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                                                                                    <journal-title>İstanbul Aydın Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">2757-7252</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2757-7244</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>İstanbul Aydın Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                                            <subject>Service Marketing</subject>
                                                            <subject>Consumer-Oriented Product or Service Development</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Hizmet Pazarlaması</subject>
                                                            <subject>Tüketici Odaklı Ürün veya Hizmet Geliştirme</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>ADAPTATION OF THE INNOVATIVE SERVICE BEHAVIOR SCALE INTO TURKISH: A STUDY IN HOTEL ENTERPRISES</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>YENİLİKÇİ HİZMET DAVRANIŞI ÖLÇEĞİNİN TÜRKÇE’YE UYARLANMASI: OTEL İŞLETMELERİNDE BİR ARAŞTIRMA</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6417-1293</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Demiray</surname>
                                    <given-names>Gökhan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260424">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>24</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>18</volume>
                                        <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>265</fpage>
                                        <lpage>283</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20251130">
                        <day>11</day>
                        <month>30</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260305">
                        <day>03</day>
                        <month>05</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2009, İstanbul Aydın Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>İstanbul Aydın Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                            <p>Innovation in the service sector is shaped not only by technological developments but also by the creative approaches that employees display during their interactions with customers. Employees’ tendencies to generate, share, and implement innovative ideas have a direct impact on organizational performance and service quality. In this context, the emerging concept of Innovative Service Behavior (ISB) has become a strategic factor for achieving competitive advantage, customer satisfaction, and sustainable growth. This study aims to adapt into Turkish and test the cultural validity and reliability of the scale developed by Chen (2023) to assess employees’ ISB in the tourism industry. Currently, there is no Turkish adaptation of the ISB scale. The research was conducted with 391 employees working in corporate and chain five-star hotel enterprises in Istanbul. The findings indicate that the Turkish version of the ISB scale is a strong and valid measurement tool that can be effectively used in the tourism sector. Furthermore, the study provides practical guidance for developing human resource policies that support innovative behaviors, thereby contributing to a deeper understanding of the cultural and organizational dynamics that foster innovation in the service industry.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Hizmet sektöründe yenilikçilik, yalnızca teknolojik gelişmelerle değil, çalışanların müşteriyle etkileşim sırasında sergiledikleri yaratıcı yaklaşımlarla da şekillenmektedir. Çalışanların yenilikçi fikirler üretme, paylaşma ve uygulama eğilimlerini örgütsel performans ve hizmet kalitesi üzerinde doğrudan etkili olmaktadır. Bu bağlamda gelişen Yenilikçi Hizmet Davranışı (YHD), işletmelerin rekabet avantajı, müşteri memnuniyeti ve sürdürülebilir büyüme hedefleri açısından stratejik bir unsur haline gelmiştir. Bu araştırma, turizm sektöründe çalışanların YHD’lerini değerlendirmeye yönelik Chen (2023) tarafından geliştirilen ölçeğin Türkçe’ye uyarlanmasını ve kültürel geçerlik ile güvenirliğinin test edilmesini amaçlamaktadır. Henüz Türkçeye uyarlanmış bir YHD ölçeği bulunmamaktadır. Araştırma, İstanbul’daki kurumsal ve zincir beş yıldızlı otel işletmelerinde görev yapan 391 çalışanla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışma bulguları YHD ölçeğinin turizm sektöründe kullanılabilecek güçlü bir ölçme aracı olduğunu ortaya koymakta ve işletmelere yenilikçi davranışları destekleyecek insan kaynakları politikaları geliştirmede rehberlik edecektir. Böylece araştırma, hizmet sektöründe yeniliği teşvik eden kültürel ve örgütsel dinamiklerin anlaşılmasına önemli bir katkı sunmaktadır.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Yenilikçi Hizmet Davranışı</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Otel İşletmeciliği</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Yenilikçilik</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Ölçek Uyarlama.</kwd>
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                                                <kwd-group xml:lang="en">
                                                    <kwd>Innovative Service Behavior</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Hotel Management</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Innovation</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Scale Adaptation</kwd>
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