How Travel Mindsets Transform and Shape Sustainable Behaviour
Shafiei, Bahar (2025) How Travel Mindsets Transform and Shape Sustainable Behaviour. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.
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This thesis explores how tourism can reshape our mindsets and catalyse meaningful personal and behavioural transformation. Using a mixed-methods design that combines in-depth interviews with 25 Australian travellers and a national survey of 1,800 adults, she finds that a growth mindset develops through a lifelong learning loop: beginning with curiosity, deepening through mindfulness, and strengthened by reflection. This mindset predicts greater adaptability, well-being, and sustainable behaviour, with reflection playing a key mediating role. This research offers a powerful theoretical model and real-world insights into how travel can help us grow into more thoughtful, adaptable, and responsible global citizens.
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| ID Code: | 259009 |
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| Item Type: | QUT Thesis (PhD) |
| Supervisor: | Mathews, Shane & McLennan, Char-lee |
| Additional Information: | Recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award. |
| Keywords: | Mindset theory, sustainable behaviour, transformative tourism, well-being, transformative learning, ODTA |
| DOI: | 10.5204/thesis.eprints.259009 |
| Divisions: | Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Business & Law Current > Schools > School of Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations |
| Institution: | Queensland University of Technology |
| Deposited On: | 08 Aug 2025 10:50 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jun 2026 09:52 |
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