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Bibliometric Analysis Of Academic Publications On Tourism And Humor, Omur N. Timurcanday Ozmen, Songul Gokhan Jun 2023

Bibliometric Analysis Of Academic Publications On Tourism And Humor, Omur N. Timurcanday Ozmen, Songul Gokhan

Journal of Mediterranean Tourism Research

The aim of this study is to examine academic publications related to tourism and humor by using bibliometric analysis method. Research data were collected using the Elsevier Scopus bibliometric database. In this context, 90 data, including articles, papers and book chapters at international level, were found in the search carried out on Scopus. Maxqda 2022 package program was used to analyze and visualize the obtained data. As a result, it was observed that publications on tourism and humor were relatively few between 1989 and 2007, and an increase in the number of publications between 2019-2022. The majority of publications are …


The Importance Of Gamification On Motivation Of Hotel Employees, Abdullah Birtek, Oguz Colak, Onur Gulbahar, Omer Sarac Dec 2022

The Importance Of Gamification On Motivation Of Hotel Employees, Abdullah Birtek, Oguz Colak, Onur Gulbahar, Omer Sarac

Journal of Mediterranean Tourism Research

Hotel establishments, have a labor intensive nature, are required to meet the needs of their customers by making optimum use of their human resources in order to gain a competitive advantage in the markets in which they operate. With this approach, many hotels try to increase their employees’ motivation by satisfying the various needs of their employees in order to retain their existing workforce. Highly motivated employees, whose wishes and needs are met, use their knowledge and skills to achieve the goals set by the hotel managements and play an important role in the hotels’ competitive advantage. This superior performance …


Digitalizing Business Structure And Remote Working: A Qualitative Data Analysis, Songul Gokhan, Omur N. Timurcanday Ozmen Dec 2022

Digitalizing Business Structure And Remote Working: A Qualitative Data Analysis, Songul Gokhan, Omur N. Timurcanday Ozmen

Journal of Mediterranean Tourism Research

With the digitalizing business structure and the transition to the remote working model, many changes have been experienced in working life. We have entered a period in which workflows are carried out away from the workplace via e-mail and social networks, virtual meetings using digital technologies. While the workflows are carried out through digital technologies, individuals encounter many problems such as the conditions of the house in the background, the number of crowds in the house, the number of children, the focusing problems caused by noise, productivity, performance, work-life balance, motivation, social isolation and loneliness, physical and mental health problems. …


A Study On The Effect Of Emotional Efforts Of Academicians In Tourism Departments On Job Stress, Hasan O. Seyhanlioglu, Sevki Ulema Dec 2022

A Study On The Effect Of Emotional Efforts Of Academicians In Tourism Departments On Job Stress, Hasan O. Seyhanlioglu, Sevki Ulema

Journal of Mediterranean Tourism Research

The aim of this study is to examine the emotional labor and job stress levels of tourism academicians who train sector managers. The t-test and One-Way ANOVA analysis were conducted to determine whether there is a difference between the quantitative data collected from 346 individuals working as academicians in tourism departments operating in Turkey and the demographic characteristics of the variables. In addition, explanatory factor analysis was performed for the emotional labor scale. As a result, it has been observed that the stress level is high in academicians who have just started their profession.


Analysis Of International Hotels’ Social Media Strategies, Gökhan Şener, Cihan Cobanoglu Aug 2022

Analysis Of International Hotels’ Social Media Strategies, Gökhan Şener, Cihan Cobanoglu

Journal of Mediterranean Tourism Research

The hospitality industry and customer behaviors are unceasingly due to technology. Social media is thoroughly used by many people globally today and is a primary digital form of communication that includes these developments regarding hospitality, which is discernible in the most recent way. Eminently, it is being browsed for recreation, providing notable information and promotion for businesses. Social media generates outstanding opportunities for corporations to run critical digital marketing strategies. One of the essential considerations of enterprises is to grow their sales volumes, and advertising on digital platforms is a much more operative approach than any other platform nowadays, so …


Importance-Implementation Of Disability Management Practices In Hotels: The Moderating Effect Of Team Orientation, Zakaria Elkhwesky, Islam Elbayoumi Salem, Mona Barakat Sep 2021

Importance-Implementation Of Disability Management Practices In Hotels: The Moderating Effect Of Team Orientation, Zakaria Elkhwesky, Islam Elbayoumi Salem, Mona Barakat

Journal of Mediterranean Tourism Research

The purpose of this study is to examine the importance of disability management practices (DMPs) and the level of implementation from the viewpoint of food and beverage (F & B) managers, F & B entry-level employees, working in F & B departments, and human resources (HRs) managers in five-star hotels in Egypt. It also analyzed the moderating role of team orientation (TO) between the importance and the implementation of DMPs. Data were collected from 400 respondents. The association between the importance and the implementation of DMPs is significant, moderate, and positive. The results also exhibited that the correlation between the …


Covid-19 Pandemic On Youth Tourism, Kübra Asan Sep 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic On Youth Tourism, Kübra Asan

Journal of Mediterranean Tourism Research

The COVID-19 pandemic, which affected the entire world, has profoundly affected the tourism sector based on human mobility. However, it is estimated that the effects of the pandemic will be less in youth tourism. The study aims to explain the effects of the pandemic on the youth tourism market. In this context, a survey study was conducted in the InterRail Turkey Community/Unirail Group. The data collected by using the online survey technique were subjected to principal component analeymiş. After the analysis, it was seen that the effects of the pandemic on the tourism behavior of the participants can be explained …