The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship of tourism development resource dependency of local government, trust and collaboration among local governments in the multi-regional tourism development within the framework of Resource Depende...
The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship of tourism development resource dependency of local government, trust and collaboration among local governments in the multi-regional tourism development within the framework of Resource Dependency Theory. Based on literature review, conceptual model which composed of resource dependency characteristics(independent variable), collaboration among the local governments(dependent variable) and trust among the local governments(moderate variable) was developed and 7 hypotheses were formulated to test the model. H1~5 explain how possession, importance, discretion, substitutability and connection of resources affect collaboration among local governments, and H6, H7 explain the roles of trust among local governments as a moderating variable associated with H1~5. This survey was conducted targeting the public officials in charge of Jirisan multi-regional tourism development. The results showed the effects of possession, importance, substitutability and connection on collaboration was significant, and the moderating effect of trust was significant between possession, importance, discretion, substitutability and connection of resources. Concrete results as follows. While the possession and importance of resource among the five factors have a negative effect on tourism development collaboration, substitutability and connection of resources have a positive effect on that one. From the perspective of resource dependency theory, the effects of possession and connection of resource on collaboration seem to fit into the theory. This study presents a theoretical significance extending the resource dependence theory in tourism development perspective and the policy implications for improving local government collaboration in multi-regional tourism development policy decisions.