutions engaged in the Tourist Industry in the socialist states. By analysing Folkturist's advertisement strategies and package tour organisation and those of its commercial competitors in Sweden, the article argues that traditional concepts of political tourism fail to capture the pragmatism of political entrepreneurs and the impact they had on the market for leisure tourism to Cold War Eastern Europe. (Less)
Jesus Collado - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the role of expectations in the consumer satisfaction formation process empirical evidence in the travel agency sector
Tourism Management, 2006Co-Authors: Ignacio Rodriguez Del Bosque, Hector San Martin, Jesus ColladoAbstract:Abstract Many studies have examined the different components involved in the formation of expectations, as well as the influence expectations may have in the consumer satisfaction process. This paper provides empirical evidence about the formation of expectations, and the relation between expectations, satisfaction and consumer loyalty. We analyse the Tourist Industry, an important sector in advanced economies, and more specifically the travel agency sector. Using two structural equation models our results demonstrate the importance of ‘image’ in the expectations formulation process, the direct relationship between expectations and consumer satisfaction, and the close association between satisfaction and consumer loyalty. Finally, several recommendations are suggested for academics and managers.
Dilini Edirisinghe - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Factors affecting organizational effectiveness in independent hotels – The case of Iran
Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 2021Co-Authors: Alireza Nazarian, Peter Atkinson, Pantea Foroudi, Dilini EdirisingheAbstract:Abstract Because of an increasingly competitive environment managers of independent hotels need to enhance organizational effectiveness. Therefore, it is crucial to understand what factors affect effectiveness. To help achieve this, our study tests if transformational, transactional and laissez-faire leadership-styles, could indirectly influence organizational effectiveness through market and adhocracy organizational culture. Iran was chosen because it is a developing country with a growing Tourist Industry that has been under much restriction since the revolution. Survey data were gathered from managers of independent hotels in Iran and 340 questionnaires were returned out of 1050 distributed and examined using structural equation modelling. Our findings show that the transformational leadership-style has an indirect relationship with organizational effectiveness through the market and adhocracy culture types. However, transactional leadership has an indirect relationship with organizational effectiveness only through the market-culture type and laissez-faire only through the adhocracy-culture type. This paper adds to the body of literature on the application of the full range leadership theory, which was developed in the West, to other regional contexts as well as a fresh look into the influence of these leadership styles on other factors including organizational culture and organizational effectiveness. It also adds to the literature of independent hotels, which are an important yet under-researched part of the hospitality Industry.
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Factors Affecting Organizational Effectiveness in Independent Hotels- The case of Iran
'Elsevier BV', 2021Co-Authors: Pantea Foroudi, Dilini Edirisinghe, Nazarian A., Atkinson P.Abstract:Because of an increasingly competitive environment managers of independent hotels need to enhance organizational effectiveness. Therefore, it is crucial to understand what factors affect effectiveness. To help achieve this, our study tests if transformational, transactional and laissez-faire leadership-styles, could indirectly influence organizational effectiveness through market and adhocracy organizational culture. Iran was chosen because it is a developing country with a growing Tourist Industry that has been under much restriction since the revolution. Survey data were gathered from managers of independent hotels in Iran and 340 questionnaires were returned out of 1050 distributed and examined using structural equation modelling. Our findings show that the transformational leadership-style has an indirect relationship with organizational effectiveness through the market and adhocracy culture types. However, transactional leadership has an indirect relationship with organizational effectiveness only through the market-culture type and laissez-faire only through the adhocracy-culture type. This paper adds to the body of literature on the application of the full range leadership theory, which was developed in the West, to other regional contexts as well as a fresh look into the influence of these leadership styles on other factors including organizational culture and organizational effectiveness. It also adds to the literature of independent hotels, which are an important yet under-researched part of the hospitality Industry
