| Business School |
| David Bowen |
| Head of M Res and Doctoral Programmes |
David Bowen gained his first degree in geography from the University of Oxford. His interest in further academy study - and especially of tourism - started whilst organising walking tours and acting as curator of the Lewis Glacier on Mt. Kenya. Subsequently, he studied for a Masters degree at Surrey University and, after joining Oxford Brookes University, completed a PhD entitled ‘Consumer Satisfaction on Long-Haul Tours'.
David is currently the Head of the Doctoral programme and the Masters programme in Research Methods - on which he lectures on the module Research Philosophy and Practice. He contributes to the MSc. programme in International Tourism Management through leadership or support on various modules, such as Tourist Consumer Behaviour, Tourism Marketing and Tourism Contemporary Issues. David has also lectured on a full range of undergraduate modules and acted as Field Chair for the undergraduate tourism courses over two periods, 1992-1996 and 1999-2004.
David Bowen's interests focus on tourist consumer behaviour (especially tourist satisfaction) and research methods (especially participant observation). He has recently published on these and other topics in Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, Journal of Travel Research, Journal of Vacation Marketing and the International Journal of Tourism Research.
Bowen, D. (2008) 'Consumer thoughts, actions and feelings from within the service experience', The Services Industry Journal, vol. 28, no. 9-10, pp. 1513-28, November, ISSN 0264-2069.
Bowen, D. and Schouten, A. (2008) 'Tourist satisfaction and beyond: Tourist migrants in Mallorca', International Journal of Tourism Research, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 141-153, March, ISSN 1099-2340.
Altinay, L. and Bowen, D. (2006) 'Politics and tourism interface: The case of Cyprus', Annals of Tourism Research, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 939-956, October, ISSN 0160-7383.
Hemmington, N., Bowen, D., Paraskevas, A. and Wickens, E. (2005) 'Satisfying the basics: reflections from a consumer perspective of attractions management at the Millennium Dome, London', International Journal of Tourism Research, vol. 7, no. , pp. 1-18, January, ISSN 1099-2340.
Michels, N. and Bowen, D. (2005) 'The relevance of retail loyalty, strategy and practice for leisure and tourism', Journal of Vacation Marketing, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 5-19, January, ISSN 1356-7667.
Baxter, E. and Bowen, D. (2004) 'Anatomy of tourism crisis: explaining the effects on tourism of the UK foot and mouth disease epidemics of 1967-8 and 2001 with special reference to media portrayal', International Journal of Tourism Research, vol. 6, no. , pp. 263-273, January, ISSN 1099-2340.
Bowen, D. and Clarke, J. (2002) 'Reflections on tourist satisfaction research: past, present and future', Journal of Vacation Marketing, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 297-308, September, ISSN 1356-7667.
Bowen, D. (2002) 'Research through participant observation: a creative solution to the measurement of consumer satisfaction/dissatisfaction among tourists', Journal of Travel Research, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 4-14, August, ISSN 0047-2875.
Bowen, D. (2001) 'Antecedents of consumer satisfaction and dis-satisfaction on long-haul inclusive tours - a reality check on theoretical considerations', Tourism Management, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 49-61, August, ISSN 0261-5177.
Bowen, D. (2001) 'Research on tourist satisfaction and dissatisfaction: overcoming the limitations of a positivist and quantitative approach', Journal of Vacation Marketing, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 31-40, January, ISSN 1356-7667.
Bowen, D. and Clarke, J. (2009) 'Contemporary tourist behaviour: yourself and others as tourists.', , CABI Publishing: Wallingford, ISBN 9781845935207.
Bowen, D. (2009) 'Backpacker Tourism: Concepts and Profiles', by Hannam, K. and , in Tourism Management, vol. 30, no. , pp. 310-311, January, ISSN 0261-5177.
Bowen, D. and Clarke, J. (2009) 'Contemporary Tourist Behaviour', CABI Publishing: Wallingford, ISBN 13:978 1 84593 520 7.
Bowen, D. (2008) 'China's Outbound Tourism', by Arlt, W. G., in Tourism Management, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 824-826, August, ISSN 0261-5177.
Bowen, D. (2007) 'Taking Tourism to the limits: issues, concepts and managerial perspectives', in Ryan, C., Page, S. and Aicken, M., ed. ', , Tourism Management, pp. 637-639, Elsevier Science, Oxford: : , ISSN 0261-5177.
Bowen, D. (2007) 'Tourism behaviour: Travellers decisions and actions', in March, R. and Woodside, A., ed. ', , Tourism Management, pp. 922-923, Elsevier Science, Oxford: : , ISSN 0261-5177.
Bowen, D. (2003) 'Inside the wave - beyond conventional tourist research'. Paper presented at the Riding the Wave of Tourism and Hospitality Research Conference, Southern Cross University, NSW, Australia, February.