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Approved 16 Dec 2025

Theory and Research Methods (TR3010)

V3NRW (Spring 2026, 100%, Day, Normal, Borlänge, Round 1, ORD)

Literature

  • Bryman, A., & Bell, E. (2015). Business research methods (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
    Book / Anthology
  • Dwyer, I., Gill, A., & Seetaram, N. (2012). Handbook of Research methods in Tourism: Quantiative and Qualitative Approaches (1st ed.). Edward Wlgar Publishing.
    Book / Anthology
  • A selection of chapters from the following books. Most of them are available as e-books from DU library. Below it is divided based on the Course Modules.
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  • To read for the interview lecture.
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  • Dwyer, L., Gill, A., & Seetaram, N. (Eds.). (2012). Handbook of research methods in tourism : quantitative and qualitative approaches (Latest edition). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. ISBN: 978-1-78100-128-8
    Book / Anthology
  • Hay, I. (2010). Qualitative research methods in human geography (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780195430158
    Reading instructions:Retrieved from https://books.google.se/books?id=-5RSQgAACAAJ (Chapter 6 – available at the library)
    Book / Anthology
  • Veal, A. J. (2011). Research methods for leisure and tourism : a practical guide (4th ed.). Harlow, Essex, England: Prentice Hall. ISBN: 9780273717508
    Book / Anthology
  • Veal, A. (2011). Research methods for Leisure and Tourism: A Practical Guide (4th ed.). England: Pearson Education Lmd.
    Book / Anthology
  • Walliman, N. (2018). Research methods : the basics (Second edition). London: Routledge. ISBN: 9781138693999
    Reading instructions:Chapters 8; 10 - available at the library
    Book / Anthology
  • (2019, December 17). How to Know You Are Coding Correctly: Qualitative Research Methods.. [Broadcast]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL7Ww5kpnIM.
    Streaming media
  • Morgan, D., & Guevara, H. (2008). Interview guide. In L. M. Given (Ed.). In The SAGE encyclopedia of qualitative research methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. pp. 470-470.
    Encyclopedia article or Dictionary entry
  • Poole, J., & Mauthner, O. (2014). Interviews. In D. Coghlan & M. Brydon-Miller (Eds.). In The SAGE encyclopedia of action research. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications. pp. 464-465.
    Encyclopedia article or Dictionary entry
  • Taylor, C., & Gibbs, G. R. (2010). "How and what to code", Online QDA Web Site. Retrieved 2019 December 18 from http://onlineqda.hud.ac.uk/Intro_QDA/how_what_to_code.php.
    Website
  • For the interview seminar.
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  • Davies, W. M. & Beaumont, T. J. (n.d.). Conducting an interview. Faculty of Economics at the university of Melbourne. Retreived from: https://library.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1924067/Conducting_an_Interview.pdf.
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  • Ioannides, D., & Petersen, T. (2003). Tourism ‘non-entrepreneurship’in peripheral destinations: a case study of small and medium tourism enterprises on Bornholm, Denmark. Tourism Geographies, 5(4), 408-435.
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  • Kianicka, S., Buchecker, M., Hunziker, M., & Müller-Böker, U. (2006). Locals' and tourists' sense of place: a case study of a Swiss alpine village. Mountain Research and Development, 26(1), 55-63. (open access online).
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  • Tracy, S. J. (2012). Qualitative research methods: Collecting evidence, crafting analysis, communicating impact. John Wiley & Sons. (Chapters 7-8 – available at the library).
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  • For the content analysis seminar.
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  • Dwyer, l., Gill, A. and Seetaram, N. (eds.) (2012) handbook of Research methods in Tourism: Quantiative and Qualitative Approaches. Edward Wlgar Publishing (pp. 309-323).
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  • Veal, A.J. (2011) Research methods for Leisure and Tourism: A Practical Guide. 4th ed. England: Pearson Education Lmd. (read chapters 9, 12, 14, 15).
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  • Choi, S., Lehto, X. Y., & Morrison, A. M. (2007). Destination image representation on the web: Content analysis of Macau travel related websites. Tourism Management, 28(1), 118–129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2006.03.002.
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  • Frochot, I. (2003). An Analysis of Regional Positioning and Its Associated Food Images in French Tourism Regional Brochures. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 14(3–4), 77–96. https://doi.org/10.1300/J073v14n03.
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  • Govers, R., & Go, F. M. (2015). Projected destination online: website content analysis of pictures and text. Information Technology & Tourism, 7(May), 73–89..
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  • Hall, C. M., & Valentin, A. (2005). 15 Content Analysis. In B. W. Ritchie, P. Burns, C. Palmer. Tourism research methods: Integrating theory with practice, (191-210). CABI. (Available at the library as an Ebook).
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  • Stepchenkova, S. (2012). 23 Content analysis. In L. Dwyer, A. Gill, N. Seetaram. Handbook of research methods in tourism: Quantitative and qualitative approaches, (443-458). Elgar publishing. (Available at the library as an Ebook).
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Reference literature

  • Silverman, D. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research (2nd ed.). London: Sage.
    Book / Anthology
  • Sirakaya-Turk, E., Uyssal, M., Hammit, W., et al. (2011). Research methods for Leisure, Recreation and Tourism (1st ed.). CABI Publishing.
    Book / Anthology