Journal of Business Cases and Applications Determination of the characteristics, Page 1 Determination of the characteristics of Turkish managers: a case study in five star hotels

The purpose of this study is to study the select aspects of characteristics of managers in five star hotel enterprises in Turkey. The study focuses on the variables of age, gender, education, and years of experience. The managers such as general director, vice and departmental managers, who are leading the administrative positions are included in this study. According to the findings of the study, in five star hotel enterprises in Aegean and Mediterranean regions, the managers ’ attitude and judgment reflect statistically significant differences regarding the gender, educational level, the size of the hotel enterprise and the level of the professional training. Moreover, the study revealed a significant difference between the size of the hotel enterprises and the wish of the managers to get to know about everything taking place, the tendency of the managers to share it with the others while making decisions, and the tendency of the managers to supervise the junior ones closely and caring their private lives in order to be a role model for them