A five-year content analysis of articles in the American Resort Development Association's Developments magazine (2002–2006)

Abstract

This study serves as baseline research for the industry to follow in terms of analysing historical trends so as to expand the knowledge base surrounding the vacation ownership industry through a content analysis of the American Resort Development Association's Developments magazine from the years 2002 to 2006. Further, this study classifies the articles into eight management functions in a proposed model based on the Chon et al.'s study. Further, based on the studies of Sheldon and Jogaratnam et al., the study will determine the intensely contributing authors to Developments magazine. The study also examines the range and scope of management functions based on the proposed model that is focused upon in the articles from Developments magazine during the years 2002–2006 as well as the intended audience of the articles.