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Erdogan Koc

Bio: Erdogan Koc is an academic researcher from Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tourism & Hospitality. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 80 publications receiving 1130 citations. Previous affiliations of Erdogan Koc include Doğuş University & Balıkesir University.


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TL;DR: In this paper, seasonal variations in monthly per person tourist spending in Turkish inbound tourism from a market segmentation perspective were analyzed using TRAMO-SEATS, X-12-ARIMA and recently developed decomposition techniques.

145 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the influence of human resource management activities and organizational climate on job satisfaction in Turkish banks and found that in addition to the positive impact of HRM activities, organizational climate in particular ma...
Abstract: This study aims to explore the influence of human resource management (HRM) activities and organizational climate on job satisfaction in Turkish banks. The study first examines the relative influence of eight HRM activities of: (i) behavior and attitudes (in recruitment and selection); (ii) teamwork; (iii) extensive training; (iv) written policies; (v) training in multiple functions; (vi) incentives; (vii) performance appraisal; and (viii) feedback on performance on job satisfaction. Second, the influence of six factors relating to organizational climate are examined, again from the view point of their influence on job satisfaction. The second group factors are: (i) support for innovation; (ii) managerial competence and consistency; (iii) workload pressure; (iv) cohesion; (v) organizational boundaries; and (vi) organizational ethics. The data collected through interviews from 346 employees from 19 banks show that in addition to the positive impact of HRM activities, organizational climate in particular ma...

109 citations

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TL;DR: Service failures and recoveries have important implications for hospitality and tourism businesses, not only due to general service characteristics of inseparability, heterogeneity and perishabilitability as discussed by the authors, but also due to the heterogeneity and heterogeneity of service providers.
Abstract: Service failures and recoveries have important implications for hospitality and tourism businesses, not only due to general service characteristics of inseparability, heterogeneity and perishabilit...

80 citations

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TL;DR: This article explored the extent of the use of triangulation as a research method/strategy in research papers published in top three tourism journals over a period of ten years between 2003 and 2012.

70 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the role of family members in the purchase decision-making process of domestic tourists in Turkey was investigated, and the findings of the research indicate that wives have a significant role in a number of purchase tasks, such as information search, information processing and determination of a specific package holiday to be purchased in the purchasing of family holidays.
Abstract: This study aims to investigate the role of family members in the purchase decision-making process of domestic tourists in Turkey. In addition to a literature review in the field, a number of research methods, including initial exploratory interviews with tourists, observations at travel agencies, focus group studies and final interviews with consumers, have been carried out to find out various roles played by family members in the purchase of family holidays. The findings of the research indicate that in the purchase of family holidays in the Turkish domestic market, wives have a significant role in a number of purchase tasks. Women appear to be particularly influential in the purchase tasks such as information search, information processing and determination of a specific package holiday to be purchased in the purchase of family holidays. This means that marketers need to take these significant roles played by women in the purchase of holidays into account in designing holiday products and marke...

62 citations


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TL;DR: The continuing convergence of the digital marketing and sales funnels has created a strategic continuum from digital lead generation to digital sales, which identifies the current composition of this digital continuum while providing opportunities to evaluate sales and marketing digital strategies.
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5,537 citations

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TL;DR: A detailed review of the education sector in Australia as in the data provided by the 2006 edition of the OECD's annual publication, 'Education at a Glance' is presented in this paper.
Abstract: A detailed review of the education sector in Australia as in the data provided by the 2006 edition of the OECD's annual publication, 'Education at a Glance' is presented. While the data has shown that in almost all OECD countries educational attainment levels are on the rise, with countries showing impressive gains in university qualifications, it also reveals that a large of share of young people still do not complete secondary school, which remains a baseline for successful entry into the labour market.

2,141 citations

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