Hopelessness against desire to pursue a career in tourism: An empirical analysis of Sinop University, Turkey

• Authors: Ali Turan Bayram , Hasan Tahsin Kavlak , Jeet Dogra , Gül Erkol Bayram
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this work is to demonstrate the relationship between the level of hopelessness of students in tourism education and their desire to make a career in tourism. The data was collected from bachelor-level students in Sinop, a city at the top of Turkey’s life satisfaction and happiness index, by using a survey technique. In order to describe the data collected, frequency and arithmetic mean tests were used, whereas t-tests and variance analysis were used to determine differences between variables, and correlation was used to determine the relationship. As a result of the research, it was found that there is a negative relationship between the desire to make a career in tourism and level of hopelessness amongst the students.

Keywords

EN

tourism education; careers of tourism students; careers in tourism; level of hopelessness and desire; tourism students

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Turyzm
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 115-123

Dates

published

2020-12-30

Contributors

author

Ali Turan Bayram

• Sinop University, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Department of Tour Guiding

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1655-4043

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Hasan Tahsin Kavlak

• Sinop University, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Department of Recreation

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0036-9652

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Jeet Dogra

• Indian Institute of Tourism & Travel Management (IITTM), (Autonomous Body under Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India)

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8786-2134

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Gül Erkol Bayram

• Sinop University, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Department of Tour Guiding

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9764-2883

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/0867-5856.30.2.27