The Impact of Social Capital on Residents’ Supportive Attitude to Tourism Development: The Mediation Role of Perception of Justice

Lantao Zhu, Xi Li and YingChuan Wang

SAGE Open, 2021, vol. 11, issue 3, 21582440211047591

Abstract: Based on social capital theory and fairness theory, the study proposes a residents’ supportive attitudes influencing model, with social capital as the antecedent variable, and the perception of justice as mediator. An empirical research was conducted on residents of three well-known island tourist destinations in Zhejiang Province, China, a total of 620 questionnaires were distributed in the three regions. The results of data analysis show that the perception of distributive justice and procedural justice is positively influenced by social capital; it has a positive impact on distributive fairness and residents’ support. Distributive justice has a positive impact on the supportive attitudes of residents. In addition, the mediation effect of distributive justice and procedural justice between social capital and the supportive attitude of residents has been supported. The theoretical contribution and practical value of this research have also been discussed.

Keywords: social capital; perception of justice; tourism community; tourism supportive attitude; island tourism destination; residents; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/21582440211047591

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