CONGRESS PREFERENCE ELEMENTS FOR OFFICE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATOR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ACADEMICIANS

Congress organizations with academic exchanges have increased in recent years. Congress manager need to determine the factors that influence congress preference decisions of participants to reach a large number of participants, to create a positive image about the institution hosting the congress and to manage a good congress. In this way purpose of the study; It is to determine the present conditions of the academicians who are working in the Office Management and Executive Assistance Program and to determine the congressional preference criteria of the academicians participating in any national or international congress. The sample of the research consists of 314 academicians whose e-mail addresses can be reached from the web pages of the universities. In the first part, there is statistical information about the current situation of the academicians who are working in the Office Management and Executive Assistance program. In the second part, it was attempted to determine what factors are important in the congressional preference elements of the academicians and whether there are differences in congress preference elements according to some variables