Determination of the thermal hotel location: application of analytic hierarchy process

Purpose – In recent years, as other sectors, there is an increasing trend of competition in thermal hotel sector. The aim of this study is to determine the importance of the factors on thermal hotel location via Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The study is conducted in one of the most famous thermal cities, Afyonkarahisar-Turkey. Methodology – AHP is used to determine the best location among all alternative locations. Findings – According to the results of AHP, Environmental Factors are found to be the most important factor in determining the location of the thermal hotel. The other factors according to their importance are; Features of the Construction, Costs of Investment, Location of the Construction, Competitive Factors and Demographic Structures respectively. Within Environmental Factors, the sub-factor Closeness to Thermal Water was found to be the most important. Value/originality – Determination of the location of a new hotel is very important for thermal tourism investors and also it is one of the most difficult factors for them. While they determine the most suitable location, they have to think about different criteria and all other alternatives. Other factors like features of the construction, environmental factors, competitive factors and demographic structures are almost as important as the location of the hotel which also has some sub factors. This study focused on how to determine the best hotel location via AHP

The Effect of Organizational Stress on Organizational Silence: An Application in Five Star Thermal Hotel Establishments

In this study it was aimed to determine the effects of organizational stress on organizational silence with an application at five-stars hotel establishments and to review general literature on organizational stress and organizational silence. Study questionnaires were distributed 387 participants working at five-stars hotel establishments in Afyonkarahisar. Data was analyzed by factor analysis, reliability analysis, mean, standard deviation, Pearson’s correlation analysis, and bivariate and multivariate linear regression analysis. Study results showed that participants had moderate organizational stress and organizational silence levels. Additionally, there was a moderate positive correlation between organizational stress and silence

Hastane İşletmelerinde Mobbingin Örgütsel Yabancılaşma Üzerine Etkisi: Afyonkarahisar'da Bir Uygulama* The Effect of Mobbing on Organizational Alienation in Hospital Enterprises: An Application in Afyonkarahisar

Bu araştırmanın amacı sağlık çalışanlarının mobbing algısının örgütsel yabancılaşma düzeyleri üzerindeki etkisini ortaya koymaktır. Çalışmanın örneklemi, Afyonkarahisar il merkezinde faaliyet gösteren hastanelerde görev yapan 403 sağlık çalışanından (hemşire, doktor ve diğer) oluşmaktadır. Veri toplama tekniği olarak Leymann mobbing ve Mottaz örgütsel yabancılaşma ölçeklerini içeren anket kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen verilerin analizinde, betimsel istatistikler (frekans,-yüzde dağılımı, aritmetik ortalama, standart sapma), t testi, varyans analizi, korelasyon ve regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda, sağlık çalışanlarının mobbing algılarının oldukça düşük, örgütsel yabancılaşma düzeylerinin ise orta düzeyin altında olduğu saptanmıştır. Bununla birlikte mobbing ile örgütsel yabancılaşma arasında pozitif yönlü ve orta düzeyde bir ilişki olduğu belirlenmiş olup, regresyon modeline göre mobbing algısındaki bir (1) birimlik artışın örgütsel yabancılaşma üzerinde 0,875 birimlik artış yarattığı tespit edilmiştir. The purpose of this study is to put forward the effect of mobbing perception on the levels of organizational alienation. The sample of the study is composed of 403 health professionals (nurse, doctor etc.) working at the different hospital in the city center of Afyonkarihar providence. As data collecting technique, a questionnaire including the Lehman's mobbing scale and Mottaz's organizational alienation scale is used. To analyze this data set, descriptive statistics (frequency- percentile distribution, mean, standard deviation) t test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), regression and correlation analysis are used. As a result of the study, its determined that health professionals' mobbing perceptions is very low and the organizational alienation levels are less than the medium level. On the other hand, a positive and medium correlation between the mobbing perceptions and organizational alienation is found out and an increase with the coefficient of 0.875 on organizational alienation is determined for a 1-unit increase of mobbing perception, related with the result of a regression analysis

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Investigation of Turkish People’s Attitudes Towards the COVID-19 Pandemic Quarantine Process

Aim:The aim of study is to determine the attitude of the Turkish people (in cognitive, affective and behavioral dimensions) and the factors affecting this attitude during the coronavirus epidemic that has affected the whole world since December 2019.Materials and Methods:The data collected by a scale were modeled with explanatory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM), and the effects of the dimensions and the importance of the effective items in each dimension were determined.Results:61.4% of the participants were male and 65.4% were under the age of 40 years. Individuals’ “questioning their purpose of coming to life again” and “desire of being more sensitive to the events around them than in the past” were found to be significant, respectively. Other results obtained from the study are given in the relevant tables and figures.Conclusion:It was determined that the affective dimension had the highest effect on the results of EFA, CFA and SEM analyses, which were effective in examining the attitudes of individuals towards an event with these sub-dimensions