Coghlan, A., & Pearce, P. (2010). Tracking affective components of satisfaction. Tourism and
One doctoral study research student and a professor at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia undertook to answer questions about links between what motivates tourists in their activities, by tracking affective components of satisfaction. The study selects a number of tourists on dynamic volunteer tourism expeditions. The methodology used was participant long form entry in a diary written communication and analyzed in the group and individual settings. The researchers tried to look for patterns in general levels of satisfactions and how this changed over time, and linked to personality characteristics and daily activity. The study concluded that satisfaction levels do not always ...
