Abstract
Bibliometric Analysis of Postgraduate Theses on Personality Traits in the Field of Tourism
Since personality traits affect the emotions and behaviors of individuals, researches on personality traits are carried out from different perspectives in the academic field. However, there is a lack of studies that address the development of the researches and determine their qualities. In this context, in this research, it is aimed to determine the bibliometric qualities of the postgraduate theses published in the National Thesis Center of the Higher Education Institution on the subject of personality traits in the field of tourism between the years 2005-2022. Within the scope of the research purpose, 47 postgraduate theses that are open to access were examined. The statistical package program was used to analyze the data obtained after the examination. In tourism, there are more postgraduate theses on personality traits. Turkish is the publication language; four words are frequently used as keywords. When the analysis findings were examined, it was determined that the subject of personality traits was studied with different subjects. The issues of job satisfaction, burnout, and tourist satisfaction were mainly studied in the thesis. In addition, it is seen that the employees frequently prefer the quantitative method as the individuals whose data is collected in the theses. Data collection sites are spread over a wide area. Most data were collected from hotels and destinations. Five-Factor Personality Theory was preferred at most to measure personality traits in theses.
Keywords
Personality Traits, Tourism, Bibliometric Analysis
