With the emergence of the concept of the social municipality, the authorities and obligations of municipalities have increased. Nowadays, municipalities provide a large number of services in terms of quantity with extended budgets. Citizens demand a transparent, effective, and efficient public service. While public institutions care about resources, the expectations of taxpayers...
This study aimed to investigate the determinants of financial stress experienced in working life during the COVID-19 pandemic process in Turkey, and also the role of the confidence placed for the government pandemic action policies in reducing financial stress. For this purpose, online survey data obtained from 414 employees were analyzed with multivariate statistical methods. As...
The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between exchange rate volatility and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey that adopting liberal policies in the post-1980 period. In this study, the relationships between FDI and exchange rate volatility were determined by symmetric (Fourier Toda-Yamamoto) and asymmetric (Hatemi-J) causality tests using the monthly...
The aim of the study is to analyze the shock and volatility spillover between BIST Finance, Industry, Technology, Tourism, Transportation, Food, and Retail-Trade sectors. In this direction, daily data obtained between January 5, 2010, and December 4, 2020, were analyzed using a new method named TVP-VAR Diebold Yılmaz Spillover Index developed by Antonakakis et al. (2019). Our...
This study aims to develop and confirm a scale of marketing capabilities for B2B firms. For this purpose, the existing scales for market sensing, new product development and strategic partnering capability were reorganized, and verified into a united scale. The existing scales are those used by Mu (2015), Morgan, Vorhies and Mason (2009), Theoharakis, Sajtos and Hooley (2009) for...
George Santayana said, "Those who cannot remember the past are contemned to repeat it.
The COVID-19 virus initially emerged as a health crisis, but soon turned into an economic and financial crisis. The epidemic affected countries’ economies in direct proportion to the number of COVID-19 cases. In this context, the aim of this study examines the effect COVID-19 crisis on stock markets for G7 countries which have a high number of COVID-19 cases and are economically...
We study the relationship between weekly and monthly observations of CDS, interest, and exchange rates (USDTRY) during 2005-2020 in Turkey. The findings suggest a positive relationship between the variables. The bivariate Granger Coherence approach indicates that the dynamic causal and reverse causal interactions mainly intensify in the short- and intermediate-term. Using a...
The aim of this study is to determine the factors that are important in the acceptance of Internet of Things technologies by consumers and to establish a model that explains the acceptance behavior. With data collected from 359 participants, the model is tested using partial least square structural equation model. Accordingly, 62% of behavioral intention is explained. In this...
In this paper, the effects of international oil prices on employment have been investigated in Turkey as a net oil importer developing country. Considering the potential asymmetric effects of oil prices on employment, the study focuses on the industrial employment, where the intensity of oil use is relatively high, and therefore the effects of oil prices are expected to be felt...
In this study, it is aimed to examine the effect of religiosity on the intention of purchasing halal food and the mediating roles of knowledge and importance given to halal food in this relationship. SPSS, AMOS and PROCESS programs were used in the analysis of the obtained data. As a result of the analysis, it was concluded that knowledge about halal food and the importance given...
In this study, user data of an e-commerce site operating in Turkey is examined. Users are those who have visited the site before, that is, they are in the remarketing audience pool. The main goal is to make accurate predictions for remarketing and thus offer customized ad packages for new visitors. Visitors are labeled as "Shoppers
In this study, in order to reveal such a causality relationship, the connection between the countries
The study aims to test the mediating role of interactional justice on the effect of mushroom management style on organizational cynicism. Data were collected by survey method from 107 research assistants working in a state university in Turkey. The structural equation model (SEM) was used to test the research model. In the study, firstly, the effect of mushroom management style...
This study aims to examine whether organizational commitment and job satisfaction have mediating roles in the effect of career satisfaction on organizational citizenship behavior. The study was carried out on white-collar workers who were chosen through convenience sampling from private sector companies operating in İzmir/Kemalpaşa Organized Industrial Zone, Turkey. The data from...
The study explores the role of TÜSİAD, which is one of the most influential pressure groups in Turkey, on the Central Bank (CB) to become an independent institution. The reports published by TÜSİAD between 1980-2000 were chosen as the analysis material. Statements about CB independence in these reports were analyzed by the critical discourse analysis (CDA) method. The findings...
In this study, it is aimed to investigate the moderation roles of perceived organizational support and tightness in the relationships between felt accountability and its consequences. For this purpose, 863 data were obtained in Adana City Hospital via survey method. The results show that felt accountability was positively associated with job-related tension, the dimensions of...
This study investigates the relations between variables of e-commerce marketplace websites and the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on those relations. Based on the secondary data of 16 e-commerce marketplace websites for different periods of the Covid-19 pandemic (February-May-October 2020), a model and hypotheses were tested with canonical correlation analysis. It was found that...
Palestinian cyber capabilities are still at their early formative stage, On the other hand, Israeli cyber capabilities are not comparable to the nascent Palestinian cyber capabilities. However, hacking and social media, particularly Facebook, are among the most important tools of Palestinian-Israeli cyber conflict, where Israel is much superior to Palestinians, mainly due to its...
Historically, Russia has transformed its sea power and elements into an extensive foreign policy tool with acquisitions brought by strategic continuity. Strategic continuity has prepared the ground for the development and up-to-date status of the Russian geopolitical memory. Since Tsar Petro I, Russia established a regular navy and supported its strategic and geopolitical...
This study aims to evaluate the findings of the income distribution and occupational distribution in the Ottoman State, Skopje Province, the Köstendil Sanjak, the city center of the Koçana district, and the Koçana villages in the 19th century. The study also aims to quantify the variations in income distribution in urban and rural areas in Koçana. In this study, as the main...
Competitive environmental conditions force businesses to have a structure that can determine more flexible and alternative strategies to gain an advantage over their competitors. Leadership: It plays an important role in strategic thinking that helps to build the vision that will carry businesses to the future in conditions of intense competition and its establishment as a...
Using a sample of 28 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) listed in BIST Industrial Index from 2010 to 2019; this study aims to offer an evidence on the relationship between cash conversion cycle and profitability. Empirical findings show that cash conversion cycle has significantly positive link with profitability. When considered the cash conversion cycle components, it is...
The phenomenon of internationalization has affected all sectors and institutions in the world and higher education institutions have also been included in this dynamic. International students are a means of internationalization of higher education institutions. In this study, we aim to examine the effect of international student satisfaction and adaptation on the intention to...
This paper aims to analyze the Constitution of 1982 drawn up after the coup d’État of 12 September 1980 and military government practices, regarding fundamental rights and freedoms from Foucault’s analysis on the law/power relationship. Foucauldi-an thought of power and subjectivization practices were first examined, the position of law in power relations was determined...