A qualititive research on strategic leadership implementations in Turkish establishments in Turkish tourism sector

The basic aim of this study is to eveluate to what extant senior managers of turkish leader firms do strategic leadership implementations in turkish tourism sector. Strategic leadership imlementations are made up of seven dimensions like determining the strategic direction of the firm, determining the core competencies, developing the human capital, u sing the new technologies effectively, f orming a sustainable effective organization culture, f orming ethical values in the organizational culture and checking the strategic leadership activities effectively. Total eight firm has been included in the consist of the study, which are from the hospitality, land and airway passenger transportation firms and travel agents in sector. In the research, qualititive research method has been used. The data of the research has been collected by interviewing with a senior managers from each firm. The data of research first of all, has been analysed with qualitive research method. Secondly, a quantitive analyse has been made based on results of the study. In conclusion, it is understood that the senior managers of leader firms in Turkish tourism sector have made the strategic leadership implementations succesfully except determining the core competencies and forming ethical values in the organizational culture. Keywords: Strategic Leadership, Tourism, Turkey, Strategic Management, Qualititive Research.