Bekir Bora Dedeoglu
Biographic Data
| ID | 6033316 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bekir Bora Dedeoglu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bekir Bora |
| FAMILY NAME | Dedeoglu |
| SIGNATURE | DEDEOGLU B B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0722-3392 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
When digital game addiction and imaginary proclivity drive destination visit intention
This study aims to investigate the relationship between potential tourists’ digital game addiction to imagination proclivity and destination visit intention. It also investigates how the level of loneliness can shape these relationships. The data for this study was collected from 256 gamers from a digital game platform, named Discord. The developed model was tested using the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The findin…
How and when perceived CSR enhances employees’ helping behaviour and creativity
Current study examines Ramadan food package as a moderator in the indirect impacts of employee CSR perception on helping behaviour and creativity via attitude toward helping others (AHO). The study also tests the role of positive reciprocity as a moderator on the link between AHO-helping behaviour and AHO-creativity. We collected research data from 705 five-star hotel employees in Alanya, Türkiye. We used PLS-SEM to test the research model. Our f…
Analyzing Gen Z’s perspectives on anticipated food crises and food behaviors
Purpose This study examines how Gen Z's perceptions of potential future food crises shape their views on sustainability across various dimensions and how these perspectives, in turn, influence their food consumption behaviors. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through a structured survey questionnaire administered via face-to-face. The surveys targeted Gen Z participants born in 2000 or later. In total, we gathered 399 responses. To…
A joint analysis of the effects of climate change denial and problem awareness in predicting air travel behavioral intentions
Do Envy and Consumer-Generated Content Boost Travel Motivations
This article examines the relationships between consumer-generated content, travel motivation, desire to visit a destination, destination visit intention, and willingness to pay more. This article also analyzes the moderating effect of envy types on these relationships. We collected data from 414 participants in the US. According to the research findings, importance attached to participant sharing (IPS) is a predictor of escape and novelty motiva…
The role of gender in shaping the destination service quality and its consequences
This study investigates the moderating role of gender on the relationships between destination service quality, affective image, and revisit intention. A convenience sample of 1768 visitors to Macau was surveyed and 1424 useable questionnaires were analyzed. The destination service quality was measured using seven dimensions: (1) accommodation, (2) local transport, (3) cleanliness, (4) hospitality, (5) activities, (6) language communication, and …
How does social change encourage or discourage the support for the development of Cittaslow
A critical perspective on tourism employment
This article presents a critical analysis of tourism employment and sustainable development in the context of regional inequality, poverty alleviation and internal migration with special references to Turkey. It was found that although Turkey has experienced rapid tourism growth in terms of volume and value, it has contributed little to reduce unemployment and poverty rates among regions, and migration from relatively less developed regions to mo…
Communication sources, local food consumption, and destination visit intention of travellers
This study investigates the factors affecting potential travellers’ (Chinese tourists) intention to consume local food (Turkish food). The relationships among communication sources, cultural familiarity, food involvement, food awareness, local food consumption (LFC) intention, and destination visit intention were examined. Following a purposive sampling strategy, data were collected via an online questionnaire from 643 potential tourists in China…
Do health anxiety and social value shape the intention to consume functional food
Purpose This study has two main purposes. First, the effects of health anxiety and perceived social value on the intention to consume functional food were examined. Second, the role of health knowledge levels in these relationships was identified. Design/methodology/approach The sample consisted of 271 restaurant consumers on the European side of Istanbul between August and October 2021. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM…
Having metaphors beyond branding
This study examined how some metaphoric historical events, endowed with an important background in literature, culture, policy, and art, contribute to the brand value for hospitality companies, with special reference to an iconic heritage hotel in the heart of Istanbul, Turkiye. Face-to-face interviews were held with hotel managers at different levels, journalist-authors interested in the subject, two well-known crime authors, and academicians; a…
The impact of Covid-19 on destination visit intention and local food consumption
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the relationships between motivation and intention to consume local food and between intention to consume local food and intention to visit the destination of that food's origin while examining the moderating effect of risk perception associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from two samples of potential Chinese tourists in the contexts of Italian a…
Analyzing the role of constraints and motivations behind traveling in the prediction of destination choice
This study aims to examine the relationship among travel constraints, travel motivations, and destination choice via a multi‐method approach. For this purpose, two studies and two analysis tools—PLS‐SEM and fsQCA—were employed to conduct examinations in the context of two different target destinations (France and China). Findings revealed that travel constraints and travel motivations generally influenced destination choice. However, it was found…
Role of place image in support for tourism development
This study examines the relationship between place image, perception of tourism impacts, and support for tourism within the framework of multi‐dimensionalities of both place image and tourism impacts. With Urgup, Turkey, serving as the destination context, the study population comprises of 336 survey responses from local households. Variance‐based partial least squares‐structural equation modeling was used to analyze data with the mediating role …
Local food consumption during travel
This study addresses the local food consumption experience as it takes place while traveling. The mediating effects of incentive (novelty) and disincentive (risk avoidance, familiarity) factors, sense of togetherness, and hedonic value, and their effect on the travel experience, were investigated. The study also considered the moderating effect of gender. The data showed a significant relationship between togetherness and hedonic value. Perceptio…
An overview of the destination physical servicescape with SOR paradigm
This study aims to examine the relationships among the destination physical servicescape elements, perceived price, tourist emotions, satisfaction and behavioral intentions. Besides, the moderating role of prestige sensitivity is investigated in terms of the relationship between the variables affecting and being affected by perceived price. For data analysis, PLS-SEM is applied and except for the effect of joy on behavioral intentions, all the ot…
Understanding the importance that consumers attach to social media sharing (ISMS)
Human geography and branding in small destinations
Human geography is a field based on the interaction between humankind and the geography it lives in. Within this interaction area, different variables exist such as social life, migration, and culture. Similarly, this interaction is vital in the context of destination and branding. In this study, the term “human geography” was examined specific to Adıyaman, which has a significant historical background. Despite this, Adıyaman cannot use its value…
Destination service quality, affective image and revisit intention
Understanding the importance that consumers attach to social media sharing (ISMS)
An overview of the destination physical servicescape with SOR paradigm
This study aims to examine the relationships among the destination physical servicescape elements, perceived price, tourist emotions, satisfaction and behavioral intentions. Besides, the moderating role of prestige sensitivity is investigated in terms of the relationship between the variables affecting and being affected by perceived price. For data analysis, PLS-SEM is applied and except for the effect of joy on behavioral intentions, all the ot…
How does social change encourage or discourage the support for the development of Cittaslow
Having metaphors beyond branding
This study examined how some metaphoric historical events, endowed with an important background in literature, culture, policy, and art, contribute to the brand value for hospitality companies, with special reference to an iconic heritage hotel in the heart of Istanbul, Turkiye. Face-to-face interviews were held with hotel managers at different levels, journalist-authors interested in the subject, two well-known crime authors, and academicians; a…
Destination service quality, affective image and revisit intention
Human geography and branding in small destinations
Human geography is a field based on the interaction between humankind and the geography it lives in. Within this interaction area, different variables exist such as social life, migration, and culture. Similarly, this interaction is vital in the context of destination and branding. In this study, the term “human geography” was examined specific to Adıyaman, which has a significant historical background. Despite this, Adıyaman cannot use its value…
An overview of the destination physical servicescape with SOR paradigm
This study aims to examine the relationships among the destination physical servicescape elements, perceived price, tourist emotions, satisfaction and behavioral intentions. Besides, the moderating role of prestige sensitivity is investigated in terms of the relationship between the variables affecting and being affected by perceived price. For data analysis, PLS-SEM is applied and except for the effect of joy on behavioral intentions, all the ot…
Understanding the importance that consumers attach to social media sharing (ISMS)
Analyzing the role of constraints and motivations behind traveling in the prediction of destination choice
This study aims to examine the relationship among travel constraints, travel motivations, and destination choice via a multi‐method approach. For this purpose, two studies and two analysis tools—PLS‐SEM and fsQCA—were employed to conduct examinations in the context of two different target destinations (France and China). Findings revealed that travel constraints and travel motivations generally influenced destination choice. However, it was found…
Role of place image in support for tourism development
This study examines the relationship between place image, perception of tourism impacts, and support for tourism within the framework of multi‐dimensionalities of both place image and tourism impacts. With Urgup, Turkey, serving as the destination context, the study population comprises of 336 survey responses from local households. Variance‐based partial least squares‐structural equation modeling was used to analyze data with the mediating role …
Local food consumption during travel
This study addresses the local food consumption experience as it takes place while traveling. The mediating effects of incentive (novelty) and disincentive (risk avoidance, familiarity) factors, sense of togetherness, and hedonic value, and their effect on the travel experience, were investigated. The study also considered the moderating effect of gender. The data showed a significant relationship between togetherness and hedonic value. Perceptio…
The impact of Covid-19 on destination visit intention and local food consumption
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the relationships between motivation and intention to consume local food and between intention to consume local food and intention to visit the destination of that food's origin while examining the moderating effect of risk perception associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from two samples of potential Chinese tourists in the contexts of Italian a…
A critical perspective on tourism employment
This article presents a critical analysis of tourism employment and sustainable development in the context of regional inequality, poverty alleviation and internal migration with special references to Turkey. It was found that although Turkey has experienced rapid tourism growth in terms of volume and value, it has contributed little to reduce unemployment and poverty rates among regions, and migration from relatively less developed regions to mo…
Communication sources, local food consumption, and destination visit intention of travellers
This study investigates the factors affecting potential travellers’ (Chinese tourists) intention to consume local food (Turkish food). The relationships among communication sources, cultural familiarity, food involvement, food awareness, local food consumption (LFC) intention, and destination visit intention were examined. Following a purposive sampling strategy, data were collected via an online questionnaire from 643 potential tourists in China…
Do health anxiety and social value shape the intention to consume functional food
Purpose This study has two main purposes. First, the effects of health anxiety and perceived social value on the intention to consume functional food were examined. Second, the role of health knowledge levels in these relationships was identified. Design/methodology/approach The sample consisted of 271 restaurant consumers on the European side of Istanbul between August and October 2021. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM…
Having metaphors beyond branding
This study examined how some metaphoric historical events, endowed with an important background in literature, culture, policy, and art, contribute to the brand value for hospitality companies, with special reference to an iconic heritage hotel in the heart of Istanbul, Turkiye. Face-to-face interviews were held with hotel managers at different levels, journalist-authors interested in the subject, two well-known crime authors, and academicians; a…
The role of gender in shaping the destination service quality and its consequences
This study investigates the moderating role of gender on the relationships between destination service quality, affective image, and revisit intention. A convenience sample of 1768 visitors to Macau was surveyed and 1424 useable questionnaires were analyzed. The destination service quality was measured using seven dimensions: (1) accommodation, (2) local transport, (3) cleanliness, (4) hospitality, (5) activities, (6) language communication, and …
How does social change encourage or discourage the support for the development of Cittaslow
How and when perceived CSR enhances employees’ helping behaviour and creativity
Current study examines Ramadan food package as a moderator in the indirect impacts of employee CSR perception on helping behaviour and creativity via attitude toward helping others (AHO). The study also tests the role of positive reciprocity as a moderator on the link between AHO-helping behaviour and AHO-creativity. We collected research data from 705 five-star hotel employees in Alanya, Türkiye. We used PLS-SEM to test the research model. Our f…
Analyzing Gen Z’s perspectives on anticipated food crises and food behaviors
Purpose This study examines how Gen Z's perceptions of potential future food crises shape their views on sustainability across various dimensions and how these perspectives, in turn, influence their food consumption behaviors. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through a structured survey questionnaire administered via face-to-face. The surveys targeted Gen Z participants born in 2000 or later. In total, we gathered 399 responses. To…
A joint analysis of the effects of climate change denial and problem awareness in predicting air travel behavioral intentions
Do Envy and Consumer-Generated Content Boost Travel Motivations
This article examines the relationships between consumer-generated content, travel motivation, desire to visit a destination, destination visit intention, and willingness to pay more. This article also analyzes the moderating effect of envy types on these relationships. We collected data from 414 participants in the US. According to the research findings, importance attached to participant sharing (IPS) is a predictor of escape and novelty motiva…
When digital game addiction and imaginary proclivity drive destination visit intention
This study aims to investigate the relationship between potential tourists’ digital game addiction to imagination proclivity and destination visit intention. It also investigates how the level of loneliness can shape these relationships. The data for this study was collected from 256 gamers from a digital game platform, named Discord. The developed model was tested using the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The findin…
Business (13 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (13 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Advertising (11 works) · Geography (11 works) · Marketing (10 works) · Tourism (10 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Structural equation modeling (7 works)