Nancy Gard McGehee

Virginia Tech — United States

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

37h-index6.9kcitations101works4.22yr avg
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Research Topics

Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research(53), Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development(45), Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management(13), Hospitality and Tourism Education(11), Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering(10)

Publications101 total

Which message resonates with you? Unveiling effective framing strategies for regenerative tourism
Tourism Management·2025Open Access
Destination Marketing Organization Legitimacy Scale
PsycTESTS Dataset·2025
Online Allies? Exploring Black Travelers’ Perceptions of DMO Social Advocacy Statements
Journal of Travel Research·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
The road to success: Tourism social entrepreneurs' quest for regenerative tourism
Annals of Tourism Research·2024· 24 citedOpen Access
Social Capital
2024
Volunteer Tourism
2024
Representation Matters: Measuring Black Travelers’ Legitimacy Judgments of DMOs
Journal of Travel Research·2023· 4 cited
Volunteer Tourism
2023
Social Capital in Tourism
2023
Black travel through the lens of legitimacy
Annals of Tourism Research·2022· 13 cited
Community cultural development: Exploring the connections between collective art making, capacity building and sustainable community-based tourism
Annals of Tourism Research·2022· 92 cited
Transformative travel and external activism: framing external activism outcomes within the travelers’ discourse of perceived transformation
Journal of Sustainable Tourism·2022· 12 cited
Breaking barriers for Bangladeshi female solo travelers
Tourism Management Perspectives·2021· 41 citedOpen Access
Transformative tourism: Tourists' drawings, symbols, and narratives of change
Annals of Tourism Research·2021· 89 cited
Drawings as a way of expressing transformation after a trip
Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)·2021Open Access
Transformative Travel Experience Scale
PsycTESTS Dataset·2021
Factors Influencing Exhibitor Satisfaction and Loyalty: A Meta-Analysis on the Chinese Exhibition Market
Sustainability·2020· 15 citedOpen Access
Developing and Testing the Transformative Travel Experience Scale (TTES)
Journal of Travel Research·2020· 81 cited
We’re All in This Together: Understanding How Tourism Advocates Build Relationships across the Tourism Industry
Journal of Travel Research·2020· 8 cited
Transformative tourism organizations and glocalization
Annals of Tourism Research·2019· 99 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

B. Bynum Boley(6), William C. Norman(5), Whitney Knollenberg(5), Joelle Soulard(5), Carol Kline(5), Kathleen L. Andereck(4), Richard R. Perdue(4), Jeffrey C. Hallo(4), Cari Goetcheus(4), John McGee(4), Laurie Murphy(3), Gianna Moscardo(3), Elena Konovalov(3), J. Adam Beeco(2), Andrea Schurmann(2), Yueying Xu(2), David Clemmons(2), Marc J. Stern(2), Wei‐Jue Huang(2), Fang Meng(2)