East Carolina University : Research and Creative Achievement Week 2011
it relates to the tourism of the area. Information regarding sustainability and food-systems was analyzed both on a global and a regional scale. The key role that a sustainable food system plays within a tourism destination was identified. This information was synthesized to create several sustainable initiatives that can help spur sustainable economic development within North Carolina. These initiatives have the ability to play an important role in fostering community prosperity among the rural areas of Eastern North Carolina.
Analyzing Resident Place Satisfaction in a Tourist Destination through Auto-Photography: The Case of Southern Shores, North Carolina, Allison Hueber, Derek Alderman, Department of Geography, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858 Resident satisfaction in tourist destinations lies at the heart of the movement toward more socially sustainable development. Addressing the place-based views and concerns of residents is necessary for maintaining public support for tourism. This project analyzed place satisfaction among full-time residents living in Southern Shores, North Carolina. The qualitative methods of auto-photography and photo-elicitation interview were used with twelve residents of varying lengths of residence in the Outer Banks community. Participants were supplied with disposable cameras and asked to photograph what they like and dislike about Southern Shores. In reacting to their photographs, participants communicated views, feelings, and a sense of place that allowed researchers to identify positive and negative aspects of tourism development. For some participating residents, the very act of photographing Southern Shores and choosing what to represent visually made them more cognizant of place satisfaction, thus pointing to the method s potential as a public education and Extension tool.
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Stop The Hovering: Helicopter Mentor, A New View On The Dysfunctional Mentor, Catherine Buria, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858 Much research has been conducted on the effects of positive mentoring relationships; a new stream of research has begun on the dysfunctional mentoring relationships and their outcomes. The current study is filling in the gaps of dysfunctional mentoring research, focusing on the protégés‟ perspective on mentoring behaviors. In the current study, I created the concept of a helicopter mentor through review of the parenting literature on helicopter/ overprotective parents. Through the review of this literature, a definition for the helicopter mentor was constructed. It is proposed that helicopter mentors are 1) highly supervising, 2) show difficulties allowing the protégés to have relationships with others, 3) discourage independent work, and 4) are highly controlling. There are no current measures evaluating a helicopter mentor. The current study is validating a new measure for the helicopter mentor. To ensure that the new measure shows internal reliability and a four-factor structure, a confirmatory factor analysis will be run. To build a nomological net to establish concurrent and discriminate validity evidence, related mentoring measures will be compared to the 167
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