Determining of Social-Cultural, Environmental and Economic Impacts of Winter European Youth Olympic Festival

Year 2020, Volume: 28 Issue: 43, 175 - 194, 25.01.2020

Musa Ünalan , Tevfik Şükrü Yapraklı

https://doi.org/10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2020.01.10

Cited By: 2

Abstract

In this study, we try to determine the effects of social-cultural impacts, environmental impacts, economic impacts of Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) and the perceived success of organization committee on support to organization. The research utilizes survey method and data from 500 participants in Erzurum Province of Turkey are used to test the research hypotheses. The collected data is analyzed by SPSS 22 software package through arithmetic mean, standard deviation, frequency distribution and regression analysis. The findings of the study show that perceived success of EYOF Committee have a significant effect on perceived positive social-cultural impacts, environmental impacts, economic impacts and perceived negative social-cultural impacts and economic impacts. The findings also indicate that perceived positive economic impacts, perceived negative environmental impacts and perceived success of EYOF Committee has a significant effect on local community’s support to EYOF.

Keywords

EYOF, Social-Cultural, Environmental, Economic Impacts

Kış Avrupa Gençlik Olimpik Festivalinin Sosyo-Kültürel, Çevresel ve Ekonomik Etkisinin Belirlenmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışmada Erzurum’da düzenlenen Kış Avrupa Olimpik Gençlik Festivalinin (EYOF) sosyo-kültürel, çevresel ve ekonomik etkileri ile organizasyon komitesinin algılanan başarısının organizasyona destek üzerindeki etkisi belirlenmiştir. Bu çalışma Erzurum il sınırlarında yaşayan katılımcılara uygulanmış olup 500 katılımcı çalışmanın örneklemini oluşturmaktadır. Verilerin analizinde SPSS 22 istatistik programı kullanılmış olup, anketi cevaplayanların demografik özellikleri de incelenmiş, aritmetik ortalama, standart sapma, frekans dağılımı ve regresyon analizleri yapılmıştır. Çalışmada elde edilen bulgulara göre, EYOF komitesinin algılanan başarısı, algılanan pozitif sosyo-kültürel, çevresel ve ekonomik etkiler ile algılanan negatif sosyo-kültürel, ekonomik etkiler üzerinde etkisi bulunmuştur. Yerel halkın EYOF’a desteği üzerinde ise algılanan pozitif ekonomik etki, algılanan negatif çevresel etki ve EYOF komitesinin algılanan başarısının etkisi bulunmuştur.

Keywords

EYOF, Sosyo-Kültürel, Çevresel, Ekonomik Etkiler

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