American Journal of Tourism Management

American Journal of Tourism Management is a peer-reviewed international journal for all those concerned with the planning and management of travel and tourism. The journal will facilitate this need by providing essential and intelligent information about world-wide tourism issues. The journal includes travel services, tourism management organizations, meetings and convention services, and transportation services.

Mladen Knežević

Editor-in-Chief of American Journal of Tourism Management

Professor, University of Maribor, Faculty of Tourism in Brežice, Slovenia

Research Areas

Tourism Research Issues&Methods, Hospitality, Human resources management in tourism, Tourist/Visitor Studies, Cultural Tourism

Education

1990PHDSociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
1986MASociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
1982BSSociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
1972BSSocial Work, University of Zagreb

Experience

2003-presentUniversity of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia, Graduate program, Social Science Methodology and Statistics
1994-presentUniversity of Zagreb, Law school, Social work department, Professor in Social Work Theory
1998-2003University of Zagreb, Studia Croatica (Croatian Studies), Professor in Sociology of social Deviances
1995-2002Project manager, Croatian psychiatric Association, Project for psychological support to the families with small children, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
1995-1998Project manager, Croatian psychiatric Association, Project for psychological support to the war affected creative and talented children in the City of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
1991-2001Project manager, Croatian psychiatric Association, Project for psychological support to war affected refugees and displaced persons
1986-1990Alcohol addicts therapist, Prison for adults, Lipovica, Popovača, Croatia
1980-1990Group therapist, Prison for adults, Lipovica, Popovača, Croatia
1977-1990Educator and Social worker, Prison for adults, Lipovica, Popovača, Croatia
1973-1977Educator and Social worker, Penal Institution for Juvenile Offenders, Glina, Croatia

Membership

International Organisation for Studying of Forced Migrations
International Association for Political Psychology
Penal Reform International
Croatian Psychiatric Association
Croatian Social Work Association

Publications: Journals

[1]  Changing the Stereotypes of "Counsellors" (1997), Collegium Antropologicum, str.243-251
[2]  Doživljaj otuđenosti prognanika i izbjeglica:samopercepcija i percepcija studenata socijalnog rada(1997), Društvena istraživanja, 6,2-3, str.343-357
[3]  Some Indicators of the Development of the Social Group Structure Within a Settlement for Displaced People(1997) Socijalna Psihijatrija, 25, 1-6
[4]  Work values of students in Mostar schools, Cities, April (1998) Vol.15. No.2, pp.75-85.
[5]  Social work students and work values, International Social Work, (1999)42 (4), pp.419-430
[6]  Knežević,M.,Jovančević,M.(2001):Model of providing psycho-social aid to refugees and displaced persons: records of the Croatian psychiatric association, European Journal of Psychiatry, 15(1):33-47
[7]  Knežević,M.,Ovsenik,M.(2001):Work Values of Students and Their Success in Studying at the Study Centre for Social Work, Zagreb, Croatia, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, (28)2; 37-51
[8]  Knežević,M.,Ovsenik.M.(2002) Can creativity in conditions of war trauma be a danger to personal development? Human Relations, 55(9):
[9]  Knežević, M.,Buttler, L.(2003) Public perceptions of social workers and social work in the Republic of Croatia, International Journal of Social Welfare,12(1):50-60
[10]  JOVANČEVIĆ, Milivoj, KNEŽEVIĆ, Mladen, MAKALOUŠ-SMUĐ, Branka. Adolescent maternity in a refugee population. Eur. j. psychiatry, Apr./June 2004, vol. 18, no. 2, str. 109-116.
[11]  KNEŽEVIĆ, Mladen, JOVANČEVIĆ, Milivoj. The IFEEL pictures : psychological trauma and perception, and interpretation of child's. Nord. j. psychiatry, 2004.vol. 58, no. 2, str. 139-145.
[12]  KNEŽEVIĆ, Mladen, OVSENIK, Rok, JERMAN, Janja. Work values and success in studying. Int. soc. work, 2005, vol. 48, no. 1, str. 21-33.
[13]  KNEŽEVIĆ, Mladen. Psihoanalitička teorija Sigmunda Freuda u socijalnom radu. Ljetop. Stud. cent. soc. rada, 2006, sv. 13, br. 2, str. 205-230.
[14]  KNEŽEVIĆ, Mladen, OVSENIK, Rok, JERMAN, Janja. Social work as a profession : as perceived by Slovenian and Croatian social work. Int. soc. work, 2006, vol. 49, no. 4, str. 519
[15]  Bizjak, B., Knezevic, M., & Cvetreznik, S. (2011). Attitude change towards guests with disabilities: Reflections From Tourism Students. Annals of Tourism Research, 38(3), 842-857.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Knežević,M. Hudina, B.Grgić-Bigović, J (1982) Maloljetni delinkventi i radne akcije, Zagreb, Centar za društvene djelatnosti SSOH
[2]  Knežević M.(2004) Statistika (skoraj) brez matemetike [Statistics (almost) without mathematics], Protorož, College for tourism
[3]  Knežević M. (2005) Statistika za socijalne radnike, [Statistics for social workers], Zagreb, University Press
[4]  Knežević M. (2008) Penologija u socijalnom radu i socijalni rad u penologiji, [Penology in social work and social work in penology], Zagreb, University Press
[5]  Knežević M.(2008) Statistika z uporabo računalnika [Statistics With Computer], Grosuplje, GrafisTrade
[6]  Knežević M.Bizjak, B.(2008) Merjenja in nekateri merski instrumenti v turističnih raziskavah [Measurement and Some Measurement Instruments in Researches on Tourism], Grosuplje, GrafisTrade
[7]  Knežević M.(2010) Osnove metodologije in statistike [Basic of Methodology and Statistics], Grosuplje, GrafisTrade