Dr. Ata Atadil
- Position: Associate Professor
- Department: Commerce
- Office Location: Building 53, Room 103
- atadil@uwf.edu
- Campus: 850.474.3430
Biography
Ata Atadil is an Associate Professor in the Department of Commerce at the Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business. He received his Ph.D. in Hospitality Management from the University of South Carolina and his MA and BA degrees in Tourism and Hotel Management from Dokuz Eylul University and Yasar University, respectively. His research focuses on decision-making behavior and attitudes of consumers, destination image formation, as well as the strategic management of organizations in the hospitality and tourism industry. His teaching focuses on implementing class participation activities to make students perform creative and critical thinking. From high-impact practices to creativity exercises, students are introduced to joyful and educational class participation activities to form a collective learning environment in his courses.
Publications
Lu, Q., & Atadil, H. A. (2021) Do you dare to travel to China? An examination of China’s destination image amid Covid-19. Tourism Management Perspectives. 40, 100881. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2021.100881
Atadil, H. A., & Lu, Q. (2021). An investigation of underlying dimensions of customers’ perceptions of a safe hotel in the COVID-19 era: Effects of those perceptions on hotel selection behavior. Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management. 30 (6), 655-672, doi: 10.1080/19368623.2021.1877588
Atadil, H. A., Erdem, M., Green, A. J., & Crinson, D. (2021). Digital Natives in the Hospitality Workforce: An Exploratory Study on Mobile Dependency. Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management. Research Note. doi: 10.1080/19368623.2021.1897054
Atadil, H. A., & Green, A. J. (2020). An Analysis of Attitudes Towards Management during Culture Shifts. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 86, 102439. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2019.102439
Erdem, M, Atadil, H. A., & Nasoz, P. (2019). Leveraging Guestroom Technology: A Tale of Two Guest Profiles. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology, 10 (3), 255-268. doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/JHTT-06-2018-0046
Atadil, H. A., Sirakaya-Turk, E., Meng, F., & Decrop, A. (2018). Exploring travelers’ decision-making styles. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 30 (1), 618-636. doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-11-2016-0613
Atadil, H. A., Sirakaya-Turk, E., Baloglu, S., & Kirillova, K. (2017). Destination Neurogenetics: Creation of destination meme maps of tourists. Journal of Business Research, 74, 154-161. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.10.028
Atadil, H. A., Sirakaya-Turk, E., & Altintas, V. (2017). An analysis of destination image for emerging markets of Turkey. Journal of Vacation Marketing, 23 (1), 37-54. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1356766715616858
Atadil, H. A., Berezina, K., Yılmaz, B. S., & Cobanoglu, C. (2010). An analysis of the usage of Facebook and Twitter as a marketing tool in hotels. Dokuz Eylul University Journal of Faculty of Business. 11(2), 119-125.