Effects of Internal Branding on Frontline Employees Work Attitudes and Behaviours: Exploring the Role of Psychological Contract as the Mediator, The Case of North Cyprus Hotels

dc.contributor.advisorTümer, Mustafa (Supervisor)
dc.contributor.authorAyrom, Shabnam
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-14T10:40:43Z
dc.date.available2024-06-14T10:40:43Z
dc.date.issued2020-09
dc.date.submitted2020-09
dc.departmentEastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Dept. of Business Administrationen_US
dc.descriptionDoctor of Philosophy in Business Administration. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Dept. of Business Administration, 2020. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mustafa Tümeren_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis develops an empirical model to test the effect of internal branding and brand-oriented leadership on employees’ service recovery performance and turnover intention, with a particular emphasis on psychological contract as a mediator. Using a quantitative approach, questionnaires were distributed among frontline employees of four- and five-star hotels in Northern Cyprus and responses were collected from. Statistical analyses were performed using the SmartPLS software. The results of the statistical analyses showed internal branding and brand-oriented leadership have a direct and positive effect on psychological contract. Psychological contact also positively influenced service recovery performance and negatively influenced turnover intentions. The results suggest that hotels need to establish effective IB mechanisms to convey their brand messages through internal communication, training, briefing and meeting. It was observed that the overall psychological contract guarantees a partial complementary mediation between internal branding and brand oriented leadership on service recovery performance and turnover intention. The theoretical contributions and managerial implications were discussed in this research.en_US
dc.description.abstractÖZ: Bu çalışma içsel markalama ve marka-odaklı liderlik modellerinin, çalışanların hizmette iyileştirme performansları ve geridönme niyetleri üzerine olan etkisini psikolojik kontrat ara etkisi (mediator) de dikkate alarak ölçerek empirik model geliştirmektir. Kantitatif bir yaklaşım kullanılarak, anket geliştirilmiş ve KKTCdeki 4 ve 5 yıldızlı otel ön-büro çalışanlarına dağıtılmış ve geri dönütler toplanmıştır. İstatistiksel analizler SmartPLS programı kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. İstatistiksel analiz sonuçları bize içsel markalama ve marka-odaklı liderliğin psikolojik kontrat üzerine doğrudan ve pozitif etkisi olduğunu göstermiştir. Psikolojik kontrat hizmet iyileştirmesini pozitif ve çalışanların geri dönme niyetlerini ise negatif etkilemektedir. Çalışma sonuçları bize otellerin marka mesajlarını iç iletişim, eğitim, bilgilendirme ve toplantılar aracılığı ile yapabilmek için İçsel Markalama (IB) mekanizmalarının etkin bir şekilde oluşturulması gerektiğidir. Çalışma sonucu bize psikolojik kontrat değişkeninin içsel markalama ve marka-odaklı liderlik değişkenlerinin hizmet iyileştirme ve geri dönme niyetleri üzerinde kısmi etkileme (mediation) yaptığını göstermektedir. Teorik katkılar ve yönetimsel etkiler bu çalışmada tartışılmıştır.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAyrom, Shabnam. (2020).Effects of Internal Branding on Frontline Employees Work Attitudes and Behaviours: Exploring the Role of Psychological Contract as the Mediator, The Case of North Cyprus Hotels. Thesis (Ph.D.), Eastern Mediterranean University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Dept. of Business Administration, Famagusta: North Cyprusen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11129/6012
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryTez
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectEmployee motivation--Job satisfaction--Hotel Industry--Cyprus, Northen_US
dc.subjectOrganizational behavior--Work Environment--Work--Psychological aspects--Employees--Attitudesen_US
dc.subjectInternal Brandingen_US
dc.subjectHotel Employeesen_US
dc.subjectPsychological Contracten_US
dc.subjectNorth Cyprusen_US
dc.subjectWork Outcomesen_US
dc.subjectService Recovery Performanceen_US
dc.titleEffects of Internal Branding on Frontline Employees Work Attitudes and Behaviours: Exploring the Role of Psychological Contract as the Mediator, The Case of North Cyprus Hotelsen_US
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis

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