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Virtual Reality And Blogging In Tourism: Approached Towards Creating Better Tourist Experience, Anukrati Sharma, Shruti Arora

Journal of Tourism Insights

Virtual reality in tourism (virtual tourism) and blogging are highly valuable for visitors and travellers since they allow them to undertake a scouting trip before embarking on their adventure, avoid being hassled and avoid crowds while learning more about the location they are visiting or have already been. This paper provides an overview and analysis of the relationship between virtual tourism, blogging, and making the image of tourist destinations through promotion virtually and via blogs. According to the study's findings, virtual tourism cannot replace the actual experience, but it can assist in recreating it if the user has previously visited …

Impact Assessment Of Covid-19 Pandemic On Perception And Travel Behavior Of Tourists With Strategies For Resilient Recovery Of Jammu And Kashmir, India, Danish Iqbal Raina, Tanveer Nasir, Taniya Qazi

Journal of Tourism Insights

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of the Covid-19 pandemic on changes in tourist perceptions and travel behaviour when visiting Jammu and Kashmir during the unlocked phase of Covid-19. This study is intended to be nice. This pilot study included 208 travellers who were chosen on a non-probabilistic basis. A Chi-square test of goodness of fit, as well as content analysis, were performed on the collected data. According to the findings, the current COVID-19 epidemic will have an impact on travelers' perceptions and behaviour intentions in terms of economic expenditure, health and hygiene, modes of buying, …

Waste Management Practices Of Small Hotels In Dehradun, Arakhita Behera, Surendra Singh Jatav

Journal of Tourism Insights

Waste has emerged as a major issue in the modern society. Due to urbanization, the volume of waste is speedily rising. If the origin of waste creation makes no effort, then all wastes are either disposed of or burnt which results in waste of land, air, water, and energy as well as the growth of undesirable animals, plants and microorganism. Through the associate and involvement of the local population, waste may be managed locally in a sustainable manner. Waste management may be an expensive endeavor if not carried out appropriately. In most of the developing nations, 20-50 percent of urban …

Returning To Travel: Fear, Coping, And Resilience During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Wilson Xieu, Jungyun "Christine" Hur, Abhijeet Shirsat

Journal of Tourism Insights

The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected the tourism industry, resulting in consequences such as travel fear and a decline in travel and tourism. Recognizing the needs of study in pandemic travel, this study explored individuals’ pandemic travel decision-making mechanism by investigating relationships between pandemic travel fear, coping strategies, resilience against travel fear, and pandemic travel intentions. Further, this study investigated the moderating role of risk tolerance in those relationships. The findings of this study suggest that people responded to pandemic travel fear by engaging in different types of coping strategies (e.g., task-oriented, emotion-oriented, and avoidance oriented), and through the coping …

Analysis Of Trend And Pattern Of Tourists’ Arrival: A Case Study Of Desert Tourist Circuit, Rajasthan, Sunil Manglaw, Prof. S.P. Kaushik, Manoj Khayalia

Journal of Tourism Insights

Tourism is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world economy particularly in developing countries. It is an important tool for the development of destinations’ economies and provides various socio-cultural and economic benefits such as employment generation, foreign capital exchange, infrastructure development, investment of capital, preservation of heritage sites, etc. Rajasthan is one of the most popular tourist destinations on the world’s map due to its diverse socio-cultural landscape. The desert tourist circuit has immense potential for attracting a large number of domestic as well as foreign tourists. The main aim of this study is to examine the trend and …

What Has Changed For Top Mba Schools Within A Decade In Terms Of Mindfulness?, Dr. Damla Aktan, Asst. Prof. Nilgün Gürkaynak

International Journal for Business Education

The concepts of “mindful consumption” and “sustainability” became indispensable parts of both academia and business life. Based upon an initial research conducted in 2012, this research aims to understand and compare the change within a decade in MBA curricula in terms of mindfulness content inclusion as well as sustainability and ecological orientation. The results compare the evolution of the integration of concepts to curricula since 2012 through the official websites of the top 100 MBA schools of the Financial Times Global Ranking in both 2012 and 2022. The study aims to summarize how the concepts of sustainability, mindful consumption and …

Managing The Edge Of Chaos, John Clark

Beyond the Project Horizon: Journal of the Center for Project Management Innovation

The purpose of this research sought to investigate the relationship between project management competencies and project complexity upon project success. A literature review indicates that project complexity is a primary source of project failure. A gap exists concerning how project management competencies and project complexity predict project success. The first research question was, “To what extent do project management competencies predict project success?” The second research question was, “To what extent does project complexity predict project success?” A quantitative method nonexperimental research design, using a correlational approach, was deployed. The theory of complexity explains that the relationship between project management …

Weak Identification In Nonlinear Econometric Models, Lee C. Adkins

Southern University College of Business E-Journal

The Belsley, Kuh, and Welch Belsley et al. (1980) diagnostics are applied to the precision estimator in nonlinear models and the properties are explored via simulation. The performance of the diagnostics is examined specifically with the ordered probit model. The performance is examined under several parameterizations and under different degrees of collinearity. The results suggest that the identification of the model’s parameters is indeed related to collinearity of the data and by the parametric functional form of the model itself. The BKW diagnostics appear to be useful in the sense that serious problems with identification can be detected quite easily …

Media Influence Through What Is Reported And How It Is Reported, Tammy Parker Johnston, Veronika Humphries

Southern University College of Business E-Journal

Living in the digital age certainly has its advantages but presents challenges to the basic principles of integrity, honesty, and truthfulness. Media bias can be detected by reviewing the list of trending and widely discussed topics shared by media outlets. The news presented can often be identified as leaning towards one of the three political spectrums: right-wing, left-wing, or center. The infiltration of political bias within the media influences public opinion.

Proceedings Of The Project Management Innovation Annual Conference, Tom Wise

Beyond the Project Horizon: Journal of the Center for Project Management Innovation

The Project Management Innovation Conference brings together professionals, leaders, visionaries, researchers, and students to engage in the topics related to the future of project management. Attendees represent all fields and industries, including government, corporate, and private. Attendee demographics include practitioners, front-line staff, and executive management.

The Effect Of Lockdown Repeal On Socialization: Bayesian Multilevel Difference-In-Differences Approach, Hyunwoo Jung, Yiling Li, Jeonghye Choi

Asia Marketing Journal

The COVID-19 lockdown has had an unprecedented impact on people in various ways. This study evaluates the effect of lockdown repeal from both marketing and public-policy perspectives. Combining the Bayesian multilevel model with the difference-in-differences design, we find that a lockdown repeal has had a negative impact on socialization. Furthermore, the results show that those who have a low level of risk perception are less affected by lockdown repeal. Also, the negative effect of lockdown repeal varies depending on past socialization behaviors; that is, the lockdown-repeal effect is attenuated for those who socialized more than others in the past. Our …

Is The Peak-Affect Important In Fast Processing Of Visual Images In Printed Ads? : A Comparative Study On The Affect Integration Theories, Kyunghee Bu, Luri Lee

Asia Marketing Journal

This study investigates how affects elicited by visual images in print ads are integrated to form a liking for the ads. Assuming a sequential rather than simultaneous processing of still-cut images, we adopt the ‘think-aloud’ method to capture consumers’ spontaneous responses to visual images. We hypothesize that not only would consumers show mixed affects toward a still-cut visual image but that they would also integrate their serial affects heuristically rather than simply averaging the affects as suggested by the compensatory hypothesis. By comparing the effects of two contradictory affect integration hypotheses (i.e., peak-affect and mood-maintenance) with compensatory integration, using a …

Different Maternal Responses And Cognitions In Hypothetical Power Bouts: Relations To Parenting Styles, Kathy L. Ritchie

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

In order to explore how parental styles and maternal cognitions interacted with difficult extended discipline episodes called power bouts, 88 mothers were categorized as either Authoritative, Authoritarian, Permissive, or Uninvolved. Mothers then read six hypothetical vignettes about a 4-year-old child misbehaving and were asked how they would respond to the child and how they would respond a second time if the child did not behave. These open-ended responses were coded on a scale of increasing power assertiveness with 0 being giving in and 5 indicating using punishment through spanking, removal of privilege, or time out. Using Bell and Chapman’s (1986) …

Essence, Alienation And Regression Of Title Of Scientific And Technological Talents, Qiang Bai

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The management and use of the title of scientific and technological talents is related to the strategic planning of building a strong country in science and technology. In recent years, people have been widely criticized for the problems in the use of the titles of scientific and technological talents, and the whole society has been deeply worried about the management of many titles of scientific and technological talents. Therefore, it has important theoretical and practical value to systematically study the historical origin, connotation essence, and alienation of the title of scientific and technological talents, and find the way to return …

A Pedagogical Mystique?: Lessons Of Incorporating Feminism Into Skills-Based Communication Courses, Daniela Molta, Regina M. Luttrell Ph.D., Christopher J. Mccollough

Journal of Communication Pedagogy

It is imperative that today’s advertising, journalism, mass communication, and public relations students are prepared to engage in corporate activism and corporate social responsibility communications once in the workforce. This article explores the need for incorporating equity-based pedagogy, using feminism as one of many approaches, into skills-based communication courses. The researchers conducted 20 qualitative interviews with academics to discuss various approaches, examples, and learnings. The findings suggest that using a feminist framework to teach skills: (1) enhances the skill being taught, (2) allows students to communicate more effectively, (3) builds life skills, and (4) comes in many forms. The article …

Public Administration In Jordan: The Administrative Process 1921-1927, Ayman Abu-Faris, Abdelkareem Abosukar

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

Responded to this study the following question: Are there administrative functions actually "planning, organizing and recruitment, coordination and control at the emergence of the emirate?, It follows to this question; two questions of two other: Do you bear these posts by those on the Public Administration in the emirate? And The difference between the meanings of these functions and considerations on the part of and practical experience on the part of another when the emergence of the emirate?

Required to answer these questions, a statement of modern scientific meanings of these functions and their importance and considerations of authoritative scientific …

Examining Price Discovery In The Gold Market: Evidence From India, Santosh Kumar Pk, Sanjeev M A

Management Dynamics

Background: Commodity markets are rapidly changing across the globe due to technological and financial innovations. The introduction of commodity exchanges and futures trading has significantly affected their price discovery with ramifications for the commodity users and traders. The price discovery mechanism in commodity markets is dynamic and needs regular reassessment.

Objective: This paper aims to determine the price discovery mechanism (the relation between spot and future prices) of gold in the Indian commodity markets for the ten years between 2011-2020 and the direction of the price influence.

Materials & Methods: The current study uses daily gold price data between January …

Principles Of Information Security, Alison Hedrick

KSU Distinguished Course Repository

An introduction to the various technical and administrative aspects of Information Security and Assurance. This course provides the foundation for understanding the key issues associated with protecting information assets, determining the levels of protection and response to security incidents, and designing a consistent, reasonable information security system, with appropriate intrusion detection and reporting features.

Determinants Of Knowledge Sharing: The Roles Of Learning Organization Culture, Empowering Leadership, And Learning Goal Orientation, Yangil Park, Baek-Kyoo Joo

International Journal of Applied Management and Technology

This study examined how knowledge sharing attitudes (KSAs) and knowledge sharing intentions (KSIs) are affected by perceived learning organization culture (LOC), empowering leadership (EL), and learning goal orientation (LGO). From the data collected, we discovered that KSA was a significant partial mediator between KSI and LGO. Furthermore, LOC and EL had moderating roles on the LGO and KSA relationship. Such moderation effects were insignificant for KSI, however. This study incorporated the knowledge sharing research fields of motivation research, leadership, and organizational culture. We comment that this study was centered on relatively highly educated management consultants, as human resource management and …

Primitive Accumulation And Multinational Corporations: The Evolution Of Dispossession And Exploitation In The Rubber Industry, Matthew Rochat

The Journal of International Relations, Peace Studies, and Development

I examine how the process of primitive accumulation has led to evolving forms of dispossession and exploitation carried out by multinational corporations in the rubber industry. After a brief review of relevant literature, I outline a novel analytical approach to multinational corporations engaged in natural resource extraction, referred to as the Parasitic Extraction Model. I then demonstrate this approach using three case studies. The first, Leopold II’s Congo, showcases the barbaric underpinnings of primitive accumulation in the rubber industry in its crudest form. The subsequent section shifts to the interwar period with Fordlândia in the Brazilian Amazon where I analyze …

Beating The Employment Challenges: How Unemployed Youths Generate Income For Their Households, Gai Chol Paul

Journal of Sustainable Social Impact

Youth unemployment remains a global threat to the achievement of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. It impedes the fight to end poverty in all its forms, limits opportunities to promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, and undermines a country’s ability to reduce inequalities. In Sub-Saharan African nations, the unemployment rate is particularly high because the environment is prone to volatility caused by poor governance, chronic conflicts, and corruption. Unemployed graduates who lack effective strategies risk failing to generate income for themselves and their families. Thus, my purpose in this qualitative multiple case study, which was grounded in achievement motivation …

Using Sports To “Build It Up” Or “Wash It Down”: How Sportswashing Give Sports A Bad Name., Steve Chen, Karen Doran

Findings in Sport, Hospitality, Entertainment, and Event Management

As society evolves, sports have become a vital social function and interactive means in our modern society. This essay addresses a few recent sport news stories that ignites the discussion of “sportswashing.” The authors illustrated several news cases and examples of governments and organizations using sports to cover up inhumane acts, scandals, or controversies for political purposes and power control. The primary intent of this essay is to help readers be aware of this social trend and inspire all to make ethical and good judgement in decision-making.

Key words: Sport-for-development, sportswashing, international sports, LIV golf, and Olympics Games,

An Analysis Of The Microsoft 365 Cloud Migration Process, Its Alternatives, And Results, Curtis Barnes, Robert Houghton

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

This study follows the decision making process of comparing a traditional business software stack to cloud alternatives, comparing different cloud platforms, and planning a migration. It addresses specific workloads of an example company in the financial services industry and how the tools in a Microsoft 365 subscription support that work. The process of transferring an existing Exchange server and its users to Azure is thoroughly detailed, as is the logic behind certain crucial decisions that are part of that procedure. A calculation of real-world savings is also provided. The resulting paper is usable as both a reference and guide for …

Pulte Homes – Reimagining The Homebuilding Industry, Daniel Chaffin, Susan Jensen

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

In 2016, William J. (Bill) Pulte, founder, and Pulte Homes’ largest shareholder called for the resignation of CEO Richard Dugas. In his letter to the board of directors, Bill stated the value creation strategy first proposed by Dugas in 2005 had been a major failure. Dugas had a bold vision and intriguing rationale for radically reshaping what he termed the “sleepy” homebuilding industry. Drawing from Toyota and Walmart’s strategies, Dugas argued that Pulte Homes could create greater value by scaling purchasing, improving construction processes, and collaborating with suppliers to lower overall costs while simultaneously refashioning and updating Pulte Home’s product …

Thriving Athletes, Joey Leszczynski, Anthony Perez, Kasey Thomas, Malachi Steele, Juliette Golden, Tristan Morlock, Miles Latimer, Emily Krawczynski, Amira Rainer, Ari Maduka, Nikki Bingham, Marcus Moody, Peter Sullivan, Fabiana Castro, Joseph Andreessen, Jaeden Patterson, Catherine Choi, Sherif Gross-Bullock

Thrive

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The Trace Of Sustainability Approach In Gastronomy Science: Bibliometric Analysis Of Studies On Green Restaurants, Murat Goral, Zehra Bulut, Berkan Basar, Uzeyir Kement

University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing

In this study, it is aimed to analyze the studies on green restaurants in the literature through a bibliometric method. Thus, it is aimed to evaluate the performance of research on green restaurants in the international databases and to shed light on the evolutionary development of studies in this field through bibliometrics. It is thought that providing a holistic view to the studies on green restaurants and revealing the possible relationships between them will make important contributions to the literature. According to the research findings, the number of studies published in this field in the last two years has increased …

In The Scope Of Paris Agreement Of Environmental Policies Changes Of Potential Impact On Tourism, Mehmet Bahar, Sabri Bozca

University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing

Since the Paris Agreement is globally accepted, it obliges the decisions taken to change the paradigm for the future of all sectors. The ecological and environmental problems brought about by the increasing touristic mobility make it difficult for tourism to reach low carbon targets in line with the provisions of the Paris Agreement. The problems brought by climate change were discussed in the article, the process leading to the Paris Agreement was mentioned and finally the agreement's connection with tourism and the environment has been evaluated. The rapid increase in tourism mobility (mobility), especially after the Second World War, due …

Environmentally Friendly Practices Of Hotel Businesses In The Context Of Unep-Sustainable Tourism's Environmental Purity Principle: A Case Study, Yusuf Bayraktar

University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing

This study was carried out to emphasize the negative effects of the tourism sector on the environment through an example accommodation business. The research examined the environmental awareness policies of an accommodation business within the framework of the "Environmental Purity " principle set forth by UNEP and UNWTO. The research was designed according to the case study pattern based on qualitative research methods. In this research, the business was evaluated in terms of the quality certification systems, energy saving, waste management and the visibility of environmental awareness policies in social networks.

Keywords: environmental awareness, accommodation business, sustainable tourism, case study …

Determining The Opinions Of Travel Agencies In Terms Of Cultural Tourism: The Case Of Ankara Province, Gonca Aytas, Fatma Doganay Ergen, Baris Bas

University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing

The fact that Turkey has hosted many civilizations for thousands of years and as a result the traces left by civilizations has made the country a rich country in terms of cultural tourism potential. In this context, Ankara has taken its place among our important cities in terms of cultural tourism potential, thanks to its deep-rooted history and its continued importance as an important center throughout history by being the capital of many states. In this context, in this study, which aims to evaluate the cultural tours carried out in Ankara by the travel agency employees, the survey technique, one …

The Effects Of Pull And Push Motivation Factors On The Tourists’S Behavioral Intention: The Case Of Mugla, Ozgur Davras, Elvan Tatik

University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of tourist push and pull motivation factors on their behavioral intentions. For this purpose, a survey was conducted on 405 national and international tourists who came to Muğla in the 2021 summer season. Explanatory factor analysis results determined that the push motivation factors were adventure and knowledge acquisition, relaxation, friendship and escape” pull motivation factors were natural, historical and cultural attractions, events, economic conditions and infrastructure, hygiene and security. The results of the multivariate regression analysis revealed that all pull motivation factors significantly and positively affect the behavioral intentions of …