AuthorEleni Sardianou (esardianou@hua.gr), Ioannis Kostakis, R. Mitoula, V. Gkaragkani, E. Lalioti and E. Theodoropoulou Additional contact informationEnvironment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2016, vol. 18, issue 3, 857-879
Abstract: Abstract This study’s aim is mainly to provide insights into the factors that affect sustainable tourism entrepreneurs’ behavioural intentions, employing data from Greece. Given that intention is a powerful predictor of actual behaviour, to stimulate sustainable entrepreneurial activity in the tourism sector and achieve sustainable development, it is important to study the factors that affect entrepreneur’s behavioural intentions towards sustainability. Findings through this empirical analysis support that entrepreneur’s demographics parameters and firm characteristics have distinctive effects in explaining respondents’ behaviour towards sustainable entrepreneurship and acknowledgement of sustainability options of a community. In particular, results suggest that younger entrepreneurs are probably more informed about the potential of the sustainability for the regions and are more likely to favour sustainable tourism practices. Entrepreneur’s income is also a statistical significant parameter towards sustainable entrepreneurship intentions within the tourism sector. Finally, entrepreneurs reported as important for the promotion of tourism sustainability the creation of knowledge networks and websites to focus on sustainable business and the promotion of environmental labels and certified management systems in tourism businesses.Keywords: Sustainable tourism development; Sustainable entrepreneurship; Demographics; Socio-economic factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)Date: 2016References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc Citations Track citations by RSS feedDownloads: (external link)http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10668-015-9681-7 Abstract (text/html) Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.Related works:This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/TextPersistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:endesu:v:18:y:2016:i:3:d:10.1007_s10668-015-9681-7Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered fromhttp://www.springer.com/economics/journal/10668Access Statistics for this articleEnvironment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development is currently edited by Luc HensMore articles in Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development from SpringerSeries data maintained by Sonal Shukla (sonal.shukla@springer.com).For further details log on website :http://econpapers.repec.org/article/sprendesu/v_3a18_3ay_3a2016_3ai_3a3_3ad_3a10.1007_5fs10668-015-9681-7.htm
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