An Evaluation of Optimism and Life Satisfaction of Undergraduate Students in the School of Tourism and Hotel Management

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dc.contributor.authorÜnüvar, Şafak
dc.contributor.authorAvşaroğlu, Selahattin
dc.contributor.authorUslu, Mustafa
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T18:32:34Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T18:32:34Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.departmentSelçuk Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIn recent years there are numerous institutions providing education in tourism sector which increase its importance,because of the need for qualified staff. School of Tourism and Hotel Managements are one of these institutions which provide the highest level of education. Due to the forefront of human element because of tourism sectors' structural caharcteristics the purpose of this study is to evaluate optimism and life satisfaction of the undergraduate tourism and hotel management students. "Optimism Scale" developed by Balci{dotless} and Yi{dotless}lmaz (2002) was used to measure students' optimism, and "Life Satisfaction" developed by Diener, Emmons, Larsen and Griffin (1985), translated into Turkish by Köker (1991) was used to measure students' life satisfaction. Element sampling method was used. The sample involved the students who enrolled at School of Tourism and Hotel Management, Selcuk University in Turkey, during the spring semester of 2010-2011 academic year (n= 479). Results showed that the students scored moderately on satisfaction and highly on optimism. Female students were more optimistic and satisfied than male students and the higher the level of income students had, the more optimistic and satisfied they were. Another result showed that there was a positive correlation between students' optimism and life satisfaction.en_US
dc.identifier.citationÜnüvar, Ş., Avşaroğlu, S., Uslu, M., (2012). An Evaluation of Optimism and Life Satisfaction of Undergraduate Students in the School of Tourism and Hotel Management. Asian Social Science, 8(12), 140-147. DOI:10.5539/ass.v8n12p140
dc.identifier.doi10.5539/ass.v8n12p140en_US
dc.identifier.endpage147en_US
dc.identifier.issn1911-2017en_US
dc.identifier.issue12en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage140en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v8n12p140
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/28725
dc.identifier.volume8en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.institutionauthorÜnüvar, Şafak
dc.institutionauthorUslu, Mustafa
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAsian Social Scienceen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.selcuk20240510_oaigen_US
dc.subjectLife satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectOptimismen_US
dc.subjectSelf-Esteemen_US
dc.subjectSubjective Well-Beingen_US
dc.subjectTourism educationen_US
dc.titleAn Evaluation of Optimism and Life Satisfaction of Undergraduate Students in the School of Tourism and Hotel Managementen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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