Ali Delshad; Farzaneh Abohashem Abadi; Iman Ghasemian
Abstract
To ensure the sustainability of tourism development, the use of techniques and practical methods for evaluating sustainability has been considered. The results of previous studies indicate that the relationship and significance of these indexes have ever been considered. Therefore, the purpose of this ...
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To ensure the sustainability of tourism development, the use of techniques and practical methods for evaluating sustainability has been considered. The results of previous studies indicate that the relationship and significance of these indexes have ever been considered. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to identify the indexes of assessing the sustainability of tourism development and determining the priority of each factor, as well. The descriptive-analytical method was used as the research methods. The statistical population included the tourism professors and managers involved in tourism activities. Fuzzy Delphi, Fuzzy Network Analysis Process and Fuzzy DEMATEL techniques have been used to analyze the data. The obtained results have indicated that among the six main factors, the economic factor with a weight of 0.415 is the most important index in measuring tourism sustainability. Also, economic and cultural indexes as the most influential and effective ones have been determined in assessing the sustainability of tourism development, respectively.
Mahmood Naderi Bani; Ali Delshad; Fatemeh Mohammadi; Marziyyeh adibzadeh
Volume 10, Issue 29 , April 2016, , Pages 69-93
Abstract
In recent decades, information technology (IT) has become a key element in all aspects of people’s lives, especially in their working and professional lives. Application of IT in various sectors, businesses and organizations and its increasing growth, has provided a special importance for investigating ...
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In recent decades, information technology (IT) has become a key element in all aspects of people’s lives, especially in their working and professional lives. Application of IT in various sectors, businesses and organizations and its increasing growth, has provided a special importance for investigating the effective factors of IT acceptance, especially in hospitality-related businesses. Despite of the essence advantages of IT, accepting and using of it, has encountered with the staff resistance. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the factors affecting hotel staff acceptance of information technology. Descriptive survey has been determined as the research methodology. The hotels’ staff in Shiraz city have been selected as the statistical population. SPSS20 software and Smart PLS have been used to analyze the collected data. The results showed that such factors as attitudes, common beliefs toward IT and subjective norms have a significant and positive impact on accepting and applying IT.
