• Co-learning through participatory evaluation: an example using Theory of Change in a large-scale EU-funded tourism intervention 

      Montano, Luigina Jessica; Font aulet, Xavier; Elsenbroich, Corinna; Ribeiro, Manuel Alector (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-24)
      Tourism interventions, as tools for social change and preservation of natural and cultural assets are inherently complex. This study presents an improved method for the evaluation of complex tourism interventions. We argue that participatory methods can promote a culture of evaluation that supports partners throughout evidencing project impacts, eliminating negative attitudes to evaluation ...
    • The effects of message framing in CSR advertising on consumers’ emotions, attitudes, and behavioral intentions 

      Stadlthanner, Katja Anna; Andreu, Luisa; Ribeiro, Manuel Alector; Font aulet, Xavier; Mattila, Anna S. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-28)
      While recent research on sustainability communication demonstrates the relevance of message framing, research on the effects of message framing on consumers’ emotions is scant. Using the StimulusOrganism-Response (S-O-R) framework, this paper examines the impact of environmental advertisements (stimuli) on two discrete emotions – hope and guilt – (organism) and how these emotions influence ...
    • Employing a value-belief-norm framework to gauge Carthage residents’ intentions to support sustainable cultural heritage tourism 

      Megeirhi, Huda A.; Woosnam, Kyle Maurice; Ribeiro, Manuel Alector; Ramkissoon, Haywantee; Denley, Tara J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-16)
      In light of the recent conflicts in Carthage over land use, cultural heritage preservation, and sustainable tourism, this work utilized a value-belief-norm (VBN) theoretical framework to consider psychological antecedents of residents’ behavioral intentions to support cultural heritage tourism. As such, personal values, cultural worldview, awareness of consequences, ascription of responsibility, and ...
    • How environmental gain messages affect cause involvement, attitude and behavioural intentions: the moderating effects of CSR scepticism and biospheric values 

      Stadlthanner, Katja Anna; Andreu, Luisa; Font aulet, Xavier; Ribeiro, Manuel Alector; Currás-Pérez, Rafael (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-27)
      Purpose - This study examines the direct effect of outcome message frames (gain vs loss) on cause involvement and the moderating roles of consumers' corporate social responsibility (CSR) scepticism and biospheric values. Furthermore, the authors analyse (1) the effects of gain-framed messages on consumer attitudes towards an environmental cause (i.e. the use of reusable coffee cups) and towards the ...