Gülşah Akkuş
Biographic Data
| ID | 4142930 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gülşah Akkuş |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gülşah |
| FAMILY NAME | Akkuş |
| SIGNATURE | AKKUŞ G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Izmir Kâtip Çelebi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0263-8609 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A mixed methods research study on occupational safety and health of tour guides
Tour guiding is a profession that involves intensive one-to-one communication with tourists and employees from different sectors of the tourism industry along with long trips by bus, walks in different geographical and weather conditions, and overnight stays away from home. Under these conditions, tour guides (TGs) face serious risks in terms of work-related accidents (WRA) and work-related ill-health (WRIH) which may result from unsafe behaviour…
Work-related stress experienced by tour guides
Work-related stress (WRS) is stress caused or exacerbated by work. As ‘maestro’, tour guides (TGs) perform a variety of tasks within and outside the job description. Tour guides inevitably feel stress due to the demands from various parties. This study focuses on WRS of TGs and contributes to the literature by identifying stress factors from the perspective of TGs. According to the explanatory sequential design frame, a quantitative study was con…
Intention to visit a destination from the perspective of Broken Windows theory
Tourism activities inherently require safe and secure environments. The Broken Windows Theory puts forward the notion that, in time, small-scale disorders in the region transform into major crimes. These disorders could also hinder tourism activities by paving the way for the convenient condition of crime and creating fear of offense among prospective visitors. In this study, Kadifekale in the province of İzmir which has the potential of being pa…
No prominent works on this page.
Intention to visit a destination from the perspective of Broken Windows theory
Tourism activities inherently require safe and secure environments. The Broken Windows Theory puts forward the notion that, in time, small-scale disorders in the region transform into major crimes. These disorders could also hinder tourism activities by paving the way for the convenient condition of crime and creating fear of offense among prospective visitors. In this study, Kadifekale in the province of İzmir which has the potential of being pa…
Work-related stress experienced by tour guides
Work-related stress (WRS) is stress caused or exacerbated by work. As ‘maestro’, tour guides (TGs) perform a variety of tasks within and outside the job description. Tour guides inevitably feel stress due to the demands from various parties. This study focuses on WRS of TGs and contributes to the literature by identifying stress factors from the perspective of TGs. According to the explanatory sequential design frame, a quantitative study was con…
A mixed methods research study on occupational safety and health of tour guides
Tour guiding is a profession that involves intensive one-to-one communication with tourists and employees from different sectors of the tourism industry along with long trips by bus, walks in different geographical and weather conditions, and overnight stays away from home. Under these conditions, tour guides (TGs) face serious risks in terms of work-related accidents (WRA) and work-related ill-health (WRIH) which may result from unsafe behaviour…
Psychology (3 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Occupational Health and Safety Research (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Tourism (2 works)