The Effect of Nomophobia on Cyberloafing Among Employees in Tourism Enterprises

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Sevcan Yildiz
Didem Kutlu
Raşit Yildiz

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Due to the dynamic nature of tourism, it is essential to follow and adopt the developing technology both to meet the changing demand structure and to facilitate the internal operation of the business. However, while technology has a positive effect on organizations in terms of travel, tourist flow and management, the employees’ internet access for non-work purposes during work time causes the development of cyberloafing and nomophobia behavior. Since information and communication technologies are used in every field of the tourism sector, it is thought that it will be important to examine the relationship between cyberloafing and nomophobia, specifically on the employees in the tourism sector. The main aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between nomophobia and cyberloafing among hotel employees. The research was conducted with a total of 300 employees in accommodation sector in Antalya, Turkey. According to the results of the study, it can be said that the nomophobic and cyberloafing levels of the hotel employees are moderate. The results revealed that nomophobia explained 34.2% of the variance in cyberloafing. The managerial implications are discussed based on the study results, and directions for future research are provided.

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Yildiz, Sevcan, Didem Kutlu, and Raşit Yildiz. 2023. “The Effect of Nomophobia on Cyberloafing Among Employees in Tourism Enterprises ”. Vivat Academia. Journal of Communication 156 (April):173-98. https://doi.org/10.15178/va.2023.156.e1465.
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Sevcan Yildiz, Akdeniz University

La profesora adjunta Sevcan Yıldız es profesora en la Escuela Profesional de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Akdeniz. Su principal campo de investigación es el turismo y el marketing turístico. Además, sus intereses de investigación se centran en el comportamiento de los turistas, la gestión del turismo y el turismo cultural. Realizó su doctorado en turismo y hostelería en la Universidad de Akdeniz. Además, tiene licencia de guía en Turquía.

Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2066-1941

 

 

 

Didem Kutlu, Akdeniz University

Didem Kutlu es profesora en la Escuela Profesional de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Akdeniz. Su campo principal es el marketing y el marketing turístico. Sus intereses de investigación (según sus publicaciones) son la imagen del destino, la experiencia turística, el boca a boca electrónico y los estudios sobre agencias de viajes. Completó su doctorado en marketing empresarial en la Universidad Técnica de Karadeniz.

Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3354-5202

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Didem-Kutlu-3

 

 

 

 

 

Raşit Yildiz, Akdeniz University

Raşit Yıldız es secretario de la Facultad de Negocios Serik de la Universidad Akdeniz. Obtuvo su maestría en la Universidad Akdeniz del Instituto de Ciencias Sociales, Departamento de Gestión de Turismo. Su campo principal es la gestión del turismo.

Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4433-9925

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rasit-Yildiz/research

 

 

 

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