Using findings from a statewide study of satisfaction and retention of 294 directcare staff in 39 assisted-living facilities (ALFs) in Georgia, this study examines the effect of sociodemographic, job, and attitudinal characteristics on overall job satisfaction and its various dimensions. The results show age has a negative effect on promotion satisfaction. Whites are more satisfied than non-whi...

Tourists’ spatial-temporal behavior has complex and dynamic randomness, which affects the intelligent management of scenic spots. Understanding mastering tourists within peak period spots is one key means to improving competitiveness enhancing tourism satisfaction. This paper explores how effectively optimize tourists’ improve overall efficiency Firstly, we built a simulation model found transf...

The tourism value chain plays an important role in sustainable development because it makes identifying the services possible order to create for tourists. This study is conducted identify basic elements of and measure their impact on tourist satisfaction, thereby evaluating effectiveness Vietnam. Hypotheses are tested from estimation coefficients Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) multigroup a...

In the context of people’s gradually rising consumption levels and urgent need to upgrade tourism market, continuous homogenization souvenirs is beginning seriously affect shopping experience tourists. This study aims explore how tourists perceive phenomenon this affects tourists’ purchase intention. constructs a hypothesis model relationship among perceived homogeneity, value, intention based ...

the aim of the current study was to investigate the perceived psychic distance of potentialtourists in relation to iran as a tourism destination. the concept of psychic distance refersto perceived similarities/ differences between specific destination and tourist's homecountry. the members of couch-surfing virtual community participated in this study. thestatistical data were collected by conve...

Continual efforts have been made by international organizations to discover new tourism products and activities that have the opportunity of being marketed and promoted. Gastronomy has been identified as one of the new tourism product which is directly relevant to the Malaysian context. At present gastronomy is a valuable source of attracting tourists from all over the world and this has led to...

The purpose of this study was to investigate a large number of determinants of sport dropout among French adolescents, in order to reveal proximal and distal factors of dropout. 261 current and 106 dropout athletes (M = 14.6) participated to the study. The data were collected by a questionnaire assessing demographic information, athletes' perceptions on their experience, their parents, teammate...

Although the benefits of e-learning have been discussed in various previous studies; it is a critical issue of better understanding the reasons why some learners are dissatisfied with the e-learning experience. Therefore, this research investigates learners’ satisfaction, behavioral intentions, and the effectiveness of the Blackboard e-learning system. A total of 424 university students were su...

The main objective of this study is to examine the influence of service quality dimensions on customer overall satisfaction. This study posits and develops an instrument of service quality and examines the relationship between perceived service quality dimensions and customer overall satisfaction. The results shows that the most important service quality practice on customer satisfaction is res...

The discrepancy between authenticity regarding heritage conservation and perceived in tourism has been extensively discussed seen as an obstacle for sustainable management. In this article, we reviewed the notion of respectively tourism, interviewed 5 experts 363 tourists three cultural heritages Nanjing, China. Findings indicate that once visitors are fully aware essential nature, significance...