Research@Lincoln
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Publication Open Access The interrelationship between affect and cognition in destination choice decision-making : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University(Lincoln University, 2024)Destination choice decision-making of travellers has been extensively researched in the travel and tourism literature. Its complexity and dynamic nature have been explored often through normative and prescriptive perspectives and, more recently, process studies. Underemphasised in this literature have been travellers’ emotions despite their prominence in the decision-making experience and their constitutive roles in evaluations carried out in decision-making along with cognition. This thesis aimed to investigate the interrelationships between affect and cognition in the destination decision-making of leisure travellers. This exploratory inquiry adopted qualitative research methods to collect detailed descriptions of travel decision making, including personal and socio-cultural background and characteristics of the decision makers. Data collection involved semi-structured interviews with 28 post-graduate students at Lincoln University which were thematically analysed. On the basis of the findings and analysis, it is concluded that affect does not play a subservient role, relative to cognition, in the process of destination decision-making. In fact, contrary to some everyday intuitions about affect, it was also found that, far from undermining the destination decision-making process, affect has multifunctional capabilities such as providing informational input, navigating decisions in relation to commitment, direct attention to significant considerations (concerns), and enabling travellers to make faster judgments. Also, affect allows the decision maker to engage with their previous experiences, personal beliefs and attitudes and the interpersonal, social and cultural contexts within which the decision process occurs. Affects perform specific roles in integrating diverse affective qualities into the decision-making process in tandem with personal and socio-cultural factors. Such elicited affects interactively function along with cognition in an entangled manner throughout the choice process. The picture of destination decision-making that emerges is one in which cognition and affect interweave in such a way that draws into the decision-making the relevant personal characteristics and broader contexts involved. The thesis concludes by highlighting the theoretical and practical insights into travel decision-making that stem from this interactive understanding of the roles of cognition and affect in destination decision-making.Publication Open Access Fodder beet(Christchurch [N.Z.] : Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, 1960-07)The Agricultural Bulletin was produced monthly from 1929, the last issue held by Lincoln University being issue 467, published in 1968. Each of the bulletins has a distinctive title. The bulletins were prepared in conjunction with Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, and the Economics Department, Canterbury College.Publication Metadata only Ditch blasting with explosives(Christchurch [N.Z.] : Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, 1960-05)The Agricultural Bulletin was produced monthly from 1929, the last issue held by Lincoln University being issue 467, published in 1968. Each of the bulletins has a distinctive title. The bulletins were prepared in conjunction with Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, and the Economics Department, Canterbury College.Publication Metadata only Header harvester techniques(Christchurch [N.Z.] : Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, 1959-11)The Agricultural Bulletin was produced monthly from 1929, the last issue held by Lincoln University being issue 467, published in 1968. Each of the bulletins has a distinctive title. The bulletins were prepared in conjunction with Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, and the Economics Department, Canterbury College.Publication Metadata only Planning the farm programme to-day(Christchurch [N.Z.] : Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, 1960-03)The Agricultural Bulletin was produced monthly from 1929, the last issue held by Lincoln University being issue 467, published in 1968. Each of the bulletins has a distinctive title. The bulletins were prepared in conjunction with Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, and the Economics Department, Canterbury College.
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