Attention to the hostel owners and employees, greetings from Istanbul

Dear Hostel Owners and Hostel Employees,

I am a master student in the Department of Tourism Management in the University of Koblenz. I have started to do my master thesis: “the socio-demographic study on hostel employees and the factors affecting their motivation”. I will be pleased if you could spend few minutes to answer these questions. You don’t have to write your names. I declare that all those information will be kept by me to use for an academic study and I won’t share them with any other people. All your answers will contribute to an academic research.

Thank you for your time.

1. Age:

2. Sex: male ( ) female ( )

3. Nationality:

4. Name of the hostel that you are working:

5. City:

6. What kind of school did you graduate from?

High school ( ) University ( ) Others:

7. If you are graduated from a university, which department did you graduate from?

8. Which languages do you speak?

9. Since when are you working in this hostel?

9. What is your job description in the hostel?

10. How many hours per week are you working in this hostel?

11. Did you work in other hostels/ hotels before? Yes ( ) No ( )

12. Are you working in other job/jobs beside the hostel you work now?
Yes ( ) No ( )
13. What is your income per month?

14. Are you satisfied with your salary? Yes ( ) No ( )

15. Do you get a performance-related commission from the hostel? Yes ( ) No ( )

16. If yes, what is the percentage of the performance-related commission?

17. Would you like to be the owner of your own hostel?
( ) Yes, it is my future aim ( ) Yes, but I don’t have enough money ( ) No, it just a job for earning money
( ) No, I just work for fun for a certain period of time ( ) Others:

18. What do you like most in the hostel you work now?

19. What don’t you like in the hostel you work now?

20. What is your main motivation in your job?
( ) Salary ( ) Working hours
( ) Communicating with new people ( ) Interaction with colleagues
( ) Others:

21. How many people are working at the same time in the hostel?

22. How are the shifts organized?

( ) organized by the boss ( ) organized by the employees themselves
( ) others:

23. What is the job description of the owner of the hostel?

24. Is there a hierarchy between the employees? Yes ( ) No ( )

25. Does your company organize anything special to motivate you? (party, bbq, tours…)
Yes ( ) No ( )

Please read each sentence below and put 1-5 to the questions
Which one effects your motivation when you are working in the hostel?
1: I agree definitely
2: I agree
3: I am not sure
4: I don’t agree
5: I definitely don’t agree

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1 Uncertainty of your job description
2 There is too much work to do
3 Colleagues have good relations between each other
4 I don’t have time to relax
5 I don’t have time for my family/friends
6 I don’t have time for social activities
7 There is no respect and tolerance at work
8 I do the same things everyday, it is monotonous
9 I am satisfied with my salary
10 I am afraid of not being accepted by my colleagues
11 I have family problems
12 I have too much responsibility at work
13 I have health problems
14 It is appreciated when I do something good
15 I am afraid of getting fired
16 I am always controlled by my colleagues/boss
17 I develop myself personally and vocationally at work
18 I talk with managers about the solution of the problems at work
19 I like my job
20 It makes me busy all the time
21 I have the possibility to work alone
22 It gives me the chance to be a prestigious person in the community
23 I am happy with the management style of my boss
24 My manager is good at making a decision
25 I have the freedom of decision at work
26 I feel successful at work
27 I am satisfied with the physical conditions at work
28 Life is beautiful

Please send this form to [email][email protected][/email]

Thanks a lot,
Erdem Köksal
0090-555 4411123
www.chillouthc.com