Corporate social responsibility in tourism: The case of Zoomarine Algarve

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Autor(a) principal: Contreiras, Joaquim Pinto
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Machado, Virgílio, Duarte, Ana Patricia
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/844
Resumo: This study had a threefold purpose. First, it sought to examine the opinion of three important stakeholders – employees, visitors and members of the local community – about the corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices of the theme park, Zoomarine Algarve. Second, this study evaluated the perceptions of the public regarding the impact of the company’s activities on regional development and environmental awareness. Last, the study sought to understand if stakeholders’ opinions regarding this company’s engagement in CSR practices are related to the impacts attributed to Zoomarine Algarve’s regular functions. The methodology comprised quantitative research based on a survey administered to convenience samples of the target groups (n = 405). The results reveal that stakeholders have an extremely positive view of the theme park’s engagement in CSR practices and feel that it contributes significantly to regional development, as well as to raising the environmental awareness of visitors and local communities. The findings also show that perceptions of CSR engagement are positively related with perceived impacts. 
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title Corporate social responsibility in tourism: The case of Zoomarine Algarve
spellingShingle Corporate social responsibility in tourism: The case of Zoomarine Algarve
Contreiras, Joaquim Pinto
Corporate social responsibility
sustainability
tourism
theme park
stakeholders
title_short Corporate social responsibility in tourism: The case of Zoomarine Algarve
title_full Corporate social responsibility in tourism: The case of Zoomarine Algarve
title_fullStr Corporate social responsibility in tourism: The case of Zoomarine Algarve
title_full_unstemmed Corporate social responsibility in tourism: The case of Zoomarine Algarve
title_sort Corporate social responsibility in tourism: The case of Zoomarine Algarve
author Contreiras, Joaquim Pinto
author_facet Contreiras, Joaquim Pinto
Machado, Virgílio
Duarte, Ana Patricia
author_role author
author2 Machado, Virgílio
Duarte, Ana Patricia
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Contreiras, Joaquim Pinto
Machado, Virgílio
Duarte, Ana Patricia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Corporate social responsibility
sustainability
tourism
theme park
stakeholders
topic Corporate social responsibility
sustainability
tourism
theme park
stakeholders
description This study had a threefold purpose. First, it sought to examine the opinion of three important stakeholders – employees, visitors and members of the local community – about the corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices of the theme park, Zoomarine Algarve. Second, this study evaluated the perceptions of the public regarding the impact of the company’s activities on regional development and environmental awareness. Last, the study sought to understand if stakeholders’ opinions regarding this company’s engagement in CSR practices are related to the impacts attributed to Zoomarine Algarve’s regular functions. The methodology comprised quantitative research based on a survey administered to convenience samples of the target groups (n = 405). The results reveal that stakeholders have an extremely positive view of the theme park’s engagement in CSR practices and feel that it contributes significantly to regional development, as well as to raising the environmental awareness of visitors and local communities. The findings also show that perceptions of CSR engagement are positively related with perceived impacts. 
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