Tourism Research Networks: grouping, characteristics and scientific production

• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Juliana Niehues Gonçalves de
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Silva, Priscilla Teixeira da, Oliveira, Thayele, Sohn, Ana Paula Lisboa, Arnhold Junior , Marcos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Marketing & Tourism Review
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.face.ufmg.br/index.php/mtr/article/view/8216
• topic: Tourism, Research Groups, Postgraduate, Scientific Production, Tourism Research; Turismo, Grupos de Pesquisa, Pós-graduação, Produção Científica, Pesquisa em Turismo; Turismo, Grupos de investigación, Estudios de posgrado, Producción científica, Investigación turística

This study aims to analyze the performance of research groups linked to Graduate Programs in Tourism. Specifically, it is intended to: identify the scenario of research groups in tourism in Brazil; and understand the configuration of tourism research groups. For this, four research groups were selected, two Brazilians and two foreigners: Tourism, Marketing and Competitiveness (Brazil); Tourism Planning and Management (Brazil); Gender, Entrepreneurship and Social Policy Institute (UK); and Sustainable Planning and Management of Tourism (Spain). This is an exploratory and descriptive research with a qualitative approach. For data collection, bibliographical and documentary research was carried out. It was chosen to work with a secondary source of data, based on information available in the Directory of Research Groups in Brazil, websites of research groups and ResearchGate and CNPq platforms. 44 tourism research groups were found in Brazil, linked to PPGs in the field of Tourism and 133 lines of research. The results point to growth and consolidation of the groups, with 2019 and 2020 being the years with the highest number of registrations, in addition to longevity with the performance of 4 groups for more than 20 years. In relation to the studied groups, differences can be noticed in relation to the number of lines of research, number and category of members, established partnerships and production of the leaders. The results of this study help to understand the conjuncture of the creation, performance and consolidation of research groups in tourism, recognizing them as sources of knowledge of great relevance for tourism.