A review of empirical research on interorganizational relations in tourism

Deodat Mwesiumo and Nigel Halpern

Current Issues in Tourism, 2019, vol. 22, issue 4, 428-455

Abstract: During the last few decades, a growing body of literature has been produced on various aspects of interorganizational relations (IOR) in tourism. This paper provides a review of that literature. The findings are based on a review of 269 empirical papers published in 37 tourism journals between 1989 and the first quarter of 2017. The review identifies six main research themes relating to relationship formation, structure and activities, governance, maintenance, outcomes, and evolution. Based on the insights from this review, an organizing framework for research on IOR in tourism is developed and four opportunities for advancing research on IOR in tourism are proposed relating to the pursuit of causal inference, supply networks as a unit of analysis, quantifying outcomes of IOR in tourism, and addressing marginalized topics.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2017.1390554

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