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Employees’ Responses To Positive Feedback From Customers And Managers, I Hsuan Tsai Jun 2018

Employees’ Responses To Positive Feedback From Customers And Managers, I Hsuan Tsai

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The purpose of this research is to understand the impacts of positive feedback from customers and managers and the extrinsic rewards and intrinsic rewards on job satisfaction. Furthermore, this research will examine how employees in the hospitality industry react to positive feedback and to explore whether this positive feedback has practical applications to help increase employee satisfaction. A total of 500 questionnaires were distributed, 339 valid surveys from respondents with experience working in the hospitality industry were returned. The results indicated that positive feedback from customers as well as summarized positive customer feedback delivered by managers have positive relationships with …


Consumer Perceptions Of Sustainability In The Cruise Industry, Lindsay Marie Ackerman Mar 2015

Consumer Perceptions Of Sustainability In The Cruise Industry, Lindsay Marie Ackerman

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis addresses the lack of available research regarding consumer perceptions of sustainability in the cruise industry. The study was conducted by administering an anonymous online survey with cruise message board participants and social media users. The survey was available to all consumers, including consumers who have not cruised. The survey focused on general reasons a consumer books a cruise, consumer travel behaviors, sustainability of the cruise industry, and sustainable factors that may impact a consumers’ choice of a cruise line. The goal of this research was to determine any patterns and trends that may emerge regarding consumer perceptions. The …