Attitudes towards reluctance to work in the Egyptian tourism sector
Joint Authors
Atiyyah, Muhammad Adil Ahmad
Antar, Muhammad
Source
Journal of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels
Issue
Vol. 12, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.83-96, 14 p.
Publisher
Alexandria University Faculty of Tourism and Hotels
Publication Date
2015-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Business Administration
Tourism
Topics
Abstract EN
It was noted recently that there is a clear attitude towards reluctance to work in The Egyptian tourism sector generally.
Actually, there are many reasons that led to this disinclination.
So, this research aims to study beliefs and attitudes of individuals towards reluctance to work in The Egyptian tourism sector.
Also, knowledge the motives and reasons for real attitude to work in this sector and whether there were extremist religious beliefs or employees’ feeling of unsafe to work in this sector recently.
So, the researchers concentrate on three hypotheses as follows: there is a clear attitude towards not working in The Egyptian tourism sector; there is a positive relationship between religious beliefs and work in The Egyptian tourism sector; finally, there is a positive relationship between feeling of unsafe and work in The Egyptian tourism sector.
To achieve the results, the researchers designed attitude scale to measure reluctance to work in The Egyptian tourism sector.
The scale applied on 162 samples distributed on workers in the public and private sectors in Cairo, Minia, Assiut, Fayoum and Sohag governorates, who have/have not previously worked in the tourism and hospitality field.
The study discovered that there are clear attitudes towards reluctance to work in The Egyptian Tourism Sector, personnel feeling unsafe and limit indicators about bad beliefs towards working in tourism field.
So, the study recommends establishing policies and rules to protect tourism employees and increase awareness about the importance of tourism field.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Antar, Muhammad& Atiyyah, Muhammad Adil Ahmad. 2015. Attitudes towards reluctance to work in the Egyptian tourism sector. Journal of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels،Vol. 12, no. 2, pp.83-96.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-857767
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Antar, Muhammad& Atiyyah, Muhammad Adil Ahmad. Attitudes towards reluctance to work in the Egyptian tourism sector. Journal of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels Vol. 12, no. 2 (2015), pp.83-96.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-857767
American Medical Association (AMA)
Antar, Muhammad& Atiyyah, Muhammad Adil Ahmad. Attitudes towards reluctance to work in the Egyptian tourism sector. Journal of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels. 2015. Vol. 12, no. 2, pp.83-96.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-857767
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 95-96
Record ID
BIM-857767