[Workshop] CTR workshop series 2025 Session 3 “Process Theorizing in Tourism Management Research”
公開日 2025.06.25
The Center for Tourism Research (CTR), Wakayama University has held workshops for students and young researchers since 2022. This year's three sessions will be held in a hybrid format at Wakayama University and online.
In the third session, Dr. Ryutaro Yamakita, an Assistant Professor at CTR will demonstrate the academic and practical relevance of process theorizing and reflect on the theoretical contributions made by process research in the context of tourism management. He will also discuss future avenues for its application and development in this field.
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CTR workshop series for students and young researchers 2025
Session 3 “Process Theorizing in Tourism Management Research”
Overview
Process is defined as “a sequence of individual and collective events, actions, and activities unfolding over time in context” (Pettigrew, 1997, p. 338). In management studies, scholarly efforts aimed at understanding why and how particular organizational phenomena emerge, change (e.g., evolve, decline, or transform), and conclude are referred to as process research (Langley et al., 2013; Van de Ven & Huber, 1990). The focus on process is not new (see Mhor, 1982). However, to better elucidate phenomena that cannot be fully explained by theories focusing on relationships between variables (e.g., increasing X and Y leads to an increase in Z), growing attention has been paid in recent years to theory advancement that emphasizes processes (e.g., doing A followed by B results in C), an approach known as process theorizing (Cloutier & Langley, 2020; Demir & Lychnell, 2015; Garud et al., 2020). Responding to this call, this workshop demonstrates the academic and practical relevance of process theorizing, reflects on the theoretical contributions made by process research in the context of tourism management, and discusses future avenues for its application and development in this field
Date
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Time
4:30~5:30 PM (JST, GMT+9)
Venue
[Online] Zoom
[In Person] Room 107 (Conference room), Bldg. West.1, Wakayama University
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Speaker
Dr. Ryutaro Yamakita (Assistant Professor, Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University, Japan)
Ryutaro Yamakita is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University, Japan. He obtained his PhD in Human Kinetics (Sport Management) from the University of Ottawa in 2024. With expertise in event management and organizational theory, his current research focuses on why and how recurring events die, revive, and/or survive.
●Moderator：Prof. Kaede Sano (Director, Center for Tourism Research / Faculty of Tourism, Wakayama University, Japan)
Registration
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Wakayama University
Sakaedani 930, Wakayama-city 640-8510, JAPAN
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