Browsing by Author "Culha, Osman"

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Citation - WoS: 15
Citation - Scopus: 21
Ministers' statements: a policy implementation instrument for sustainable tourism?
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2012) Atila Yuksel; Fisun Yuksel; Osman Culha; Culha, Osman; Yüksel, Atila; Yüksel, Fisun
Consistent communication of tourism policies by tourism ministers might raise public and industry awareness and promote support for sustainable tourism. The statements made by ministers containmessages that can inform the public and industry stakeholders and potentially these statements can draw attention to sensitive issues and bring about changes in practices that encourage sustainability in the tourism industry. Analyzing the statements of the five most recent tourism ministers in Turkey delivered between 2001 and 2009 this study identifies the ministers' priorities for tourism and compares them with the tourism policy objectives set out in Turkey's Tourism Strategic Action Plan. Further comparison is undertaken to see whether priorities changed within and between governments. The results of the content analysis indicate that the statements of the Turkish tourism ministers were economically driven and growth-oriented and that there were inconsistencies between the ministers' priorities and the corresponding policy objectives in the national tourism strategy. While the period between 2001 and 2009 saw changing governments and ministers the different ministers emphasized an almost identical set of priorities. Implications are discussed for public awareness of tourism policies and for sustainable tourism.
Oludeniz Lagoon - Fethiye
(SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 2010) Gokce Ozdemir; Osman Culha; Culha, Osman; Ozdemir, Gokce; N Evelpidou; T DeFigueiredo; F Mauro; V Tecim; A Vassilopoulos
Citation - WoS: 58
Citation - Scopus: 60
Satisfaction and Loyalty of Festival Visitors
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2009) Gokce Ozdemir; Osman Culha; Culha, Osman; Ozdemir, Gokce
Public authorities and the private tourism sector at the destinations have long recognized the benefits of diversifying the portfolio of attractions with special events and festivals. Therefore the special events and festivals are of paramount in terms of enhancing the experience at tourist destinations. The scope of this study is to identify the details of event performance such as the programs of a festival and indoor/outdoor facilities that influence the satisfaction and loyalty of festival visitors. These aspects need to be taken into consideration prior to planning and programming of the events in order to positively influence the visitors' satisfaction and loyalty. In this study the results of the survey carried out during the International Camel Wrestling Festival in Ephesus Turkey are analyzed by multivariate data analysis to determine how visitors' satisfaction and loyalty are associated with the event performance. The study concludes that the festival area has a direct positive effect on visitor satisfaction and loyalty whereas other independent variables such as souvenirs food convenience and staff attributes of festival performance have indirect positive effects.
Citation - WoS: 91
Citation - Scopus: 141
The effects of organizational training on organizational commitment
(Wiley, 2010) Cagri Kaderoglu Bulut; Osman Çulha; Culha, Osman; Bulut, Cagri
This empirical study investigated the impact of organizational training on employee commitment focusing on employees' emotional and affective responses towards their organization. Organizational training is conceptualized within a multidimensional framework consisting of motivation for training access to training benefits from training and support for training. The hypothesis of this study has been built on a resource-based view social exchange theory and psychological contract theory. Field research was conducted through surveys with 298 participants of four- and five-star hotels operating in Izmir Turkey. Confirmatory factor analyses were used to analyse the quality of the training scales and multiple regression analyses were conducted to test the hypotheses of the study. The results revealed that all dimensions of training positively affected employee commitment. Implications have been presented for both researchers and human resource practitioners as to how to utilize organizational training factors to increase employee commitment. © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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THE EFFECTS OF PERCEIVED ORGANISATIONAL SUPPORT ON EMPLOYEES' AFFECTIVE OUTCOMES: EVIDENCE FROM THE HOTEL INDUSTRY
(UNIV RIJEKA FACULTY TOURISM & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT OPATIJA, 2010) Ulker Colakoglu; Osman Culha; Hakan Atay; Colakoglu, Ulker; Culha, Osman; Atay, Hakan
Previous studies mainly analysed the relationship between perceived organisational support and organisational commitment in a direct way. Limited studies of tourism however have found that job satisfaction is a mediator variable in the relationship between perceived organisational support and organisational commitment. The aim of this study is (i) to analyse the effect of organisational support on job satisfaction (ii) to analyse the effect of organisational support on the dimensions of organisational commitment (iii) to analyse the effect of job satisfaction on the dimensions of organisational commitment and (iv) to analyse the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between perceived organisational support and dimensions of organisational commitment based on an empirical study. The relationship between the variables was analysed by using a multivariate data analysis. Besides this in the study the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between perceived organisational support and the dimensions of organisational commitment was analysed by the technique recommended by Baron and Kenny (1986) and the Sobel test. The findings indicated that perceived organisational support had a significant positive effect on job satisfaction affective normative and continuous commitment. Job satisfaction had a significant positive effect on affective normative and continuous commitment as well. Besides this job satisfaction played a partial mediating role between perceived organisational support and dimensions of organisational commitment. Implications were presented for hotel managers who want to keep and encourage their employees to work in the hotel industry.