Although small firms in tourism have featured on the agendas of policy-makers for several
decades, academic interest over the same period has fluctuated. Certainly the flurry of …

The purpose of this paper is to explore tourism labor research using a thematic approach.
Set against a background of increasing interest in and diversity of labor issues, dominant …

The present study takes issue with the uniform conceptualization of lifestyle entrepreneurs in
previous research by drawing on identity theory and life-story interviews with lifestyle …

The purpose of this study was to gain information about the characteristics of small
restaurant owners in China. The data for the study were hand-collected by survey …

Tourism is arguably one of the largest self-initiated commercial interventions to create well-
being and happiness on the entire planet. Yet there is a lack of specific attention to the ways …

With the aim of reconsidering lifestyle values in relation to economic rationality in small
tourism and hospitality businesses, we focus on the “commercial home” as a site where …

This study explores the importance of non-economic, personal and family lifestyle goals in
the establishment of rural wine tourism operations and how these lifestyle goals influence …

The past decade has witnessed an upsurge of research interests in entrepreneurship and
small/family businesses in tourism and hospitality. Despite this, a comprehensive review of …

Small firms in tourism are characterised by informal approaches to management, allowing
their owners to meet a variety of often overlapping business and personal goals …

This paper examines the characteristics and motivations of migrant tourism entrepreneurs in
peripheral rural areas of Norway. Based on semi-structured interviews, the study explores …