The Role of Demographic Characteristics on Nepotism Perception: A Study on the Employees of Hospitality Businesses in Trabzon

Abstract Starting from the very early stages of recruitment, nepotism can be expressed as some employees’ being favored or having an unfair promotion at work regardless of their career, knowledge, skills, level of education, experience or other qualifications due to their relation with the management team. The perception of nepotism is one of the major problems encountered in both public and private businesses. In this context, the aim of this study is to find out whether the nepotism perceptions of the employees of the hospitality businesses differ according to some demographic characteristics. Within the scope of the research, survey technique was used to determine the nepotism perceptions of employees of hospitality businesses. Accordingly, the nepotism scale was implemented on the employees of hospitality businesses operating in Trabzon. In the analysis of the data, t-test and variance analyzes were used as well as descriptive statistics. SPSS software was used in the analysis of the data. It was determined that nepotism perceptions of the employees of the hotel businesses participated in the research are low. In addition to that, it was discovered that there is no difference between the demographic characteristics of employees and their nepotism perceptions