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Mert Gürlek

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ID4628792
NAMEMert Gürlek
GIVEN NAMESMert
FAMILY NAMEGürlek
SIGNATUREGÜRLEK M
AFFILIATIONSBurdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi
ORCID0000-0002-0024-7746
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1
  • Exploring the nature of unethical pro-organisational behaviour in the hotel industry

    Mert Gürlek, Hakan Çetiner•ARTICLE•Current Issues in Tourism•2025

    Nowadays, unethical behavior has increasingly attracted attention as one of the main challenges faced in the hospitality industry. However, it is still unclear why and when hospitality employees exhibit unethical pro-organizational behavior. Based on this gap, this study aims to hypothesize and test a research model revealing that organizational identification affects unethical pro-organizational behaviour through organizational collective narcis…

  • Consumer behaviours in social enterprises: Empathy With Employees With Disabilities and Intention to Revisit the Social Restaurant

    Mert Gürlek, Ilker Kılıç et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Sustainable Tourism•2025•Cited by: 1•References: 84

    This research aims to find out why visitors tend to revisit social enterprises employing people with disabilities. The research used an exploratory sequential mixed methods design to achieve this goal. The social enterprise examined in this study is a restaurant where people with mental disabilities are employed. First, qualitative research was conducted through face-to-face interviews with visitors (n = 20). Qualitative findings have revealed fo…

  • Does economic policy uncertainty drive outbound tourism expenditures in 20 selected destinations

    Open Access•Saffet Akdağ, Ilker Kılıç et al.•ARTICLE•Quality & Quantity•2023

  • Green influencer marketing: Conceptualization, Scale Development, and Validation: An Application to Tourism Products

    Ilker Kılıç, Mert Gürlek•ARTICLE•Journal of Sustainable Tourism•2023•Cited by: 7•References: 13

    This study aims to conceptualize the green influencer marketing (GIM) and to develop a GIM scale for its measurement. To achieve this goal, this research used a sequential exploratory mixed-methods design. In this context, qualitative study and quantitative studies were carried out, respectively. Study 1 included qualitative study, while study 2, 3 and 4 included quantitative studies. In the study 1, the social media posts of 14 green influencers…

  • Intrinsic religiosity and counterproductive work behavior: The mediating role of Islamic work ethic

    Open Access•Mert Gürlek•ARTICLE•Business Ethics, the Environment…•2022

    This research aims to examine the impact of intrinsic religiosity on counterproductive work behavior directed toward the organization (CWB‐O) and the mediating role of Islamic work ethic in this impact. The data were collected from employees working in the hotel and restaurant industry ( n = 684). The findings revealed that intrinsic religiosity had a positive and significant effect on Islamic work ethic. It was found that Islamic work ethic also…

  • A true friend becomes apparent on a rainy day: Corporate social responsibility practices of top hotels during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Mert Gürlek, Ilker Kılıç•ARTICLE•Current Issues in Tourism•2021

    This research aims to reveal the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities carried out by the world’s top-ranking hotels during the COVID-19 pandemic. To accomplish this goal, the websites of the 100 hotels in the world were examined using the content analysis method. The findings reveal that hotels carried out 40 different CSR activities to reduce the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. These activities are divided into 11 categori…

  • İşveren Markası İşe Adanmayı Nasıl Etkiler? Duygusal Emeğin Aracılık Rolü

    Open Access•Mert Gürlek, Ayşen AKBAŞ TUNA et al.•ARTICLE•Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi…•2020

    Bu araştırma işveren markasının duygusal emek ve işe adanma üzerindeki etkilerini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Geliştirilen teorik model yapısal eşitlik modellemesi kullanılarak test edilmiştir. Araştırmada kullanılan veriler Ankara ilinde faaliyet gösteren beş yıldızlı otel işletmelerinin işgörenlerinden elde edilmiştir. Bulgulara göre, işveren markası duygusal emeğin yüzeysel davranış boyutunu anlamlı olarak etkilemezken, derin ve doğal davranış …

  • Green influencer marketing: Conceptualization, Scale Development, and Validation: An Application to Tourism Products

    Ilker Kılıç, Mert Gürlek•ARTICLE•Journal of Sustainable Tourism•2023•Cited by: 7•References: 13

    This study aims to conceptualize the green influencer marketing (GIM) and to develop a GIM scale for its measurement. To achieve this goal, this research used a sequential exploratory mixed-methods design. In this context, qualitative study and quantitative studies were carried out, respectively. Study 1 included qualitative study, while study 2, 3 and 4 included quantitative studies. In the study 1, the social media posts of 14 green influencers…

  • Consumer behaviours in social enterprises: Empathy With Employees With Disabilities and Intention to Revisit the Social Restaurant

    Mert Gürlek, Ilker Kılıç et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Sustainable Tourism•2025•Cited by: 1•References: 84

    This research aims to find out why visitors tend to revisit social enterprises employing people with disabilities. The research used an exploratory sequential mixed methods design to achieve this goal. The social enterprise examined in this study is a restaurant where people with mental disabilities are employed. First, qualitative research was conducted through face-to-face interviews with visitors (n = 20). Qualitative findings have revealed fo…

  • İşveren Markası İşe Adanmayı Nasıl Etkiler? Duygusal Emeğin Aracılık Rolü

    Open Access•Mert Gürlek, Ayşen AKBAŞ TUNA et al.•ARTICLE•Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi…•2020

    Bu araştırma işveren markasının duygusal emek ve işe adanma üzerindeki etkilerini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Geliştirilen teorik model yapısal eşitlik modellemesi kullanılarak test edilmiştir. Araştırmada kullanılan veriler Ankara ilinde faaliyet gösteren beş yıldızlı otel işletmelerinin işgörenlerinden elde edilmiştir. Bulgulara göre, işveren markası duygusal emeğin yüzeysel davranış boyutunu anlamlı olarak etkilemezken, derin ve doğal davranış …

  • A true friend becomes apparent on a rainy day: Corporate social responsibility practices of top hotels during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Mert Gürlek, Ilker Kılıç•ARTICLE•Current Issues in Tourism•2021

    This research aims to reveal the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities carried out by the world’s top-ranking hotels during the COVID-19 pandemic. To accomplish this goal, the websites of the 100 hotels in the world were examined using the content analysis method. The findings reveal that hotels carried out 40 different CSR activities to reduce the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. These activities are divided into 11 categori…

  • Intrinsic religiosity and counterproductive work behavior: The mediating role of Islamic work ethic

    Open Access•Mert Gürlek•ARTICLE•Business Ethics, the Environment…•2022

    This research aims to examine the impact of intrinsic religiosity on counterproductive work behavior directed toward the organization (CWB‐O) and the mediating role of Islamic work ethic in this impact. The data were collected from employees working in the hotel and restaurant industry ( n = 684). The findings revealed that intrinsic religiosity had a positive and significant effect on Islamic work ethic. It was found that Islamic work ethic also…

  • Does economic policy uncertainty drive outbound tourism expenditures in 20 selected destinations

    Open Access•Saffet Akdağ, Ilker Kılıç et al.•ARTICLE•Quality & Quantity•2023

  • Green influencer marketing: Conceptualization, Scale Development, and Validation: An Application to Tourism Products

    Ilker Kılıç, Mert Gürlek•ARTICLE•Journal of Sustainable Tourism•2023•Cited by: 7•References: 13

    This study aims to conceptualize the green influencer marketing (GIM) and to develop a GIM scale for its measurement. To achieve this goal, this research used a sequential exploratory mixed-methods design. In this context, qualitative study and quantitative studies were carried out, respectively. Study 1 included qualitative study, while study 2, 3 and 4 included quantitative studies. In the study 1, the social media posts of 14 green influencers…

  • Exploring the nature of unethical pro-organisational behaviour in the hotel industry

    Mert Gürlek, Hakan Çetiner•ARTICLE•Current Issues in Tourism•2025

    Nowadays, unethical behavior has increasingly attracted attention as one of the main challenges faced in the hospitality industry. However, it is still unclear why and when hospitality employees exhibit unethical pro-organizational behavior. Based on this gap, this study aims to hypothesize and test a research model revealing that organizational identification affects unethical pro-organizational behaviour through organizational collective narcis…

  • Consumer behaviours in social enterprises: Empathy With Employees With Disabilities and Intention to Revisit the Social Restaurant

    Mert Gürlek, Ilker Kılıç et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Sustainable Tourism•2025•Cited by: 1•References: 84

    This research aims to find out why visitors tend to revisit social enterprises employing people with disabilities. The research used an exploratory sequential mixed methods design to achieve this goal. The social enterprise examined in this study is a restaurant where people with mental disabilities are employed. First, qualitative research was conducted through face-to-face interviews with visitors (n = 20). Qualitative findings have revealed fo…

Business (5 works) · Marketing (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Tourism (3 works) · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 works) · Advertising (1 works)

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