Dr. B. Bynum Boley

Magnini, V., Rumbaugh, E., Quendler, E., & Boley, B. (Accepted) State of Incentivizing Property-Level Environmental Sustainability in the U.S. Hotel Industry. International Journal of Hospitality Management. Accepted on January 9, 2025.

Van Buskirk*, A., Boley, B., Killmaster, C., Johannsen, K., & D’Angelo, G. (Accepted). Drivers of Hunter Satisfaction and Compliance with Mandatory Harvest Reporting. Wildlife Biology. Accepted on November 13, 2024.

Van Buskirk*, A., Boley, B., Killmaster, C., Johannsen, K., & D’Angelo, G. (Accepted). White-Tailed Deer Hunters’ Perceptions of Harvest Reporting Systems: An Importance-Performance Analysis. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. Accepted on December 7, 2024.

Boehne^*, S., Boley, B., Van Buskirk, A., Goode, K., Killmaster, C., Johannsen, K., & D’Angelo, G. (Published Online). Strengthening Urban Deer Management with Structured Decision Making. Wildlife Biology. https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wlb3.01370 

Rahman^*, S., & Boley, B. (Published Online) What Does Personality Tell Us about Travellers’ Social Media Use, Social Return and Travel Intentions? (Research Note) Current Issues in Tourism. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2024.2364771 

Perren^*, C., Boley, B., White, E., Green, G., & Woosnam, K. (Published Online). Connecting the dots between Protected Area Management and Resident Support for Tourism: A Case Study of the Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County, North Carolina. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09669582.2024.2349904

 Smith^*, K, R. Faust, Boley, B.B, D'Angelo, G.J. (2025). Application of Self-Determination Theory to Wildlife Disease Risk Communication. Society & Natural Resources. 38(1), 19-35.

Smith^*, K, Boehne^*, S., Boley, B.B, DeAngelo, GJ D'Angelo. (2024) Ecological Dominance Orientation as a distal predictor of Wildlife Value Orientations and Support for Lethal Wildlife Management. Environment & Behavior. 56(1-2), 94-119.

Fowler, B^*, Green, G., & Boley, B. (2024). Integrating Importance Performance Analysis into Transboundary Natural Resource Management of Water Trails: Case Study at the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area & Water Trail. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. 47, 100800: 1-11

Santos^*, E., Pereira, L., Pinto, P., Boley, B., Ribeiro, M. (2024). Imperialism, Empowerment, and Support for Sustainable Tourism: Can residents become empowered through tourism in an imperialistic tourism development model? Tourism Management Perspectives. 53, 101270

Rojas^*, C. Boley, B., Mach, L., & Abrams, J.  (2024). Expanding Protected Areas: A Case for Repairing Intergenerational Social Capital Rather than Taking the Path of Least Resistance. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 32(10), 2098-2117

Yeager, E., Boley, B., & Woosnam. Non-Hosting Residents’ Emotional Solidarity with Peer-to-Peer Accommodation Hosts. (2024) Current Issues in Tourism. 27(17), 2703-2708.

Van Buskirk*, A., Boley, B., Killmaster, C., Johannsen, K., & D’Angelo, G. (2024). Does Survey Branding Matter for Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Research? A case study of university- and government-branded surveys (Research Note). Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 24(4), 446-545.

Boley, B., Woosnam, K.. & Jordan, E. (2024). Animosity, Social Return, and Intent to Travel. Journal of Travel Research. 63(7), 1657-1670.

Boehne^*, S., D’Angelo, G., Van Buskirk, A., Goode, K., Killmaster, C., Johannsen, K., & Boley, B. (2024). Urban Deer Management Status within the United States: A Synthesis of State Wildlife Agencies’ Urban Deer Management Resources. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 11, p. 59-66.

Russell^*, Z., & Boley, B. (2024) What would you sacrifice for the 'gram? Developing and testing the Social Media Sacrifice Scale (SMSS). Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing. 41(5), p. 689-704.

Santos^*, E., Pereira, L., Pinto, P., & Boley, B. (2024). Development and validation of the new Resident Empowerment through Tourism Scale: RETS 2.0. Tourism Management. 104(October), 104915. 

Huang, T., Jordan, J., Boley, B., Woosnam, K., Xiao, X., Maruyama, N., & Rojas, C (2024). Rebuilding international tourism: Using Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions to Identify Markets with Lower Pandemic-Related Travel Risks. Journal of Destination Marketing and Management. 31(March), 100855.

Perren^*, C., Boley, B., Green, G., & White, E. (2023). Fad or Renaissance? Motivational and demographic characteristics of USDA Forest Service recreationists during and after the pandemic. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. 44 (100700), 1-11

Li, Xiangping, Boley, B., & Yang, F. (2023). Resident Empowerment and Support for Gaming Tourism: Comparisons of Resident Attitudes Pre- and Amid-COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research. 47(8),1503-1529.

Boley, B., & Jordan, E. (2023). Leveraging IPA Gap Scores to Predict Intent to Travel (Research Note). Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management. 57, 97-101.

Boley, B., Jordan, E., Woosnam, K., Maruyama, N., Xiao, X., & Rojas, C^*. (2023). Buttressing Social Return’s Influence on Travel Behaviour. Current Issues in Tourism. 26(17), 2829-2844.

Van Buskirk^*, A., Boley, B., Killmaster, C., Johannsen, K., & D’Angelo, G. (2023). Drivers of Support for Citizen Science across State Wildlife Management Agencies in the United States. Conservation Biology. 37(3), 1-15.

Karimi, A., & Boley, B. (2023). Service quality assessments of cultural heritage sites by residents and tourists: Application of four complementary IPA techniques. Tourism Planning and Development. 20(4), 541-565.

Pruitt^*, H., Boley, B., D’Angelo, & McConnell, M. (2023). Deer management cooperative members’ likelihood of engaging in conservation initiatives: an importance-likelihood analysis. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 28(5), 397-416

Pruitt^*, H., Boley, B., D’Angelo, & McConnell, M. (2023). Impact of Deer Management Cooperative Implementation on White-tailed Deer Harvest Behaviors. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 47:e1409

Strzelecka, M., Prince, S., & Boley, B. (2023). Resident Connection to Nature and Attitudes Towards Tourism: Findings from three different nature-based tourism destinations in Poland. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 31(3), 664-687.

Adloo^*, S., Green, G., & Boley, B. (2023). Measuring 'Iconicism" through the Iconic Species Scale. Society and Natural Resources. 36(1), 1-19.

Yeager^*, E., Boley, B., & Goetcheus, C. (2023). Conceptualizing peer-to-peer accommodations as disruptions in the urban tourism system. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 31(2), 504-519.

Russell^*, Z., Boley, B., Woosnam, K, & Campbell, W.K. (2022). Motivations Behind Posting Travel Pictures for Status: Developing and Testing the Conspicuous Consumption Posting Scale (CCPS). Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing. 39(6), 555-569.

Boley, B., Russell, Z.^*, & Woosnam, K. (2022). Functional and Self-Congruity’s Influence on Lodging Choice: A Comparison of Franchise and Independent Accommodations. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 50, 318-326.

Li, Xiangping, Boley, B., & Yang, F. (2022).Empowerment and its divergent influence over mass and alternative tourism: Lessons from Macao where gaming meets cultural heritage. International Journal of Tourism Research, 24(6), 786-799.

Kline, C., Knollenberg, W., Boley, B., & Jordan, E. (2022). Personal factors influencing US Travelers’ sentiments toward travel policies to Cuba. Journal of Tourism Insights, 12(1), Art. 9. https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/jti/vol12/iss1/9/

Woosnam, K., Alector, M.A., Denley, T.^*, Hehir, C., & Boley, B. (2022) Psychological antecedents of last chance tourism engagement: Considering complementary theories. Journal of Travel Research, 61(6), 1342-1357.

Beall*, J. & Boley, B. (2022). An Ecotourist by Whose Standards? Developing and Testing the Ecotourist Identification Scale (EIS). Journal of Ecotourism. 21(2), 99-120.

Boley, B., Strzelecka, M., Yeager*, E., Ribeiro, M., Aleshinloye, K., Woosnam, K., & Mimbs, B. (2021). Measuring Place Attachment with The Abbreviated Place Attachment Scale (APAS). Journal of Environmental Psychology, 74  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101577 

Rosenberger^*, J.P., Boley, B.B., Edge, A.C., Yates, C.J., Miller, K.V., Osborn, D., Killmaster, C.H., Johannsen, K.L., & D’Angelo, G.J. (2021). Satisfaction of public land hunters during long-term deer population decline. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 45(4), 608-617.

Aleshinloye, K., Woosnam, K., Erul, E., Suess, C., Kong, I., & Boley, B. (2021). Which construct is better at explaining residents’ involvement in tourism; emotional solidarity or empowerment?. Current Issues in Tourism. 24(23), 3372-3386.

Yeager*, E., Boley, B., Welch-Divine, M., & Goetcheus, G. (2021). Peer-to-peer accommodation hosts: An identity framework. Journal of Qualitative Research in Tourism. 2(1), 20-41.

Beall^*, J., Boley, B., Landon, A., & Woosnam, K.M. (2021) What drives ecotourism: environmental values or symbolic conspicuous consumption? Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 29(8), 1215-1234.

TenHarmsel*, H., Boley, B., Irwin, B., & Jennings, C. (2021). Perceived constraints and negotiations to trout fishing in Georgia based on angler specialization level. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 41(1), 115-129.

Pruitt^*, H., Boley, B., D’Angelo, G., & McConnell, M. (2021). Importance – Satisfaction Analysis of deer management cooperative members. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 45(1), 85-96.

Boley, B. Jordan, J., & Woosnam, M. (2021). Reversed polarity items in tourism scales: Best practice or dimensional pitfall? Current Issues in Tourism, 24(4), 466-478.

Boley, B., & Woosnam, K. (2021). Going Global or Going Local? Why Travelers Choose Franchise and Independent Accommodations. Journal of Travel Research, 60(2), 354-369. 

Knollenberg, W., Kline, C., Jordan, E., & Boley, B. (2020). Will US Travelers be Good Guests to Cuba? Examining US traveler segments’ sustainable behavior and interest in visiting Cuba. Journal of Destination Marketing and Management. 18(December), 100505, 1-11.

Mimbs^*, B.P., Boley, B.B., Bowker, J.M., Woosnam, K.M., & Green, G.T. (2020). Importance-performance analysis of residents and tourists' preferences for water-based recreation in the Southeastern United States. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. 31(100324), p. 1-11 

Denley^*, T., Woosnam, K., Riberio, M.A., Boley, B., Hehir, C., & Abrams, J. (2020). Individuals’ intentions to engage in last chance tourism: Applying the value-belief-norm model. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 28(11), 1860-1881.

Yeager^*, E., Boley, B. Woosnam, K. & Green, G. (2020). Modeling Residents’ Attitudes towards Short-Term Vacation Rentals. Journal of Travel Research, 59(6), 955-974.

Dongoh, J., Woosnam, K. Strzelecka, M., & Boley, B. (2020). Knowledge, empowerment, and action: Testing the empowerment theory in a tourism context. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 28(1), 69-85.

TenHarmsel^*, H., Boley, B., Irwin, B., & Jennings, C. (2019). An Importance-Satisfaction Analysis of Trout License Holders in Georgia. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 39: 1227-1241.

Keith^*, S., & Boley, B. (2019). Importance-Performance Analysis of Resident Urban Greenway Users: Findings from Three Atlanta BeltLine Neighborhoods. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 44.

Boley, B. Strzelecka, M., & Woosnam, K. (2018).  Resident perceptions of the economic benefits of tourism: Towards a Common Measure. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, 42(8), 1295-1314. 

Palardy[1], N., Boley, B., & Johnson-Gaither, C. (2018). Resident support for urban greenways across diverse neighborhoods: Comparing two Atlanta's BeltLine segments. Landscape and Urban Planning, 180 (December), 223-233.

Jordan, E., Boley, B., Knollenberg, W., & Kline, C. (2018). Predictors of intention to travel to Cuba across three time horizons: An application of the theory of planned behavior. Journal of Travel Research, 57(7), 981-993.

Soulard, J., Knollenberg, W., Boley, B., Perdue, R., & McGehee, N. (2018). Social capital and destination strategic planning. Tourism Management. 69, 189-200.

Boley, B., Jordan, E., Kline, C., & Knollenberg, W. (2018). Social Return and Intent to Travel. Tourism Management. 64, 119-128.

Landon, A., Woosnam, K., & Boley, B. (2018). Modeling the psychological antecedents to tourists’ pro-sustainable behaviors: An application of the value-belief norm model. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 26(6), 957-972. 

Moran^**, C., Boley, B., Woosnam, K. Jordan, E., Kline, C., Knollenberg, W. (2018). The battle of the socials: Which socially symbolic factors best predict intent to travel? Tourism Management, 68, 324-327. [Research Note].

Woosnam, K., Maruyama, M., Boley, B., & Erul, E. (2018). Stereotypes and perceived solidarity in ethnic enclave tourism. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 16(2), 138-154.

Fulmer^*, A., Boley, B., & Green, G. (2018) Can You Hear Me Now? Using Importance-Performance Analysis to Gauge US Forest Service Employee Satisfaction with Handheld Radios. Journal of Forestry, 116(2), 133-142.

Boley, B., Strzelecka, M., & Watson^*, A. (2018). Place Distinctiveness, Psychological Empowerment, and Support for Tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 70, 137-139 [Research Note].

Palardy^*, N., Boley, B., & Johnson-Gaither, C. (2018). Residents and Urban Trails: Modeling Support for the Atlanta Beltline. Landscape and Urban Planning. 169, 250-259.

Weber**, S., Boley, B., Palardy^*, N., & Johnson-Gaither, C. (2017). The impact of urban greenways on residential concerns: Findings from the Atlanta Beltline Trail. Landscape and Urban Planning, 167, 147-156.

Strzelecka, M., Boley, B., & Woosnam, K. (2017).  Place attachment and empowerment: Do residents need to be attached to be empowered? Annals of Tourism Research, 66, 61-73.

Boley, B. Ayscue^*, E., Maruyama, N., & Woosnam, K. (2017). Gender and empowerment: Assessing Discrepancies using the Resident Empowerment through Tourism Scale. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 25(1), 113-129.

Maruyama, N., Woosnam, K., & Boley, B. (2017). Who is ethnic neighborhood tourism for anyway? Considering perspectives of the dominant cultural group. International Journal of Tourism Research. 19(6), 727-735. 

Strzelecka, M., Boley, B., & Strzelecka, C. (2017). Empowerment and resident support for tourism in rural Central and Eastern Europe (CEE): The case of Pomerania, Poland. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 25(4), 554-572.

Maruyama, N., Woosnam, K., & Boley, B. (2017). Resident Attitudes toward Ethnic Neighborhood Tourism (ENT): Perspectives of ethnicity and empowerment. Tourism Geographies, 19(2), 265-286.

Boley, B., McGehee, N., & Hammet, A.L. (2017). Importance-performance analysis (IPA) of sustainable tourism initiatives: The resident perspective. Tourism Management, 58, 66-77.

Boley, B., & Strzelecka, M. (2016). Towards a Universal Measure of 'Support for Tourism.’ Annals of Tourism Research, 61, 238-241. [Research Note]. 

Maruyama, N., Woosnam, K., & Boley, B. (2016). Comparing Levels of Resident Empowerment among Two Culturally-Diverse Resident Populations in Oizumi, Gunma, Japan. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 24(10), 1442-1460

Walton^*, Z., Poudyal, N., Hepinstall-Cymerman, J., Johnson-Gaither, C., & Boley, B. (2016). Exploring the role of forest resources in reducing community vulnerability to the heat effects of climate change. Forest Policy and Economics. 71, 94-102.

Woosnam, K., Maruyama, & Boley, B. (2016).  Perceptions of the ‘Other’ residents: Implications for attitudes of tourism development focused on the minority ethnic group.  Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing. 33(5), 567-580.

Boley, B. & Green, G. (2016). Ecotourism and natural resource conservation: The ‘potential’ for a sustainable symbiotic relationship. Journal of Ecotourism, 15(1), 36-50.

Boley, B. & Johnson Gaither, C. (2016). Exploring Empowerment within the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor: Implications for heritage tourism development in the Lowcountry. Journal of Heritage Tourism. 11(2), 155-176.

Nickerson, N., Jorgenson, J., & Boley, B. (2016). Are sustainable tourists a higher spending market? Tourism Management. 54, 170-177.

Ayscue*, E., Boley, B., & Mertzlufft^*, C. (2016). Mobile technology and resident attitude research. Tourism Management, 52, 559-562.  [Research Note]

Boley, B., Maruyama, N., & Woosnam, K. (2015). Measuring empowerment in an Eastern context: Findings from Japan. Tourism Management, 50, 112-122.

Boley, B. (2015). To travel or not to travel? Both have implications for sustainable tourism. Tourism Planning and Development, 12(2), 208-224.

Boley, B., McGehee, N., Perdue, R., & Long, P. (2014). Empowerment and resident attitudes toward tourism: Strengthening the theoretical foundation through a Weberian lens. Annals of Tourism Research. 49, 33-50.

Boley, B., & McGehee, N. (2014) Measuring empowerment: Developing and validating the Resident Empowerment through Tourism Scale (RETS). Tourism Management. 45, 85-94.

Knollenberg, W., McGehee, N., Boley, B., & Clemmons, D. (2014). Motivation-based transformative learning and potential volunteer tourists: Facilitating more sustainable outcomes. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 22(6), 922-941.

Boley, B. & Uysal, M. (2013/2014[2]). Competitive synergy through triple bottom line sustainability: Evidence from three hospitality case studies. Tourism and Hospitality Research. 13(4): 226-238.

Boley, B. & Nickerson, N. (2013).  Profiling geotravelers: An a priori segmentation identifying and defining sustainable travelers using the Geotraveler Tendency Scale (GTS). Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 21(2): 314-330.

Boley, B., Magnini, V., & Tuten, T. (2013). Social media picture posting and souvenir purchase behavior: Some initial findings. Tourism Management, 37: 27-30. [Research Note]

McGehee, N.G., Boley, B., Hallo, J., McGee, J., Norman, W., Goetcheus, C., & Oh, Chi-Ok (2013). Doing Sustainability:An application of an inter-disciplinary and mixed-method approach. Journal of Sustainable Tourism.  21(3): 355-375.

Boley, B. (2011). Sustainability in hospitality and tourism education: Towards an integrated curriculum. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education. 23(4): 22-30.

 

Boley, B., Nickerson, N., & Bosak, K. (2011). Measuring geotourism: Developing and testing the Geotraveler Tendency Scale (GTS). Journal of Travel Research. 50(5): 567-578.

Bosak, K., Boley, B., & Zaret, K. (2010) Deconstructing the “Crown of the Continent”: Power, politics and the process of creating National Geographic’s geotourism mapguides. Tourism Geographies. 12(3), 460-480.