
Petr Scholz- PhD
- Professor (Associate) at College of Polytechnics Jihlava
Petr Scholz
- PhD
- Professor (Associate) at College of Polytechnics Jihlava
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Introduction
Petr Scholz has graduated from the Matej Bel University, Slovakia, with a specialization in Tourism, and from the Masaryk University, Czechia, with a specialization in Kinantropology. He is an associate professor at the College of Polytechnics Jihlava, Czechia, and holds the position of editor-in-chief of the Studia Turistica journal (studiaturistica.cz). His research focuses on hospitality and contemporary issues of football.
Skills and Expertise
Current institution
Additional affiliations
November 2022 - present
September 2019 - September 2022
Education
November 2023 - June 2024
September 2013 - September 2017
September 2008 - June 2010
Matej Bel University
Field of study
- Tourism
Publications
Publications (46)
Knowledge based economy forces companies to reconsider strategic impact of different components of internal capital on their performance. Traditional extensive value drivers, based mainly on structural capital, are gradually extended with more intensive utilization of relational and human-resources oriented alternatives also in hospitality industry...
The economic recovery of the tourism industry after the Covid-19 pandemic to find modern and efficient trends to increase profitability is accompanied by the adoption of comprehensive accommodation approaches towards resilience and environmental sustainability. The research aims at the application of environmental management elements and measures i...
The paper presents the findings of a longitudinal testing of talented youth in orienteering in the Czech Republic. Young talented orienteers participate in the testing of motor skills by standardized tests. The results and conclusions of the 3 km and 5 km cross-country running measurements (according to age category) point to a regressive state of...
Positive Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Czech Hospitality Industry This article aims to examine the positive impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on accommodation and catering facilities in the Czech Republic. Data collection took place via the Czech Association of Hotels and Restaurants (AHR CR) between June 2020 and March 2021. A total of 422 qu...
Positive Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Czech Hospitality Industry This article aims to examine the positive impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on accommodation and catering facilities in the Czech Republic. Data collection took place via the Czech Association of Hotels and Restaurants (AHR CR) between June 2020 and March 2021. A total of 422 qu...
Rationale: In professional sports, no-shows increasingly pose a significant challenge to the management. Even though previous research has already established that such spectator no-show behavior (NSB) is more widespread among season ticket holders (STHs), the related literature has produced conflicting findings on the antecedents of such defective...
Efforts to minimize negative effects on the environment are manifested in the hospitality sector in the form of integrated application of elements of sustainable business, circular economy, bioeconomy, and environmental management. Those who run accommodation facilities are becoming environmentally aware and feel that they should be more involved i...
Football is the most popular team sport in the world. It is entertainment, primarily for men, but nowadays, it can be said that the number of women at football stadiums is steadily increasing. Given the long history of spectator sports events consumption, it is not a surprising fact that there have also been serious manifestations of spectator aggr...
This research article focuses on the ecological operation of accommodation services in Bulgaria. The aim of this article is to evaluate the application of various green management elements and measures in selected hotels in Bulgaria, namely in the cities of Sofia and Varna. The research will pay attention to the implementation of individual green m...
This study considers the relationship of the tour operators to the tourism platform services in the context of a COVID-19 post-pandemic recovery. The findings are based on semi-structured interviews with representatives of Slovak tour operators’ businesses. The results show that the platform economy is not perceived as a poison for the industry. Sp...
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the application of various green management measures in selected accommodation facilities in Czechia, namely in the town of Mladá Boleslav and its surroundings. This study was carried out using mixed research methods including semi-structured interviews with accommodation facility management staff. The int...
Generation Z has been online since the beginning, the online space is an integral part of their lives and personalities, and they make up about 30% of the world’s population. It is claimed that this youngest cohort is already the most numerous generation on the Earth. The most important holiday parameters for them are price and location. They want...
As in many industry sectors, in professional sports, no-shows increasingly pose a significant challenge to the management. Previous research has established that spectator no-show behavior is widespread among season ticket holders, in particular, but the specific antecedents of such behavior seem to be context-sensitive. Accordingly, in this note,...
El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la relación entre las expresiones verbales y otro tipo de expresiones y el comportamiento violento de las mujeres visitantes en determinados estadios de fútbol en República Checa. Los datos primarios se recopilaron mediante una encuesta por cuestionario principalmente en el estadio Eden Arena en las temporada...
Increasing the socio-economic effects caused by the tourism development in the local population, they adopt some attitudes according to the impacts directly or indirectly perceived. However, some of this impact can be considered positive or negative, according to different perspectives. The issue of the resident-tourist relationship has been much-d...
Problem statement: Football is a collective ball game that is the most popular team sport in the world.Given the long history of spectator sports events consumption it is not a surprising fact that there have also been serious manifestations of spectator aggression. Objective: The purpose of the study was to examine the behavior of selected Czech f...
Sustainability has long been a buzzword and is also currently one of the major priorities of tourism all over the world. In many places, hotels function as a driving force for socio-economic development, serving as employers for the local population, but also providing space for meetings, conferences, private/family events, and ceremonies. Unfortun...
The goal of this article is to analyze football fandom and violence in Czechia following the dissolution of the socialist state, focusing on the example of Slavia Prague, one of the most significant clubs in the country. We focused on the issue of football spectatorship in the 1990s, over the following twenty years until now. Primary data were coll...
The objective of this research article is to analyze the application of environmental measures at accommodation facilities in a selected hotel chain in the Czech Republic. The primary research was carried out between February and April 2018. The data were obtained through a questionnaire survey conducted by email as well as telephone and structured...
Цель исследования – выявить отношение женщин-зрительниц к неспортивному поведению на футбольных стадионах в Чешской Республике на основе результатов социологического анализа.
Методика и организация исследования. Использовались первичные данные, которые были собраны методом анкетирования в сезонах 2015/2016 и 2016/2017 гг. Анкета содержала 29 вопрос...
Purpose: Adequate physical activity (PA) of elderly is currently an intensively discussed topic. In urban agglomerations, physical activity for this population group is often implemented as a vari-ety of intervention programs. The question is whether some of the normal work activities in the countryside can provide suficient amount of physical acti...
Purpose: The goal of this paper is to analyse the relationship between supporters’ verbal and other expression and their violent behaviour at selected football stadiums in Czechia. Methods: Primary data were collected by a questionnaire survey mainly at the Eden stadium in Prague in 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 seasons. A total of 158 respondents (aged...
Accessible tourism is one of the important discussed topics. It is a part of social tourism and it means equality for all tourism visitors. A town of Carlsbad as a famous spa destination should also be oriented on accessible tourism. That means to offer services also for disabled people or people with special needs. The article focuses on accessibl...
Sustainability is currently one of the major priorities of tourism all over the world. This paper deals with applying elements of green management in accommodation facilities in the city of Sofa, Bulgaria. It analyses the implementation of green management elements and the principles of sustainable development in accommodation services. It focuses...
Sport in the form of active sport as a passive spectator consumption is one of the most important social phenomena that extends to politics, economy, but also affects the arts and education. We can state that it is one of the most important means of mass entertainment worldwide and leisure fills a large part of the population regardless of national...
This article deals with the ethical approach of the selected football supporters to some negative features appearing in football visitors´ behavior. The group of respondents consists of 158 supporters of Slavia Praha (Czech football club). Within the questionnaire survey, which was made in the seasons 2015/16 and 2016/17, seven negative phenomena w...
The study analyses attitudes of football ultras (supporters) to different aggressive behaviours at the football stadiums in the Czech Republic. The study data were obtained by a questionnaire survey (in PAPI format) on Aden Arena Stadium in Prague in 2015-2016, with the active ultras population (n=158 aged 23.01±10.11 years) being subject to the su...
The purpose of this research deals with the fact that football (soccer) is one of the
most popular sports all over the world but this beautiful game has its dark side, as
well: corruption, homophobia, violence, and racism. Within our research we focused
on one specific category of visitors – football fans. We divided fans into five types
according...
Purpose: The goal of this paper is to analyze the relationship between supporters' verbal and other expression and their violent behavior at selected football stadiums in the Czech Republic. Methods: Primary data were collected by a questionnaire survey (PAPI method) mainly at the Eden stadium in 2015 and 2016. A total of 158 respondents (aged 23.0...
El fútbol es el mayor deporte global y está dentro de los diez deportes más practicados en todos los países. Dada la larga historia del espectador consumidor de eventos deportivos, no es un hecho sorprendente que también haya habido serias manifestaciones de agresiones entre espectadores. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la relación entre l...
Football is the most popular sport all over the world but this beautiful game has a dark side: corruption, homophobia, violence, and racism. The goal of this paper is to analyze the relationship between hooligans’ verbal and other expression and their violent behavior at selected football stadiums in the Czech Republic. Primary data were collected...
Football is a phenomenon of the last decades. Given the long history of spectator sports events consumption it is not a surprising fact that there have also been serious manifestations of spectator aggression. In this context, we realize that the rapid development of sport itself has brought problems and complicated relationships, especially at the...
Stakeholders in tourism are increasingly aware of their impact on the environment. Therefore they get involved in various voluntary programs, where they seek appropriate measures by which to contribute to improving the environment at the local and national level. A lot of accommodation facilities are turning green at an increasing rate due to an un...
Accessibility in tourism is one of the most discussed topics in the European Union. The number of disabled visitors increases also due to ageing population. In this context, the paper deals with accessible tourism and also it informs about requirements of disabled visitors on accommodation facilities. The paper focuses on accessible accommodation f...
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify perspective and feasible combinations of the existing revenue-driven methods with still more pervasive features of knowledge-based management and green management in hotel industry. The authors believe that the key path to success is in even closer, that is, daily personal orientation on customers, s...
Football is a phenomenon of the last decades and also due to fans it could become the most popular sport in the world throughout its history. Football is bringing happiness, fulfilment and thrill to billion people all over the world. But on the other hand it is also riven with corruption, racism, homophobia and violence. The goal of this paper is t...
Football is a phenomenon of the last decades. Given the long history of spectator sports events consumption it is not a surprising fact that there have also been serious manifestations of spectator aggression. In this context, we realize that the rapid development of sport itself has brought problems and complicated relationships, especially at the...
The aim of the paper is to analyze of small and medium enterprise accommodation industry in town of Jihlava and their typical strategic obstacles which they had to face. The paper is focused on major strategic problems which small and medium enterprises are dealing with: lack of financial resources, marketing problems and customer concentration, ma...
The article deals with accessibility of sport facilities for physically disabled tourism visitors. The aim of the paper is to analyse sport possibilities for them in the Czech Republic.
In the context of the accessibility and tourism, the article focuses on a social and accessible tourism. It informs about disability and requirements of disabled t...
Football is a phenomenon of the last decades and also due to fans it could become the most popular sport in the world throughout its history. In this context, we realize that the rapid development of sport itself has brought problems and complicated relationships, especially at the professional level. Football fan behavior has been for many years a...