Ms Kay Dimmock BBus(Hons)(SCU), MEd(USQ) Kay Dimmock: B.Bus Tourism (Hons)(SCU), Grad Dip.F.E.T, M.Ed (USQ). For over 10 years. Kay has been teaching and researching at the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management with responsibilities including units in the School's management stream at undergraduate and post graduate levels. Kay has been involved with many of the School's commercial programs such as being Academic Co-ordinator for the Bachelor of Business in Club and Gaming Management, and teaching on international programs in India and Thailand. She has an interest in tourism at regional and local levels, has researched demand for community events for the Lismore City Council Festival and Events Strategy, and assisted Glen Innes and Severn Shires to develop their regional tourism strategies. Kay has published across areas such as managing tourism operations, tourism education, international tourism trends, and leisure specifically marine based leisure, and dive tourism. Her PhD is titled 'Comfort in Adventure - The Role of Comfort Constraints and Negotiation in Recreational SCUBA diving' and has recently been passed.
Journal articles
Book review: C Cater & E Cater, 2007, Marine ecotourism: between the devil and the deep blue sea, Tourism in Marine Environments (2009)
Finding comfort in adventure: experiences of recreational SCUBA divers, Leisure Studies (2009)
Risking comfort? The impact of in-water constraints on recreational scuba diving (with Erica Wilson), Annals of Leisure Research (2009)
A substantial body of work has considered the role and impact of constraints on the...
Managing recreational scuba experiences: exploring business challenges for New South Wales dive tourism managers, Tourism Review International (2004)
As tourists increasingly seek nature-based tourism experiences, the tourism operator is confronted with various challenges....
Management competencies: an Australian assessment of tourism and hospitality students (with Helen Breen and Maree Walo), Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (2003)
Management education has the responsibility to provide industry with graduates equipped with relevant management competencies...
Books
Images from the edge!: landscape and lifestyle choices for Northern Rivers Region of NSW (with I M. Dutton, Ros Derrett, Katrina Luckie, William E. Boyd, and S Knox), Faculty of Resource Science and Management, Southern Cross University (1997)
Book chapters
Managing risk in tourist diving: a safety-management approach (with Chris Coxon and Jeff Wilks), New frontiers in marine tourism : diving experiences, sustainability, management (2008)
Scuba diving, snorkeling and free diving, Water-based tourism, sport, leisure, and recreation experiences (2007)
Written by a team of international contributors, from Australia, Europe and the USA, the text...
Managing risk in outdoor adventure tourism (with Damien Morgan), Tourism in turbulent times: towards safe experiences for visitors (2006)
Festivals and events: celebrating special interest tourism (with Margaret Tiyce), Special interest tourism (2000)
Contemporary tourism issues in Asia Pacific Journals 1989-1996: a thematic perspective (with Nerilee Hing), New directions in hospitality and tourism: a worldwide review (1998)
Theses
Comfort in adventure: the role of comfort, constraints and negotiation in recreational SCUBA diving, PhD thesis, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW (2009)
This thesis explores the role of comfort in adventure leisure and in recreational SCUBA diving...