Johan R. Edelheim BHRM (VHRO, Fin), PgC.VET (Åbo Akademi, Fin), PgC.HE (MQU),
PgDip.Tour (MGSM), MBA (MGSM), PhD (MQU) 

Johan joined Southern Cross University in 2004, after four years at Macquarie
University/ICTHM in Sydney, and before that lecturing in Finland. He lectures currently
in a range of hospitality and tourism units at undergraduate level with the School of
Tourism and Hospitality Management. Before turning to academia, Johan worked in the hotel
industry in his native Finland, as well as in Sweden, Germany, Spain and the USA for 11
years. 

While finishing his MBA studies in 2002, Johan grew discontent with general management
theory and decided to undertake his PhD study at Macquarie University’s department of
Critical and Cultural Studies instead. His thesis, named ‘The Bushranger and the Big
Banana – A cultural studies critique of tourism studies’ is critically evaluating the
phenomenological experience of - and narratives surrounding - tourist attractions. 

Johan’s research interests are divided between two separate areas, Post-structural
studies of tourism on the one hand and Hotel and resort management practice and education
on the other. While the first mentioned is abstract and aims at critically evaluating
tourism research and practice from a non-positivist perspective, the other is more
practical and involves concrete management actions in the hotel industry and in the field
of education.

Journal articles

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Effective use of simulations in hospitality-management education – a case study (with D Ueda), Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education (2007)
Simulations are widely used tools today, not only as analytical applications to support decisions but...
 

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Hidden messages – a polysemic reading of tourist brochures, Journal of Vacation Marketing (2007)
It is self-evident that tourist brochures are selling a positive and attractive destination to travellers;...
 

Book chapters

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To experience the ‘real’ Australia – a liminal authentic cultural experience, Indigenous Tourism – the commodification and management of culture (2005)

This paper will pose the question: If a nation’s icons are not true representations of...

 

Presentations

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The experience of the bandit, Third Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students Research in Tourism, Beijing International Studies University (2004)

The methodology used in this study is hermeneutic phenomenology as the intention is to show...

 

Conference publications

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What the bloody hell is a touristic terra nullius?, Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) (2008)
This paper suggests that tourist attractions might act as powerful agents in forming and forging...
 

A touristic terra nullius, The 2007 ACRAWSA conference, Transforming Bodies, Nations & Knowledges (2007)
 

Sustaining healthy destinations – what cultural studies can offer tourism studies, The Cultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA) Annual Conference (2007)
 

Hegemonic messages in tourist brochures, Proceedings of the 2006 Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) , B O'Mahony & P. Whitelaw (eds) (2006)
 

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Effects of negative media events on tourist’s decisions (with M Lexow), in W Frost, G Croy and S Beeton (eds), International Tourism and Media Conference Proceedings : Tourism Research Unit, Monash University (2004)
During the recent years, the role of mass media and its crucial position in the...