Purpose The advent of social media brought a new perspective for guerrilla marketing since it allows ads to reach more people through the internet. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of guerrilla marketing in social media on brand image. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual model was developed based on the information acceptance model (IACM). The research model was validated through structural equation modelling based on the surveys of 385 university students. Findings The results support the proposed model and confirm that guerrilla marketing in social media has a positive effect on both functional and symbolic brand image. Research limitations/implications This study was conducted with university students. This sample was deemed appropriate since the study had to be conducted with people who use social media. However, although the age group of university students constitutes the majority of social media users, they may not fully represent the whole population. Also, this study showed four guerrilla marketing examples to participants before they commenced filling in the questionnaire. Although the authors selected the most generic guerrilla advertisements during the pilot tests and eliminated the ones which were difficult to understand, this can still be considered as limitations of the study. Practical implications This study has both theoretical and managerial implications. First, most of the guerrilla marketing studies focus on consumers and neglect possible impacts on brands. In order to fulfil this gap in the literature, this study investigates the influence of guerrilla marketing in brand image. Besides, this study contributes to IACM by expanding its scope through testing its determinants on “brand image”. It proves that IACM is valid for use in different contexts. On the managerial side, this study provides marketers with a frame of reference to understand the information adoption process of guerrilla marketing on social media. Originality/value Current studies regarding the influence of guerrilla marketing mostly focus on consumers, where the possible impacts on brands have been relatively neglected. This study attempts to fill this gap by focussing on the brand image.

Sustainable consumption can be a way to minimize the environmental impact of the rapidly growing consumption phenomenon. However, sustainable consumer behavior changes depending on many different factors and determining these factors is very important for many disciplines. This study aims to determine the sustainable consumption behavior of consumers and the factors affecting this behavior within the framework of Planned Behavior Theory, which is used in many fields in the literature. The research was conducted within the framework of attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavior control as well as altruistic values variables added to the model. Research data survey method with Turkey/Kastamonu were collected from the consumers in the province. The questionnaire was adapted using previous studies, and its validity and reliability analysis were made. Research data were tested with Structural Equation Modeling, which is used frequently in social sciences and behavioral sciences. As a result; It has been revealed that the variables of Planned Behavior Theory, which are attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and also the altruistic values dimension added to the model have a statistically significant effect on sustainable consumption intention, and intention has an effect on sustainable consumption behavior. It was concluded that perceived behavioral control has no direct effect on sustainable consumption behavior. These findings have important consequences for a large number of individuals and organizations such as policy makers, scientists, environmental organizations, health organizations, and businesses.

Bu çalışmanın amacı Safranbolu'yu ziyaret eden turistlerin demografik özelliklerine göre kendilerine sunulan turistik ürünleri algılamalarındaki farklılıkların incelenmesidir. Araştırma kapsamında kullanılmak üzere geliştirilen anket formları 2006 yılında Safranbolu'ya gelen yerli ziyaretçiler üzerinde uygulanmıştır. Anketler 500 ziyaretçi üzerinde uygulanmış olmakla birlikte 490'ı kullanılabilir bulunmuştur. Anket ölçeği iki bölüm halinde hazırlanmıştır. Birinci bölümde anket cevaplayıcılarının demografik değerlerine yer verilirken ikinci bölümde ise 5'li Likert Ölçeği kullanılarak ziyaretçilerin Safranbolu ve çevresinde hizmetlerine sunulmuş olan turistik ürünleri algılama durumları belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler ve analizler sonucunda; ziyaretçilerin genel olarak Safranbolu'nun turistik çekiciliğini beğendikleri, bununla birlikte eğlence imkanlarını, araç park alanlarını ve çocuklara yönelik aktiviteleri ise beğenmedikleri tespit edilmiştir.

The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of education level on the job satisfaction. The relationships between the educational level and job satisfaction were tested with hypotheses; H 0 : There isn't a relationship between education level and job satisfaction. H 1 : There is a relationship between education level and job satisfaction. To measure job satisfaction, a questionnaire comprising a slightly modified form of a popular job satisfaction questionnaire was used. The study was conducted on a total of 600 workers, working in 30 four and five stars hotels. All of the questionnaires were picked up because the questionnaires were administered individually by the students of tourism department. 69 percent of the responses were taken from graduated and vocational school students of higher education, 31percent from primary and secondary schools. Consequently, a positive relationship was found between job satisfaction and education level. The results suggest that managers should find new methods to increase education level of their staff and develop work context parallel to education level.

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