The purpose of this study is to reveal the effect of Covid-19 fear on travel intention and to test the mediating effect of reliance on vaccine in the relationship between fear of Covid-19 and travel intention. In this context, a structural model was created to examine these three variables: the relationship among fear of Covid-19, travel intention and trust in the vaccine. The quantitative study was carried out through a structural model in order to verify the behavior of the three variables together using IBM AMOS 24 package. A case study based on data collected from 467 public employees across Turkey supported empirically the study. At the end of the analysis, it was found that the fear of Covid-19 significantly and negatively affected the travel intention, while the fear of covid-19 significantly and negatively affected the trust in the vaccine, and no significant relationship was found between the trust in the vaccine and the travel intention. In the model in which the mediation effect was tested, it was found that trust in vaccine did not have a mediating effect on the relationship between fear of Covid-19 and travel intention. Considering these results, suggestions were made for the decision makers of travel, tourism and hospitality industry to be able to recover after the pandemic to create plan for policy and strategies.
The pandemic commenced in the Chinese city of Wuhan and was designated by the World Health Organization and the Turkish Ministry of Health as a novel form of coronavirus (Covid 19). The epidemic has affected the whole world so far and is still doing so. In this sense, the tourist industry is one of the worst hit by the epidemic. The most compelling considerations for this are undoubtedly the travel limitations enacted as part of quarantine procedures to manage and prevent the pandemic, as well as people's deferral of holiday plans for fear of contracting the coronavirus. The study aims to put forward if there are any differences in the of uncertainty, anxiety, and stress levels experienced by X and Y generation employees as a result of coronavirus as well as their holiday purchase intentions. In order to achieve this goal, 388 people over the age of 20 with a source of income were contacted, and data have been collected using questionnaire forms prepared on google forms. Within the scope of the study, T-Test and One-Way Anova analyses were utilized to evaluate the differences between the X and Y generation employees' fear of contracting coronavirus and their holiday purchase intention. As a result of the analyses, it was revealed that there is a significant difference between the X and Y generation employees at the 0.05 significance level. Simply put, it has been discovered that generation-Y employees are less bothered by thinking about coronavirus than generation-X employees, and generation-Y employees are more inclined than generation-X employees to purchase holidays if they could access to the possibilities in the future. Furthermore, it was asserted that the majority of the participants intend to purchase a holiday if they can afford it, despite the fact that the participants' degrees of uncertainty, anxiety, and stress as a result of coronavirus differ depending on their educational status.
Businesses in the accommodation industry are often those that engage in labor-intensive production, and as a result, employee and customer relations are of utmost importance. In order to improve the caliber of the services they offer, managers in the accommodation industry require their staff to display prosocial behaviors by developing strong cognitive and emotional relationships with their companies. The ability of employees to identify with organizations and show prosocial behaviors depends on the support provided within the organization and the degree of their perception of this support. Therefore, the study aims to determine the mediating role of organizational identification in the effect of organizational support perceptions of employees in accommodation businesses on their prosocial service behaviors. For this purpose, data were obtained from 397 employees in four and five-star accommodation businesses operating in Antalya province. The procured data were analyzed with computer programs. The findings of the study revealed that participants' perceptions of organizational support have a positive and significant impact on their prosocial service behavior and organizational identity. Additionally, it was determined that organizational identification influences prosocial service behaviors significantly and positively. The final finding was that organizational identification partially mediates the relationship between participants' perceptions of organizational support and prosocial service behaviors.
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