A THEORETICAL STUDY ON WORKPLACE RECREATION: SUGGESTION ON ITS APPLICABILITY IN TOURISM ENTERPRISES
Abstract
In tourism, which is a labor-intensive sector, the fact that employees work under excessive stress and pressure can cause work exhaustion, job dissatisfaction and inefficient work. Tourism business managers have begun to care much more about the impact of workplace recreation on productivity in order to prevent all of this. Workplace recreation, when implemented by the managers, can contribute to job satisfaction and productivity by allowing the employee to spend leisure time more efficiently and productively by providing working time and leisure time balance. Therefore, the aim of this study is to carry out a theoretical examination on the workplace recreation and to present various suggestions to the sector managers in tourism for their applicability in tourism enterprises, as well as evaluating the benefits of business recreation to tourism businesses, employees and the economy of the country. For this purpose, efforts have been made to reveal the relationship between leisure time and work efficiency in this study and then evaluations and suggestions about the applicability of workplace recreation in tourism enterprises have been presented. This study presents a theoretical framework guiding future researches.
Keywords
References
- Akova, O. and Bayhan, İ. (2015). “Örgütsel Bağlılık ve Rekreasyonel İmkânlar Arsındaki İlişki: Antalya’da Konaklama İşletmelerinde Çalışanların Üzerine Bir Araştırma”, Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 8 (38), s.789-805.
- Batlaş, A. and Batlaş, Z. (1998). Stres ve Başa Çıkma Yolları. İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.
- Blair, S. and Connelly, J. (1996). “How Much Physical Activity Should We Do? The Case For Moderate Amounts And Intensities of Physical Activity”, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 67: s.193-205.
- Boyacı, C. (1991). Personel Yönetiminde Beşeri Kaynakların Korunması Açısından İş Koşullarının İyileştirilmesi ve İşte Verimliliğe Olan Etkisi Üzerine Bir Uygulama, Antalya: Akdeniz Üniversitesi Basımevi, Yayın no: 36.
- Clark P., Hantrais L., Hassard J. and Starkey K. (1988). The porous day and temps choisi, an enquiry into the appropriation of time. (Working paper 88-4), Department of Economics and Management Science, University of Keele, Keele.
- Crotts, C.J. and Raaij, F. V. (1995). Economic Psychoogy of Travel and Tourism, NewYork: The Haworth Hospitality Press.
- Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, New York: Harper and Row.
- Dawer P.W. and Pangraz R.P. (1975). Dynamic Physical Education For Elementary School Children, 4 th Edition, USA: Washington.
Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
-
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Publication Date
June 30, 2017
Submission Date
March 31, 2017
Acceptance Date
-
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 4 Number: 1