scholarly journals Differences in Tourist Behaviors across the Seasons: The Case of Northern Indiana

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4351
Author(s):  
Yeongbae Choe ◽  
Hany Kim ◽  
Hyo-Jae Joun
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Demand ◽  
Aggregate Level ◽  
Essential Factor ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Seasonal Differences ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Travel Experience ◽  
Forecasting Methods ◽  
Tourism Studies ◽  
The Impact

Seasonality is an essential factor influencing tourism demand and traveler behavior at the destination. As such, seasonality (i.e., the influx of tourists) needs to be managed by destination marketing organizations. Most tourism studies have focused mainly on the forecasting methods/metrics and the effect of seasonality at the aggregate level rather than understanding seasonal differences in the nature of the traveler and travel experience. The purpose of this study is to understand seasonality at both the aggregate market level and individual traveler level. As such, this study first utilizes the concept of the gravity model to understand seasonality in the number of inquiries through an official website. This study, then, uses seemingly unrelated regressions to estimate simultaneously the effect of various trip-related factors on overall trip expenditures and the length of the trip. The results show that the impact of seasonality on aggregated demand is surprisingly consistent across the seasons; however, individual-level analyses indicate that traveler behavior and travelers’ responses to advertising differ significantly across seasons. Thus, destination marketers need to understand the nature of seasonality of their specific markets more accurately to provide appropriate tourism products/services to their current and potential travelers.

scholarly journals Community Influences on Attitudes Towards Unions.

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harvey Krahn ◽  
Graham S. Lowe
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Important Variable ◽  
Aggregate Level ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Community Influences ◽  
The Impact

This paper attempts to go beyond individual-level explanations of attitudes towards unions by exploring the impact of-community. It is argued that factors operating at the aggregate level of the community help shape local industrial relations. A review of industrial relations literature documents that community constitutes a latent but nonetheless important variable.

scholarly journals The disproportion of crowd wisdom: The impact of status seeking on Yelp reviews

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. e0252157
Author(s):  
Chao Yu ◽  
Drew Margolin
Keyword(s):  
Wisdom Of Crowds ◽  
Aggregate Level ◽  
Variety Seeking ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Price Levels ◽  
Crowd Wisdom ◽  
Status Seeking ◽  
Restaurant Reviews ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Level Analysis

This study shows that while status seeking motivates people to participate in crowdsourcing platforms, it also negatively impacts the bedrock of crowdsourcing–wisdom of crowds. Using Yelp restaurant reviews in 6 cities, we found that motivations of status seeking lead people to review a greater variety of restaurants, and achieving status further encourages this variety seeking as well as the targeting of more expensive restaurants for review. The impact of this individual-level tendency is confirmed by our aggregate-level analysis which shows that restaurants with higher price levels, higher uniqueness levels, and a larger percentage of elite reviews tend to obtain enough reviews to generate wisdom of crowds sooner than other restaurants. This leads to a different kind of distortion to crowd wisdom: an over-representation of status-conferring products and an under-representation of products that are not status-worthy. The findings suggest the importance of studying sources of distortion that are endemic to crowdsourcing itself.

scholarly journals Does Culture Affect Tourism Demand? A Global Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 192-214
Author(s):  
Anyu Liu ◽  
Daisy X. F. Fan ◽  
Richard T. R. Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Regression Method ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Tourism Demand ◽  
Median Regression ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Economic Determinants ◽  
Tourism Studies ◽  
The Impact

Tourism studies commonly focus on the determinants of tourism demand. While most examine factors such as economic determinants, research on the effect of culture on tourism demand remains underdeveloped. This study uses a Bayesian two-stage median regression method to eliminate the potential collinearity between cultural and travel distance and to estimate the impact of cultural distance more appropriately. The results show that while there is a negative relationship between cultural distance and tourism demand, tourism demand is less sensitive to change in cultural distance; the popularity of a travel route moderates the effect of cultural distance on tourism demand; and the influence of cultural distance is different across time and different source markets.

scholarly journals Effect of Center- Versus Patient-Specific Factors on Variations in Dialysis Adequacy

2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-169
Author(s):  
JEFFREY C. FINK ◽  
STEVEN A. BLAHUT ◽  
ANDREW E. BRIGLIA ◽  
JAMES F. GARDNER ◽  
PAUL D. LIGHT
Keyword(s):  
Patient Specific ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Dialysis Adequacy ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Center Effect ◽  
Dialysis Facility ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. Efforts to improve the delivery of hemodialysis have focused mostly on identifying patient-related factors that lead to inadequate dialysis. Less consideration has been given to the impact of the dialysis center on adequacy. This study evaluated whether the dialysis facility or individual-level factors were the primary influence on variations in dialysis adequacy. This was a retrospective analysis of 4971 hemodialysis patients in 189 centers with urea reduction ratio (URR) values obtained in the final quarter of 1997. The between-center variation and the within-center correlation in URR values were quantified to determine the contribution of a center effect on variations in adequacy; furthermore, the proportion of variance attributable to the centers' effect and individual-level dialysis covariates were compared. There was a wider between-center variation in mean URR values (SD, 4.8%) than expected if there were no center effect (SD, 2.5%). There was a strong within-center correlation in URR values, measured by the parameter ρ, which was only minimally diminished after adjusting for individual-level covariates (adjusted ρ, 0.14; P < 0.0001). The variation in URR attributable to the center effect, quantified by R2, was greater than that related to individual-level dialysis factors (facility- and individual-level dialysis covariates R2, 23.6 and 11.3%, respectively). Initiatives to improve the delivery of dialysis in patients with end-stage renal disease should be directed at facility policies governing dialysis care, along with patient-specific problems, because center effects have a major influence on dialysis adequacy.

Electoral reforms and the representativeness of turnout

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Michael M. Bechtel ◽  
Lukas Schmid
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Aggregate Level ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Medium Education ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Electoral Reforms ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Voters tend to be richer, more conservative, and more educated than non-voters. While many electoral reforms promise to increase political participation, these policy instruments may have multidimensional and differential effects that can increase or decrease the representativeness of turnout. We develop an approach that allows us to estimate these effects and assess the impact of postal voting on representational inequality in Swiss referendums using individual-level ( $N = 79\comma\; 000$ ) and aggregate-level data from 1981 to 2009. We find that postal voting mobilizes equally across a wide range of political and sociodemographic groups but more strongly activates high earners, those with medium education levels, and less politically interested individuals. Yet, those who vote are not less politically knowledgeable and the effects on the composition of turnout remain limited. Our results inform research on the consequences of electoral reforms meant to increase political participation in large electorates.

Mass Beliefs and Democratic Institutions

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Welzel ◽  
Ronald Inglehart
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Democratic Institutions ◽  
Aggregate Level ◽  
Culture Studies ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Aggregate Effect ◽  
The Impact

This article summarizes why political culture studies have been hesitant to analyze the aggregate effect of mass beliefs on democracy. It determines that this has much to do with the widespread assumption that the impact of mass beliefs on democracy can be inferred from individual-level findings. It also illustrates that this assumption actually represents an ‘individualistic fallacy’. It considers an argument that the impact of mass beliefs on democracy can only be analyzed at the aggregate level, because democracy only exists at this level. The article ends with a report of the findings from recent studies, which show that mass beliefs have indeed an aggregate effect on the emergence and survival of democracy.

A Study On Impact Of Work Life Related Factors On Employee Engagement In Health Care Sector Workers In Dindigul District.

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (7) ◽  
pp. 20-26
Author(s):  
S. JAYARAMAN ◽  
R. Sindhya ◽  
P. Vijiyalakshmi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Health Care Sector ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
The Impact

this research aims to find out the intensity of Employee Engagement of the health care sector workers and the relationship between the Work life factors and Employee Engagement of Health care sector workers in Dindigul District. Primary data were used in this research, were collected from 298 Health care workers from Dindigul District. Questionnaire was the major tool used to gather the primary data from the selected sample respondents. For this purpose, a well structured questionnaire was constructed with the help of professionals and the practiced employees of various health care units in Dindigul District. The health care employees were chosen by simple random sampling method. The investigative measures of regression Path analysis, and simple percentage analysis were utilized to find the impact of work life related factors with the Employee Engagement. The maximum Health care workers were generally satisfied with their jobs. The analytical procedure of path analysis multiple regressions was utilized to determine the predicting strength among Work life factors and the employee engagement. This study provides an another view about the importance of Work life factors and Employee engagement for organizational effectiveness and performance .

Does historical nostalgia predict tourists' delight and their destination loyalty intention for the world cultural heritage site of Mahabalipuram, India?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anil Verma ◽  
G. Rajendran
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Destination Loyalty ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Loyalty Intention ◽  
Tourism Studies ◽  
The World ◽  
World Cultural Heritage ◽  
The Impact

Delighting consumers has been one of the most important goals for marketing stakeholders but the effect of historical nostalgia on tourists delight at the world cultural heritage sites has rarely been examined. This study examines the impact of historical nostalgia on the heritage tourists' delight, their satisfaction and destination loyalty intention. The survey for the study was conducted at the world cultural heritage site of Mahabalipuram, India. The hypotheses were tested through the structural equation modelling technique. The results indicated positive and significant effect of historical nostalgia on tourists' delight, satisfaction and destination loyalty intention. The study makes contribution to the tourism studies by examining the role of historical nostalgia in delighting the tourists at the cultural heritage sites and instructs the managers to evoke such experiences to keep the heritage tourists delighted and thereby enhance their loyalty.

Examining Organizational, Cultural, and Individual-Level Factors Related to Workplace Safety and Health Awareness and Risks: A Systematic Review and Metric Analysis (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmund W. J. Lee ◽  
Han Zheng ◽  
Htet Htet Aung ◽  
Megha Rani Aroor ◽  
Chen Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Citation Count ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Health Awareness ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Metric Analysis ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

BACKGROUND Promoting safety and health awareness and mitigating risks are of paramount importance to companies in high-risk industries. Yet, there are very few studies that have synthesized findings from existing online workplace safety and health literature to identify what are the key factors that are related to (a) safety awareness, (b) safety risks, (c) health awareness, and (d) health risks. OBJECTIVE As one of the first systematic reviews in the area of workplace health and safety, this study aims to identify the factors related to safety and health awareness as well as risks, and systematically map these factors within three levels: organizational, cultural, and individual level. Also, this review aims to assess the impact of these workplace safety and health publications in both academic (e.g., academic databases, Mendeley, and PlumX) and non-academic settings (e.g., social media platform). METHODS The systematic review was conducted in line with procedures recommended by Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA). First, Proquest, ScienceDirect and Scopus were identified as suitable databases for the systematic review. Second, after inputting search queries related to safety and health awareness and risks, the articles were evaluated based on a set of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Third, the factors identified in the included articles were coded systematically. Fourth, the research team assessed the impact of the articles through a combination of traditional and new metric analysis methods: citation count, Altmetric Attention Score, Mendeley readers count, usage count, and capture count. RESULTS Out of a total of 4,831 articles retrieved from the three databases, 51 articles were included in the final sample and were systematically coded. The results revealed six categories of organizational (management commitment, management support, organizational safety communication, safety management systems, physical work environment, and organizational environment), two cultural (interpersonal support and organizational culture), and four individual (perception, motivation, attitude and behavior) level factors that relate to safety and health awareness and risk. In terms of impact, the relationship between citation count and the various metrics measuring academic activity (e.g., Mendeley readers, usage count, and capture count) were mostly significant while the relationship between citation count and Altmetric Attention Score was non-significant. CONCLUSIONS This study provides a macro view of the current state of workplace safety and health research and gives scholars an indication on some of the key factors of safety and health awareness and risks. Researchers should also be cognizant that while their work may receive attention from the scholarly community, it is important to tailor their communication messages for the respective industries they are studying to maximize the receptivity and impact of their findings. CLINICALTRIAL N.A.

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