Associate Professor Gayle Jennings

Dip Teaching, B Arts, B Arts (Modern Asian Studies), M Letters, PhD

Associate Professor, Griffith Business School

Contact details for Associate Professor Gayle Jennings

Research expertise

• Adventure tourism
• Impacts of tourism
• Marine and national park tourism
• Policy and planning
• Qualitative research
• Quality tourism experiences
• Research methodologies
• Rural tourism
• Special interest tourism
• Sport tourism
• Theoretical paradigms informing research processes
• Tourism and development studies
• Tourism education at the tertiary level

Current teaching areas

• Field Project
• Global Studies in Thematic Tourism
• Planning and Programming
• Queensland Tourism Product
• Research in Tourism
• Special project
• Sustainable Tourism Development
• Thematic Tourism
• Tourism in Asia and the Pacific Rim
• Tourism in the Asia Pacific
• Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Research Methods
• Tourism: Development, Practice and Impacts
• Understanding Leisure
• Understanding Tourism

Publications

Refereed journal articles

• McGehee, N.G., Kim, K. and Jennings, G.R. (In Press). Gender and motivation for agri-tourism entrepreneurship, Tourism Management.
• Jennings, G.R. (2005). Caught in the irons: one of the lived experiences of cruising women, Tourism Research International, 9(2), 177-193.
• Jennings, G.R. (2001) Do I or don't I teach them?. Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 35-52.
• Jennings, G.R. (2000) Educating students to be life long learners. Review of Business, Vol. 21, No.4, pp. 58-62.
• Jennings, G.R. and Stehlik, D. (2000) Agricultural women in Central Queensland and changing modes of production: a preliminary exploration of the issues. Rural Society, Vol. 10, No. 1. pp. 63-78.

Books

• Jennings, G.R. (Ed.) (Forthcoming) Waterbased Tourism, Sport, Leisure and Recreation, Burlington, MA: Elsevier.
• Jennings, G.R. and Nickerson, N. (Eds.) (2006) Quality Tourism Experiences, Burlington, MA: Elsevier.
• Jennings, G.R. (2001) Tourism Research, John Wiley, Brisbane.

Book chapters

• Jennings, G.R. and Junek, O. (Forthcoming) Grounded theory: innovative methodology or a critical turning from hegemonic methodological praxis in tourism studies? In I. Ateljevic, N. Morgan and A. Pritchard (Eds.). The Critical Turn in Tourism Studies: Innovative Research Methodologies. Elsevier: Advances in Tourism Research.
• Jennings, G.R. (Forthcoming) Water Based Tourism: Sports, Adventure and Recreation, in Jennings, G.R. (Ed.) Waterbased Tourism: Sports, Leisure and Recreation, London: Elsevier, Chapter One.
• Jennings, G.R. (Forthcoming) Sailing/Cruising: Tourism, Sport, Adventure, and Recreation in Jennings, G.R. (Ed.) Waterbased Tourism: Sports, Leisure and Recreation, London: Elsevier, Chapter Two.
• Jennings, G.R. (Forthcoming) Boating: Tourism, Sport, Adventure, and Recreation in Jennings, G.R. (Ed.) Waterbased Tourism: Sports, Leisure and Recreation, London: Elsevier, Chapter Three.
• Jennings, G.R. (Forthcoming) Sustainability of Tourism: Sport, Adventure and Recreation in Water Based Environments in Jennings, G.R. (Ed.) Waterbased Tourism: Sports, Leisure and Recreation, London: Elsevier, Chapter Twelve.
• Schaper, M, Carlsen, J and Jennings, G.R. (Forthcoming). Reflections on Researching Indigenous enterprises, in Buutljens, J. Issues in Sustainability: Indigenous Tourism Case Studies.
• Jennings, G.R. (2006) Quality Tourism Experiences – An Introduction, in Jennings, G.R. and Nickerson, N (Eds.) Quality Tourism Experiences, Burlington, MA: Elsevier, Chapter One. pp. 1-21.
• Jennings, G.R. and Weiler, B. (2006) Brokering – Toward Quality Tourism Experiences, in Jennings, G.R. and Nickerson, N (Eds.) Quality Tourism Experiences, Burlington, MA: Elsevier, Chapter Four, pp. 57-78.
• Jennings, G.R. (2005) Interviewing – A Focus on Qualitative Techniques, in Ritchie, BW, Burns, P and C. Palmer (Eds.) Tourism Research Methods: Integrating Theory and Practice, London: CAB International Tourism/Leisure Series, Chapter Nine.
• Jennings, G.R. (2005) Business Research, Examples of Theoretical Paradigms that Inform, Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
• Jennings, G.R. (2005) Business, Examples of Social Science Methods, Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
• Jennings, G.R. (2002) Marine tourism in Hudson, S. (Ed.). Sport and Adventure Tourism. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, Chapter Six.

Refereed proceedings

• Jennings, G.R. and Beeton, S. (2006). From centre to margins and margins to centre: Natural disasters, positionality shifts, tourist experiences. New Frontiers in Global Tourism: Trends and Competitive Challenges, 37th Annual Travel and Tourism.
• Lee, Y-S. and Jennings, G.R. (2006). Social and political constructions of 'tourists', their 'gaze/s' and tourism development: A comparison of South Korea and China. New Frontiers in Global Tourism: Trends and Competitive Challenges, 37th Annual Travel and Tourism.
• Jennings, G.R. (2005) Advances in tourism research: Theoretical paradigms and accountability, Theoretical Advances in Tourism Economics, Evora, Portugal, March 15-19, 2005. Invited refereed paper and sponsored speaker.
• Jennings, G.R. (2000) In search of the authentic travel experience: long term ocean cruisers and their quest for authenticity: real and hyper-real sites and sights. Sociological Sites and Sights, The Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference, Flinders University, December.
• Stehlik, D. and Jennings, G.R. (2000) Challenging the public/private divide: liminal spaces and changing landscapes. Sociological Sites and Sights, The Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference, Flinders University, December 2000.

Non-refereed conference publications

• Jennings, G.R. and Beeton, S. (2006). At the intersection of chaos: Discourses of power and politics associated with catastrophic natural disasters, urban precincts and tourism experiences. To the city and beyond, CAUTHE 2006 Annual conference, Melbourne, Australia, 6-9 February.
• Jennings, G.R. (2003) Tourism research: Theoretical paradigms and accountability. Targeted Research: The gateway to accountability: TTRA 34th Annual Conference Proceedings [CD Rom], June 15-18, St Louis, Missouri.
• Jennings, G.R. (2001) Pictures in our albums and the realization of extended independent travel experiences.' 2001 International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators Annual Conference Proceedings.
• Jennings, G.R. and Seiler, V. (2001) Authenticity – whats on offer: perspectives of potential Hawaiian tourism experiences on and from Oahu. 2001 International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators Annual Conference Proceedings.
• Jennings, G.R. (2001) Flow: Having the right skills for the challenge. 2001: a tourism odyssey: TTRA 32nd Annual Conference Proceedings, June 10-13.
• Jennings, G.R. and Stehlik, D. (2001) Mediated authenticity: the perspectives of farm tourism providers. 2001: a tourism odyssey: TTRA 32nd Annual Conference Proceedings, June 10-13, Best Paper Award of Conference.
• Jennings, G.R. (2000) Do I or don't I teach them – the pedagogical challenges of educating tourism students in English when English is not their first language. 2001 International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators Annual Conference Proceedings, Tampa, Florida.
• Jennings, G.R. and Seiler, V. (2000) Organizational change - if there is a problem then change your point of view. Poster paper in 2000 International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators Annual Conference Proceedings, Tampa, Florida.
• Jennings, G.R. (2000) Appreciative inquiry: an alternative to action research for managing organizational change in the tourism industry. Poster paper in Lights, Camera, Action: Spotlight on Tourism in the New Millennium, 31st Annual Conference Proceedings of the Travel and Tourism Research Association, San Fernando Valley, California, June 11-14.

Editorship of conference proceedings

• Jennings, G.R. and Beeton, S. (2006) Travel and Tourism Research Association, TTRA, 37th Annual Conference Proceedings, Dublin, Ireland, 18-20 June.
• Jennings, G.R. (Ed.) (2003) Collection of International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators Annual Conference Proceedings, Volumes I-XV (1989-2003) [CD Rom], ISTTE.
• Jennings, G.R. (Ed.) (2004) 2004 International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators Annual Conference Proceedings [CD Rom], Volume XV, Hong Kong, 26-28 September.
• Jennings, G.R. (Ed.) (2003) 2003 International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators Annual Conference Proceedings [CD Rom], Volume XV, Providence, RI, 15-18 October.
• Jennings, G.R. (Ed.) (2002) 2002 International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators Annual Conference Proceedings [CD Rom], Volume XIV, Salt Lake City, 10-13 October.

Government reports

• Stehlik, D., Jennings, G.R., and Dwyer, L. (2005) The socio-economic impacts of defence activities in Central Queensland. Australian Department of Defence.

International conference panels and workshops

• Jennings, G.R. (2005). Impact of External Events on Tourism Results and Rewards. Travel and Tourism Research Association 36th Annual Conference, New Orleans, USA, June 10-15. Panel session organiser.
• Jennings, G.R. and Nickerson, N. (2004). Perspectives on Quality Tourism Experiences. Measuring Experiences, Travel and Tourism Research Association 35th Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada, June 21-23. Panel session organiser and moderator.
• Jennings, G.R. and Beeton, S. (2004). International Perspectives and Measurement of Travel and Tourism Experiences. Measuring Experiences, Travel and Tourism Research Association 35th Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada, June 21-23. Panel session co-organiser and moderator.
• Jennings, G.R. and Beeton, S. (2003) International Destinations, Gateways to Understanding. Moderator: Gayle Jennings. Targeted Research: The gateway to accountability, Travel and Tourism Research Association 34th Annual Conference, June 15-18 St Louis, Missouri. Panel session co-organiser.

Recent research grants

• 2002 – 2004: Stehlik, D, Jennings, G.R. and Dwyer, L. (2002-4) The socio-economic impacts of defence activities in Central Queensland. Australian Department of Defence. AUD $84,000