"To go or not to go?": business travel decision with the risk of COVID-19. Issue 8 (3rd August 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lin, Eliver; Law, Colin; Tan, Seck
• Is Part Of: Asia Pacific journal of tourism research. Volume 27:Issue 8(2022)
• Page Start: 823
• Page End: 841
• Publication Date: 2022-08-03
• Subjects: Business travel decision -- COVID-19 -- international air travel -- situational factors -- overseas business travel -- Corporate decision; Tourism -- Asia -- Periodicals; Tourism -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; 338.4791504429
• DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2022.2131443
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1094-1665

Abstract

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 have led companies and organizations to carefully decide overseas business travel after borders reopen. This study aims to develop a theory to guide a structural analysis of the situational factors that companies and organizations would consider in overseas business travel decisions and how to measure these factors. A qualitative research approach was adopted. Bunn's situational characteristics were used as the starting point to guide the study. The findings suggest that the decision results from a struggle between carry-on and hold-back forces, which were affected by two and six situational factors respectively. Their measuring dimensions and ten propositions are suggested.