Michael Volgger
Senior Research Fellow
School of Marketing
Curtin University
Australia
Biography
"Dr. Michael Volgger, BSc, Mag., is Senior Research Fellow with the School of Marketing, Curtin Business School at Curtin University and Senior Research Affiliate at Eurac Research in Italy. He holds a doctoral degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt in Germany. Prior to joining Curtin University in 2017, he has been first a Research Fellow and then a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Regional Development at the European Academy Bozen/Bolzano in Italy. In addition, he has lectured and co-supervised master students at Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt in Germany and has been a Visiting Research Fellow at Curtin University. His main areas of expertise include tourism destination governance and location management, product development and innovation in tourism, inter-organisational cooperation and qualitative research. "
Research Interest
"Destination management/governance/leadership Innovation, product development and social change in tourism Sharing economy in tourism Inter-organizational and transnational collaboration in tourism Tourism and issues of regional development"
Publications
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Lun, L. M., H. Pechlaner, and M. Volgger. 2016. "Rural Tourism Development in Mountain Regions: Identifying Success Factors, Challenges and Potentials." Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism 17 (4): 389-411.
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Volgger, M., and H. Pechlaner. 2017. "Sehnsucht nach Zeit: Aufmerksamkeit als Reisemotiv?." In Die Gesellschaft auf Reisen – Eine Reise in die Gesellschaft Pechlaner, H., and M. Volgger., 69-69 Wiesbaden: Springer.
