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This study aims to analyze the war museum experience by analyzing the comments and feedback provided by visitors on Google and TripAdvisor. This analysis intends to uncover the…
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Purpose
This study aims to analyze the war museum experience by analyzing the comments and feedback provided by visitors on Google and TripAdvisor. This analysis intends to uncover the various aspects of war museum experiences.
Design/methodology/approach
A total of 201 comments, in which visitors explicitly articulated their experiences at the museum, were subjected to analysis. The comments were examined using a netnography analysis. Four dimensions; object experience, cognitive experience, introspective experience and social experience were used to group the analyzed remarks.
Findings
The findings indicate that the majority of the participants' museum experiences at the Canakkale Gallipoli Epic Promotion Center were introspective experiences, that the visitors felt extremely strong emotions as a result of the technological systems used in the museum and that they perceived the museum as being in a combat zone. Additionally, it was noted that the appearance of the artifacts in the museums really impressed the tourists and that the museum had provided them with thorough information about the war.
Research limitations/implications
The limitations of this study are the number of visitors to the museum and the number of reviews written on Google and TripAdvisor about the visit experience. Especially since the majority of the reviews on Google do not include comments and only consist of ratings, the number of comments on the museum experience is limited.
Originality/value
While there exists a range of studies examining the experiences of tourists at historical places, there is a scarcity of research that specifically focuses on analyzing the impacts of these experiences from the visitors' standpoint. Given the absence of any existing study examining the experiences of war museum visitors using the netnographic approach within this particular context, this research is believed to possess originality and is anticipated to address the existing gap in the relevant literature. Furthermore, this work holds significant theoretical and practical ramifications for curators and scholars. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, since this research is the first to comprehensively analyze the experiences of war museum visitors using the netnographic approach and no similar studies have been found in existing literature, the findings of this study are considered original.
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Sevgi Balıkçıoğlu Dedeoğlu, Duygu Eren, Nilufer Sahin Percin and Şule Aydin
The primary purpose of this study is to reveal how the local food consumption intentions of international tourists are influenced by core variables of the theory of planned…
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Purpose
The primary purpose of this study is to reveal how the local food consumption intentions of international tourists are influenced by core variables of the theory of planned behavior (TPB). The secondary purpose is to explore the moderating role of responsible tourist behavior in these relationships.
Design/methodology/approach
The present research was conducted on international tourists visiting Antalya, Turkey. The research data, collected from a total of 457 respondents, were tested and analyzed via partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).
Findings
Attitudes toward local food and perceived behavioral control have a positive and significant impact on local food consumption intention. Also, responsible tourist behavior has a moderating effect on both the relationship between attitude toward local food and local food consumption intention and the relationship between subjective norms and local food consumption intention.
Practical implications
In their advertising campaigns, destination management organizations (DMOs) and local restaurants should prepare more sentimental advertising content by further focusing on nonrenewable limited resources of the destination and addressing tourists’ role in consuming the limited resources in question. Thus, tourists’ sense of responsibility toward destinations may be increased, possibly stimulating enhancement in their local food consumption intentions.
Originality/value
This study explores the role of responsible tourist behavior in the construct of local food consumption through the lens of TPB. Said construct was included in the local food consumption intention model. This endeavor has paved the way for unraveling the interaction between responsible tourist behavior, attitudes and subjective norms, all of which are fundamental elements of the TPB toward increasing local food consumption intentions. This constitutes a remarkable contribution in understanding the local food consumption behavior of tourists. Moreover, because local food will be consumed in local restaurants located in the destinations, understanding the local food consumption intentions of tourists will enable local restaurants to develop innovative products by focusing on local food.
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Mustafa Koyuncu, Ronald J. Burke, Marina Astakhova, Duygu Eren and Hayrullah Cetin
The aim of this article is to examine the relationship of service employees perceptions of servant leadership provided by their supervisors/managers and employee’s reports of…
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Purpose
The aim of this article is to examine the relationship of service employees perceptions of servant leadership provided by their supervisors/managers and employee’s reports of service quality provided to clients by their hotels.
Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected from 221 frontline employees, a 37 per cent response rate, working in four- and five-star hotels in Cappadocia, Turkey. Previously developed and validated measures of servant leadership (Liden et al., 2008) and service quality (Parasuraman et al., 1988) were used and both were found to be highly reliable in this study.
Findings
Respondents were generally young, had relatively short organizational tenure and had high school educations. Respondents having longer organizational tenures and those working in five-star hotels reported lower levels of servant leadership. Longer tenured employees, and males, rated some dimensions of service quality lower as well. Service employees reporting higher levels of servant leadership from their supervisors/managers generally indicated higher levels of service quality.
Research limitations/implications
Some limitations should be noted. First, all data were collected using respondent self-reports, raising the limited possibility of response set tendencies. Second, the sample, while reasonably large, may not be representative of all hotel employees in Turkey. Third, all properties were located in one region of Turkey and may not be representative of hotel employees in other regions of the country.
Practical implications
First, organizations could select individuals exhibiting higher levels of servant leadership potential based on indications that these individuals are interested in developing long-term relationships with staff and co-workers and in helping them become more skilled in doing their jobs. Selection can also be augmented by servant leadership training (Fulmer and Conger, 2004). Supervisors/managers could be coached to help them develop their staff and help them meet their unique goals (Raelin, 2003). Finally, workplace cultural value supportive of both servant leadership and service quality can be identified, modeled by senior level managers, supported and rewarded.
Originality/value
Most studies focus on defining and measuring servant leadership or service quality. This study investigates the relationship between servant leadership and service quality.
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Irem Ucal Sari, Duygu Sergi and Burcu Ozkan
Customer segmentation is an important research area that helps organizations to improve their services according to customer needs. With the increased information that shows…
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Customer segmentation is an important research area that helps organizations to improve their services according to customer needs. With the increased information that shows customer attitudes, it is much easier and also more necessary than before to analyze customer responses on different campaigns. Recency, frequency, and monetary (RFM) analysis allows us to segment customers according to their common features. In this chapter, customer segmentation and RFM analysis are explained first, then a real case application of RFM analysis on customer segmentation for a Fuel company is presented. At the end of the application part, possible strategies for the company are generated.
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Ayşe Akgerman, Duygu Gül and Betül Sönmez
Based on social exchange theory, this study aims to determine the relationship between inclusive leadership in their managers and organizational justice perceived by healthcare…
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Purpose
Based on social exchange theory, this study aims to determine the relationship between inclusive leadership in their managers and organizational justice perceived by healthcare workers and work engagement and organizational citizenship behavior.
Design/methodology/approach
A cross-sectional and correlational study was performed by healthcare workers (n = 330) working in a city hospital for at least six months in Türkiye. Descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analysis were used in data analysis. The hypotheses were tested using Hayes’ PROCESS macro (v4.1).
Findings
It was determined that inclusive leadership had a positive significant effect on organizational justice, work engagement and organizational citizenship behavior; and organizational justice had a positive significant effect on work engagement and organizational citizenship behavior. In addition, it was found that work engagement also had a significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior. It was found that organizational justice had a partial mediating role between inclusive leadership and work engagement, while its mediating role between inclusive leadership and organizational citizenship behavior was not statistically significant. In addition, work engagement was found to have a partial mediating role in the effect of inclusive leadership on organizational citizenship behavior.
Research limitations/implications
The limitations of this study can be summarized as follows: First, the data were collected from the employees in a hospital based on the self-reports of the participants. The fact that the study used a cross-sectional design limited the establishment of a causal relationship between variables. Since the study was planned during the COVID-19 period, the participants were reached through convenience sampling. Isolation measures due to the pandemic led to a lower response rate than expected. To reveal more generalizable results, it may be recommended to collect the data at different periods in future studies and to include different types of healthcare institutions.
Practical implications
Inclusive leadership of the healthcare managers will lead to positive employee outcomes by preventing the disadvantages brought by internal conflict in the work environment.
Originality/value
This study indicates that managers’ inclusive leadership style will improve perceived organizational justice and work engagement and will lead employees to exhibit the desired extra-role behavior, such as organizational citizenship behavior.
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Taşkın Dirsehan and Meltem Çelik Dirsehan
In recent years, with the development of technology, the number of contact points between companies and their customers has multiplied. From the company point of view, companies…
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In recent years, with the development of technology, the number of contact points between companies and their customers has multiplied. From the company point of view, companies may reach their customers through multiple marketing channels. Moreover, business intelligence necessitates increasing data sources, strengthening the power of analysis tools, and developing knowledge to be used as a competitive advantage. On the other hand, today’s mostly digitized customers expect more than just commoditized products or services. Customer activation creates experiences that make them feel strong as agents perpetrating the structure (brand strategies) by taking an active role instead of being passive. In other terms, customers are in the main decision position to plan the structure. Thus, companies should design unique and memorable customer experiences through different channels in an integrated way, which is called omnichannel. Omnichannel customer experience management is possible by determining and coordinating customer touch points. In other terms, a melody should exist at these interaction points. This book aims to contribute to this advancement by first providing general reviews of the literature, then covering the pillars to design omnichannel customer experiences, and lastly providing technology-enhanced applications from several industries. This book aims also to provide fresh conceptual insights and thinking about the ways to design and develop omnichannel customer experiences.
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Bünyamin Han, Rasim Tösten and Zakir Elçiçek
The aim of this research is to examine the public leadership (PL) behaviors of principals working in public schools and its effect on teacher motivation (M) and job satisfaction…
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Purpose
The aim of this research is to examine the public leadership (PL) behaviors of principals working in public schools and its effect on teacher motivation (M) and job satisfaction (JS). Moreover, the mediating role of JS in the relationship between PL and M is also explored.
Design/methodology/approach
This research is quantitative and designed in relational survey model conducted with 327 teachers working in Siirt/Turkey in 2020. In the research, Public Leadership Scale, Teacher Motivation Scale and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire were used. Descriptive analyses were used in data analysis. Moreover, mediating role of job satisfaction between public leadership and teacher motivation was tested.
Findings
According to the results, the public leadership behaviors of school principals, motivation and job satisfaction of teachers are high according to teacher opinions. Additionally, public leadership behaviors of school principals have an effect on teacher motivation and job satisfaction. On the other hand, this study found a negative effect between public leadership and motivation when the effect of job satisfaction is controlled. The possible reasons for this situation were discussed in term of cultural differences.
Practical implications
The results of this study imply that the leadership behaviors of school principals have cultural elements. Future research should be careful in measuring the political loyalty dimension of the public leadership and should take cultural element into consideration.
Originality/value
Although there are many types of leadership, the type of leadership differs depending on the purpose of the organization, environmental conditions and culture. The lifestyle of the society, current developments and the structure of the organization are effective in interpreting the leadership needed in the organization. When looking at the models created about leadership in organizations, the effect of this type of leadership on organizational behavior is generally tried to be explained. This is also the case for motivation or job satisfaction. Therefore, this study also focuses on the effect of public leadership in explaining the job satisfaction and motivation of employees in educational organizations. However, another distinctive aspect of this research is that the cultural structure of the society is emphasized in the model to be created.
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İbrahim Akın Özen and Eda Özgül Katlav
The purpose of this study is to determine the satisfaction of the guests who stay at hotels offering technology-supported products and services related to the services and…
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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to determine the satisfaction of the guests who stay at hotels offering technology-supported products and services related to the services and products they receive by using the opinion mining technique.
Design/methodology/approach
In this research, 12,396 customer reviews on booking.com related to ten hotels belonging to a hotel chain using technology-supported products were evaluated with aspect-based sentiment analysis techniques.
Findings
As a result of this study, it has been determined that using technology in hotel businesses creates a positive impression on customer satisfaction. It has been determined that the enrichment of standard hotel business products such as beds and room lighting with technology, in a way that will not be very costly, affects the guests. In addition, it is interesting that technological features such as robots and room service robots, which are called “High & Technology” in this study, are evaluated by customers in the service process.
Practical implications
The hotel managements have the opportunity to evaluate the services we offer by analyzing their online comments and to see their own image from the eyes of the guests. Hotel businesses must learn about customer expectations for technologies with high investment costs. This study, which analyzes online customer reviews, enables tourism businesses that offer technology-supported products and services and invest in technology in service delivery, to understand how customers evaluate the service.
Originality/value
In this study, customer reviews of a hotel group operating in many countries belonging to a hotel group that enriches its standard products with technology and provides service with the concept of a “smart hotel” were examined. This study contributes to the understanding of customers' experience of using technological products in hotel businesses. This study contributes to the literature on customers' satisfaction with technological hotel products and services and the decision of hotels to invest in technology.
研究目的
本研究通过使用意见挖掘技术旨在确定入住酒店的客人的满意度。这些客人接受酒店提供的产品相关的技术支持和服务。
研究设计/方法/方法
在这项研究中, 使用基于特定方面的情感分析技术评估了 booking.com 上与属于连锁酒店的 10 家酒店相关的 12,396 条客户评论, 这些酒店均使用科技支持的产品。
研究发现
作为这项研究的结果, 已经确定在酒店业务中使用科技会对客户满意度产生积极的影响。已经确定, 标准酒店商务产品(例如床、房间照明等)的丰富科技以不会非常昂贵的方式影响客人。此外, 客户感兴趣的是在本研究的服务过程中包括机器人和技术特征, 例如客房服务机器人, 作为“高科技”层面。
研究实际意义
酒店管理层分析了客人的在线评论, 并有机会评估他们的服务并从客人的眼中看到自己的形象。酒店企业必须了解客户对高投资成本技术的期望。本研究分析了直接体验过的消费者的意见。因此, 研究结果将使决定投资服务技术的酒店企业受益。
研究原创性/价值
在这项研究中, 我们对一家在许多国家经营的酒店集团的客户评论进行了调查。该酒店属于一家酒店集团, 该集团以技术丰富其标准产品, 并以“智能酒店”的概念提供服务。该研究有助于了解客户在酒店业务中使用技术产品的体验。该研究扩展了客户对酒店科技产品和服务的满意度的文献, 以及对酒店投资技术的决策做出贡献。
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