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Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1Why Are Faculty Unfavorably Disposed to MOOCs? – A Sharing of Views by Chinese Hospitality Educators(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2021-08-12) Zhang, Xin; Koseoglu, Mehmet Ali; King, Brian; Aladag, Omer FarukThis study explores the negative disposition of many hospitality higher education faculty toward MOOCs, an increasingly prominent delivery mode in pedagogical discourse which potentially enriches student learning. Such enrichment is particularly welcome in the case of hospitality because of its diverse stakeholders and student learning needs. The researchers conducted an in-depth and qualitative exploration with faculty members in mainland China. They combined the Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) approach and theory of motivation to propose five dimensions that account for groupings of resistance to deploying MOOCs. These are attributes and complexities, perceived incompatibility, unsuitability for trial, and lack of observational capacity. The study contributes to knowledge by examining the perspectives of faculty who have the capacity to constrain the deployment of MOOCs. The authors suggest that faculty members should be encouraged to embrace MOOCs as an innovative medium for learning and teaching.Article Citation - Scopus: 1Information Sources and Congruency Modulate Preference-Based Decision-Making Processes(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2024-07-29) Ozkan, Aysegul; Zhang, JiaxiangPreference-based decisions often need to combine multiple pieces of information. This study investigated how the number of information sources and information congruency affect decision performance. Participants made preference-based choices between two groups of food items. Increasing the number of items in each option led to slower and less accurate decisions. Drift-diffusion modelling showed that more information sources relate to a slower rate of evidence accumulation. Therefore, the additional information impeded rather than improved the decision accuracy. In Experiment 2, each choice option contained either fully congruent information or one piece of incongruent information. Decisions with incongruent information is associated with a lower drift rate than that with congruent information, leading to inferior behaviorual performance. Further model simulations support that the change in attention weighting over information sources leads to the observed effects of item numbers and item congruency. Our results suggest a bounded combination of information sources during preference-based decisions.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 5Gender in Political Sex Scandals in Contemporary Turkey: Women's Agency and the Public Sphere(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2015-10-02) Cindoglu, Dilek; Unal, DidemSex scandals in politics lead to intense public debates about fundamental issues, such as morality, publicity, and privacy, rendering gender inequalities more visible than ever. This article aims to reveal the complex gendered dynamics of the political culture by looking at sex scandals in contemporary Turkey. The ways in which these scandals have been narrated, negotiated, and resolved among the public and political actors provide grounds for analysis about the nature of patriarchal dynamics regarding women's agency and public credibility communicated through their sexuality in contemporary Turkey.Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 3Effects of External Shocks on the AirBNB Market - Modeling Business Survival Using Geocoded Open Data(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2024-12-11) Turk, Umut; Osth, John; Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, PeterThis paper seeks to trace the determinants of business survival in the Airbnb market during the latest pandemic. The paper starts with an examination of the key factors determining survival rates of accommodation listings in the Airbnb market during the early shock phase of the pandemic. The analysis is carried out for 10 metropolitan cities all over the world in both 2019 and 2020, so as to investigate the differences in survival probabilities between the pre- and early-pandemic period. We also study the dynamics of the Airbnb market in the late pandemic period using a multinomial logistic regression model. The results show similar patterns as the pre- and early-pandemic periods, indicating a tendency to return to a pre-pandemic state. In particular, in the pandemic time analyses, distance to nature appeared to be positively associated with firm survival, suggesting the importance of a healthy environment for attracting guests during this period. The findings contribute to our understanding of the effects of the pandemic on short-term rental and highlight the role of various critical background factors.Article Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 5Cyclists as Intelligent Carriers of Space-Time Environmental Information: Crowd-Sourced Sensor Data for Local Air Quality Measurement and Mobility Analysis in the Netherlands(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2023-03-30) Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter; Osth, John; Turk, UmutIn recent years, slow travel modes (walking, cycling) have gained much interest in the context of urban air quality management. This article presents the findings from a novel air quality measurement experiment in the Netherlands, by regarding cyclists as carriers and transmitters of real-world information on fine-grained air quality conditions. Using individual sensors on bicycles-connected to a GPS positioning system-online local pollution information originating from cyclists' detailed spatial mobility patterns is obtained. Such air quality surface maps and cyclists' mobility maps are then used to identify whether there are significant differences between the actual route choice and the cyclists' shortest route choice, so as to identify the implications of poor air quality conditions for their mobility choices. Thus, the article seeks to present both a detailed pollution surface map and the complex space-time mobility patterns of cyclists in a region, on the basis of online quantitative data-at any point in time and space-from bicycle users in a given locality. In addition, the article estimates their response-in terms of route choice-to detailed air-quality information through the use of a novel geoscience-inspired analysis of space-time "big data." The empirical test of our quantitative modeling approach was carried out for the Greater Utrecht area in the Netherlands. Our findings confirm that spatial concentration of air pollutants have great consequences for bike users' route choice patterns, especially in the case of non-commuting trips. We also find that cyclists make longer trips on weekends and in the evenings, especially towards parks and natural amenities.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 4Barriers and Facilitators to University Access in Disadvantaged UK Adolescents by Ethnicity: A Qualitative Study(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2022-07-20) McCabe, C.; Keast, K.; Kaya, M. S.Increasing access to university for those currently under-represented is a UK government priority. Understanding the views of under-represented students can help direct widening participation activities. In recent years, a positive trend finds increasing numbers of Black students attending university, but it is not clear why White disadvantaged student numbers have not increased. Thus, we aimed to explore the student viewpoint on barriers and facilitators to university access in disadvantaged adolescents and how this might differ by ethnicity. We used an online semi-structured interview with questions about applying to university. Seventy adolescents (mean 16.9 yr.) were recruited who are currently under-represented at university level, based on various measures of disadvantage. Black, Asian, and ethnic minority students (BAME) reported similar barriers and facilitators to applying to university as White disadvantaged students. However, there were some differences, for example, BAME participants stated 'having no choice' was a reason to apply to university while White participants did not mention this. Also similar to 60% of BAME students said they would prefer to study close by compared to far away, while only 46% of White participants said this. Our results support previous findings that financial issues are a key barrier to university access and that outreach activities can act as facilitators to increase university access. However, we compare the unique viewpoints on the barriers and facilitators to university access in Black, Asian and White under-represented students. Based on these views we also make recommendations for future widening participation events targeted at different ethnicities.Article Citation - WoS: 89Citation - Scopus: 94A Way Forward in Reducing Carbon Emissions in Environmentally Friendly Countries: The Role of Green Growth and Environmental Taxes(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2022-02-21) Dogan, Eyup; Hodzic, Sabina; Sikic, Tanja FaturGiven recent environmental reforms and the focus on the problem of climate change, it is necessary to evaluate whether green growth and environmental taxes can reduce CO2 emissions for countries. Even though a number of studies have analysed the ways to reduce environmental pollution, the literature lacks enough evidence for the role of green growth and environmental taxes in determining the level of carbon emissions. Therefore, the objective of the empirical analysis is to estimate the impacts on CO2 emissions of green growth and environmental taxes by including sustainable indicators for a group of 25 environmentally friendly countries from 1994 to 2018 by applying advanced panel data analysis models. By applying the novel quantile regressions on the largest amount of available data from 1994 to 2018, this article shows that the coefficients of green growth, environmental taxes, renewable energy and energy efficiency are negative at lower, medium and higher quantiles. According to the results of the quantile regression, environmental taxes, renewable energy and energy efficiency are key factors in decreasing CO2 emissions. Overall, renewable energy should be given greater priority through research supports, subsidies and government incentives while environmental taxes should be more implemented to discourage activities that promote pollution.