The Effects of the Mediation and Leadership Role of Tour Guides on the Tour Experience: A Research on Nature Tours
Other than being a profession that extends beyond only providing information on the historical monuments, tour guiding is a job that has positive effects on the holistic holiday experience. Thus, this profession in its context embodies many different roles that are necessary. With this context, the...
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| description | Other than being a profession that extends beyond only providing information on the historical monuments, tour guiding is a job that has positive effects on the holistic holiday experience. Thus, this profession in its context embodies many different roles that are necessary. With this context, the purpose of this study is primarily to analyze the effects of the leadership and mediation roles on certificated tour guide performance evaluation and then on holistic tour experience. Consequently, in order to determine the relationships between parameters, a field survey at Sarigerme tourism region was conducted on the guided nature tours during the months of May, June and July in 2013. Through the data obtained by the questionnaires, the relationship between the leadership role / mediator role of tour guides on tour guides‟ performance and holistic tour experience basing on two different models was analyzed with Structural Equation Method (SEM). As an outcome of the survey, it was found that the leadership role/mediator role of tour guides on the evaluation of the tour guides‟ performance and that the tour guide performance has positive effects on the evaluation holistic tour experience |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2acc2ffba57c45c5aa2595a52f8f66402023-02-15T16:09:20ZengGaziantep UniversityGaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences2149-54592014-12-0113493996010.21547/jss.257181136The Effects of the Mediation and Leadership Role of Tour Guides on the Tour Experience: A Research on Nature ToursF Özlem GÜZEL0Özlem KÖROĞLU1Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Turizm FakültesiBalıkesir Üniversitesi, Turizm FakültesiOther than being a profession that extends beyond only providing information on the historical monuments, tour guiding is a job that has positive effects on the holistic holiday experience. Thus, this profession in its context embodies many different roles that are necessary. With this context, the purpose of this study is primarily to analyze the effects of the leadership and mediation roles on certificated tour guide performance evaluation and then on holistic tour experience. Consequently, in order to determine the relationships between parameters, a field survey at Sarigerme tourism region was conducted on the guided nature tours during the months of May, June and July in 2013. Through the data obtained by the questionnaires, the relationship between the leadership role / mediator role of tour guides on tour guides‟ performance and holistic tour experience basing on two different models was analyzed with Structural Equation Method (SEM). As an outcome of the survey, it was found that the leadership role/mediator role of tour guides on the evaluation of the tour guides‟ performance and that the tour guide performance has positive effects on the evaluation holistic tour experiencehttp://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24262/257181?publisher=gantepProfessional tour guide (PTG) leadership mediation tour experience nature tours structural relationship modelProfesyonel turist rehberi (PTR) liderlik aracılık tur deneyimi doğa turları yapısal eşitlik modeli |
| spellingShingle | F Özlem GÜZEL Özlem KÖROĞLU The Effects of the Mediation and Leadership Role of Tour Guides on the Tour Experience: A Research on Nature Tours Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences Professional tour guide (PTG) leadership mediation tour experience nature tours structural relationship model Profesyonel turist rehberi (PTR) liderlik aracılık tur deneyimi doğa turları yapısal eşitlik modeli |
| title | The Effects of the Mediation and Leadership Role of Tour Guides on the Tour Experience: A Research on Nature Tours |
| title_full | The Effects of the Mediation and Leadership Role of Tour Guides on the Tour Experience: A Research on Nature Tours |
| title_fullStr | The Effects of the Mediation and Leadership Role of Tour Guides on the Tour Experience: A Research on Nature Tours |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effects of the Mediation and Leadership Role of Tour Guides on the Tour Experience: A Research on Nature Tours |
| title_short | The Effects of the Mediation and Leadership Role of Tour Guides on the Tour Experience: A Research on Nature Tours |
| title_sort | effects of the mediation and leadership role of tour guides on the tour experience a research on nature tours |
| topic | Professional tour guide (PTG) leadership mediation tour experience nature tours structural relationship model Profesyonel turist rehberi (PTR) liderlik aracılık tur deneyimi doğa turları yapısal eşitlik modeli |
| url | http://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24262/257181?publisher=gantep |
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