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Öykünme ve Özgünlük: Turizm Alanındaki Liderlik Araştırmaları Üzerine Eleştirel Bir İnceleme
Imitation and Originality: A Critical Review on Leadership Researches in Tourism (Discipline)

Author(s): Mehmet Halit Akın, Hakan Sezerel
Subject(s): Tourism
Published by: Hitit Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: Tourism; Leadership; Review of Literature; Monotony;

Summary/Abstract: This study presents the results of a document analysis of leadership research in tourism field in Turkey. The study attempts to determine the general patterns and tendencies via a classification both in content and method, within the scope of national refereed journals published between 2009- 2015 through the content analysis. The keywords of the study, “tourism” and “leadership” were scanned in Ulakbim Social Sciences Database, Asos Index and Google Scholar search engine and the final sample was 24 studies. The presence of ceremonial empiricism and methodological monotony is determined and suggestions were presented to tourismrelated leadership researches. A holistic approach to examine literature is also presented.

  • Issue Year: 8/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 715-732
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Turkish