Dr Elspeth Frew is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management in the School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management. Dr Frew began her career in academia in 1991 and was employed as a lecturer in tourism at two Australian universities namely, Monash University and Victoria University before joining La Trobe University in 1998.
Elspeth's research interest is in cultural tourism with a particular focus on festival and attraction management, industrial tourism and personality and tourism. She has had her research published since 1994 as refereed journal articles, book chapters and refereed conference papers.
Selected Publications
Frew, E. A. and Ali-Knight, J. (Forthcoming, 2008) "Independent Theatres and the Creation of a Fringe Atmosphere" International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research.
Robertson, M. and Frew, E. (Editors) (2008) Events & Festivals: Current trends and issues. Routledge Taylor and Francis, Oxon, UK.
Frew, E. A. (2008) "Industrial Tourism Theory and Implemented Strategies", Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, Woodside, A. G. (ed.), Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Volume 2, pp. 27-42. (ISSN: 1871-3173).
Frew, E. A. and White, L. K. (2007). "Australia Day Alternative Events: An Exploration of National Identity and Nationalism". Proceedings of the Fourth International Event Research Conference: Re-evaluating the City/Town: Events as a Catalyst for Change, (Eds, B. O’Mahony, R. Harris and J. Mair), Victoria University, Melbourne, 13 pages, (ISBN: 0-9750957-9-X)
Frew, E. A. (2006). "Comedy Festival Attendance: Serious, Project-based or Casual Leisure?" Serious Leisure: Extensions and Applications (Leisure Studies Association Publication No. 95) Elkington, S., Jones, I., and Lawrence, L. (eds.), pp. 105-122.
(ISBN 1 905369 06 9 / 978 1 905369 06 5)
Frew, E.A. (2006). "The Humour Tourist: A Conceptualisation" Journal of Business Research vol. 59, issue 5, pp. 643-646.
Bergin-Seers, S. and Frew, E. A. (2006). "A Framework for the Successful Start-up of Small Nature Based Tourism Operations", 51st International Council for Small Business 2006 World Conference, Melbourne, 19-21st June.
Dore, L. and Frew, E. A. (2000). "Farmers' Markets as Special Events: A Case Study of Avenel Farmers' Market", Events Beyond 2000: Setting the Agenda. Proceedings of Conference on Event Evaluation, Research and Education, (Eds. J. Allen, R. Harris, L. K. Jago and A. J. Veal), Australian Centre for Event Management, University of Technology, Sydney, pp. 231-239.
Frew, E. A. and Shaw, R. N. (1999). "The Relationship between Personality, Gender and Tourism Behavior", Tourism Management, vol 20, no 2, pp. 193-202.
Frew, E. A. and Shaw, R. N. (1999). "Holland's Personality Theory and the Prediction of Tourism Behavior", Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, vol 8, no 2, pp. 129-135.
Frew, E. A. and Weber, K. (1995). "Towards a Higher Retention Rate among Distance Learners" Open Learning: the Journal of Open and Distance Learning, vol 10, no 2, pp. 62-65. |
