The Relationship Between Turkish Backpackers’ Personel Development And Sustainability Perceptions

Year 2019, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 2125 - 2144, 27.04.2019

Gülizar Akkuş

https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.505828

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Today, it is assumed that independent travels, which are especially popular among young people, make a significant contribution to personal development. However, in many studies it has been found that backpackers are not much concerned about sustainability. Therefore, the relationship between the travelers' perceptions of sustainability and these travels, which are supposed to be beneficial to personal development, have been examined. A quantitative design was adopted in the research and a survey technique was used. A total of 244 Turkish backpackers were reached face-to-face and online with snowball sampling method. Data collected in September-October 2018 were subjected to correlation analysis. As a results of the research, significant relationships were found between all personal development dimensions and perceptions of sustainability of travelers. It has been determined that the dimension of awareness and capability is mostly related to social sustainability, skill dimension is related to environmental sustainability and emotion dimension is related to economic sustainability.

Keywords

Turkish Backpackers, Personel Development, Sustainability Perception

Türk Sırt Çantalı Gezginlerin Kişisel Gelişimleri İle Sürdürülebilirlik Algıları Arasındaki İlişki

Abstract

Dünya genelinde bağımsız seyahate çıkan
gezginlerin sayısı her geçen yıl artmaktadır. Özellikle günümüzde gençler
arasında bu tarz seyahatler büyük bir küresel eğilim haline gelmiştir. Bununla
birlikte artık bireylerin yaşadıkları bu özgün seyahatler sayesinde kişisel
gelişimlerini daha iyi bir şekilde tamamladığı varsayılmaktadır. Ancak birçok
araştırmada sırt çantalı gezginlerin sürdürülebilirlik konusunda pek fazla
endişe duymadığı da tespit edilmiştir. Bu sebeple bu araştırmada kişisel
gelişime faydası dokunduğu varsayılan bu seyahatler ile sırt çantalı
gezginlerin sürdürülebilirliğe dair davranışları ya da tutumları arasında herhangi
bir ilişkinin olup olmadığı merak edilmiştir. Araştırmada nicel bir tasarım
benimsenmiş ve anket tekniği kullanılmıştır. Anket formu oluşturulurken, Chen,
Bao ve Huang (2014) tarafından geliştirilen sırt çantalı gezginlerin kişisel
gelişim ölçeği ve Iaquinto'nun (2015) geliştirdiği günlük sürdürülebilirlik
uygulamaları ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Sırt çantalı gezginlerin kişisel gelişim
ölçeği beş boyuttan ve 16 ifadeden, günlük sürdürülebilir uygulamalar ölçeği üç
boyuttan ve 24 ifadeden oluşmaktadır. Araştırmada kartopu örneklemesi
yöntemiyle 244 Türk sırt çantalı gezgine ulaşılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda tüm
kişisel gelişim boyutları ile gezginlerin sürdürülebilirlik algıları arasında
anlamlı ilişkiler tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

Türk sırt çantalı gezginler, Kişisel gelişim, Sürdürülebilirlik algısı

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