Motivations for participation in active sports tourism: a cross-national study

Sita Mishra has more than 21 years of experience in teaching, industry and research and is currently working as an Professor in IMT, Ghaziabad. Her research areas include consumer behavior, social media, retail marketing and management education. She was invited as a guest faculty at Rouen Business School, France, Universidad del Pacífico, Peru and SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland. She has published more than 60 papers in various international/national journals, contributed book chapters in various management books and edited a book on Case Studies in Business Management. She has presented papers in international/national conferences and is on the review panel of various international/national journals and conferences. She has been honored with “Outstanding Paper Award” in 2018 Emerald Literati Awards.

Gunjan Malhotra (Ph.D.), is working as an Associate Professor, Decision Sciences and Operations Management Area at Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad, India. She is an alumni of Executive Education from Kellogg School of Management, USA. She holds post-graduation and doctorate (MA and MPhil) degrees from Devi Ahilya University, India. She did her graduation from the University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. She has contributed to international and national journals of repute. She has authored text book, research based books and contributed chapters and cases in various text books in the area of operations and decision sciences.

Maria Johann is an Associate Professor in SGH Warsaw School of Economics. She is graduated from Warsaw University, Faculty of Management and American Studies Center. Her research interests include marketing management, consumer behavior and tourism marketing. Her scientific record consists of more than 60 publications, including books, monographs, academic textbooks, articles and papers. She has also extensive experience in tourism industry, and has provided training and consultancy to various organizations. She was a Visiting Professor in University of Richmond, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University and Batumi Georgian-American University of Technologies, and lectured in University Institute in Lisbon, Atilim University, University of Economics in Bratislava, Ilia State University, and Armenian State University of Economics, and was a Global Partner in Education for University of Tennessee, Executive MBA Program.

Shalini Rahul Tiwari is an Associate Professor in the area of Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, India. She is the Chairperson for the Felow Program in Management (equivalent to PhD) at IMT. She teaches courses such as Strategic Management, Strategy Implementation, Entrepreneurship and Business Development in India, Strategies in Emerging Markets, Business Simulation, and Design Thinking. She has written several research articles, case studies, book chapters, short articles, and books for various international and national publications of repute.