Papers by Achilleas Barlas
The present paper investigates consumer behaviour issues on the basis of a children's adventu... more The present paper investigates consumer behaviour issues on the basis of a children's adventure camp in Greece. The research aimed specifically to: a) identify the most important incentives that drive children to participate in adventure camps, b) investigate whether these incentives are modified after camp participation, and c) evaluate relationships between post-participation incentives and children's camp loyalty. A sample of 108 (N = 108) children (54.6% boys) participated in an adventure summer camp and filled twice (before and after their participation in camp) the Six Incentive Dimensions Instrument designed by Alexandris & Kouthouris (2005). The obtained results show that: a) the most important children's pro-participation incentives were 'Socialization II' (making new friends) (M = 4.10, SD = 0.82) and 'Camp Experience' (M = 4.05, SD = 0.60); b) after their participation in camp children gave higher scores only to the 'Socialization II' i...
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European Sport Management Quarterly, 2010
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The present paper investigates consumer behaviour issues on the basis of a children’s adventure c... more The present paper investigates consumer behaviour issues on the basis of a children’s adventure camp in Greece. The research aimed specifically to: a) identify the most important incentives that drive children to participate in adventure camps, b) investigate whether these incentives are modified after camp participation, and c) evaluate relationships between post-participation incentives and children’s camp loyalty. A sample of 108 (N = 108) children (54.6% boys) participated in an adventure summer camp and filled twice (before and after their participation in camp) the Six Incentive Dimensions Instrument designed by Alexandris & Kouthouris (2005). The obtained results show that: a) the most important children’s pro-participation incentives were ‘Socialization II’ (making new friends) (M = 4.10, SD = 0.82) and ‘Camp Experience’ (M = 4.05, SD = 0.60); b) after their participation in camp children gave higher scores only to the ‘Socialization II’ incentive (making new friends) (M = 4...
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International Journal of Sport Management, Recreation and Tourism, 2011
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The International Journal of Management Education, 2014
ABSTRACT Entrepreneurship and new business operations are potentials of economic development and ... more ABSTRACT Entrepreneurship and new business operations are potentials of economic development and growth in the modern society. The high quality of education in innovative fields provides a great opportunity for the establishment of new entrepreneurship. Through entrepreneurship education, young people, learn organizational skills, including time management, leadership development and interpersonal skills. Often the young entrepreneur faces barrier that influences and prevents the completion of the implementation. The current paper concerns the study of students' entrepreneurship activity and how this affected by various barriers and success factors. The survey was conducted among 169 students of University of Thessaly that attended entrepreneurship education program. The questionnaire that was used was based on the adapted instrument of Karhunen, Ledyaeva, Gustafsson-Pesonen, Mochnikova, and Vasilenko (2008). The questionnaire consisted of four groups of questions. All questions were answered with the use of a 5 point Likert type scale. Paired samples tests indicated significant differences before and after attending entrepreneurship class in both extrinsic and intrinsic barriers and also in success factors rates and future carrier plans. Despite these obstacles, however, encouraging students can be a way to overcome these obstacles and get into the business in the path of growth and innovation.
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World Leisure Journal, 2010
The objective of this study is to establish the degree to which ser vice quality of ski resorts c... more The objective of this study is to establish the degree to which ser vice quality of ski resorts can predict word-of-mouth communication. The sample consisted of 129 resort visitors. Participants were asked to complete the service quality scale based on Brady and Cronin's (2001) model. The instrument measures the three main dimensions of service quality (interaction quality; physical environment quality;
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Managing Service Quality, 2009
... Nicholas D. Theodorakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. ... Cron... more ... Nicholas D. Theodorakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. ... Cronin, JJ, Brady, MK, Hult, GTM (2000), "Assessing the effects of quality, value, and customer satisfaction on consumer behavioral intentions in service environments", Journal of Retailing, Vol. ...
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European Sport Management Quarterly, 2010
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