Authors:Ferhat ZENGİN Abstract: The earlier Turkish cinema history research focuses on the first screening venues and movies yet these studies do not focus on the movie machines and machine operators which are the key technologies of the cinema. To fill this gap, this study investigates the first cinema devices and movie machine operators in Turkish cinema. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to chronologically determine the first models and ownership structures of cinema devices used in Turkey that reflect the science and technology of that period as an important invention and identify the users of these devices. This study is limited between 1896-1908 and a literature review and document analysis are conducted. In the light of these documents, movie machines used during the first period of Turkish cinema history and the first movie machine operators are identified and chronologically listed. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Abdullah TOPCUOĞLU; Emre ERGİN Abstract: In this study, the sectors that would be central in terms of Output, Employment and Income Multipliers in the case where European Union is understood as a unified entity are found. As it has the most up-to-date data of all EU countries, 2014 Input-Output tables from the World Input Output Database (WIOD) are used. In this context, the input-output tables from each of the EU countries are aggregated in order to analyze the EU as a single country. 29 input-output tables, the cumulative input-output table obtained as a result of this aggregation plus the individual input-output tables from each of the 28 individual countries are analyzed separately, then the results are compared with each other. Thus, both the differences and the similarities between the individual member states and the collective EU economy are determined according to the multiplier analyses. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Eyüp AKBULUT; Mehmet Emin ALTUNDEMİR, Murat GÜVEN Abstract: The aim of the study is to examine the effect of social protection benefits on poverty in Turkey and EU countries using the panel data analysis. In this context, the effect of family, health, retirement and unemployment benefits of 27 EU countries and Turkey between the years of 2007 and 2018. Fort his purpose, we use Driscoll-Kraay estimator to investigate the determinants of median poverty rates of 50% and 70% in these countries. We find that family and health benefits have a negative and statistically significant effect on the median poverty rate of 50% and 70%. However, retirement (old age, widow/orphan and disabled) benefits have a positive and statistically significant effect on the poverty rate of median 50% and 70%. We also find that unemployment benefits have not statistically significant effect on the median 50% poverty rate while they have a positive and statistically significant effect over the median 70%. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Serap GÜLEÇ; Oya Sevcan ORAK, Kübra GÜLIRMAK, Ercan TUNÇ, Kübra GÜMÜŞ, Elif EMİRZA, Yiğit Tolga CENGİZHAN Abstract: This study is an in-depth analysis of LGBT people’s experiences of stigmatization, phenomenological qualitative study. LGBT people were contacted using snowball sampling. Data from 33 participants were collected in face-to-face in-depth interviews using the phenomenological interview technique and semi-structured questionnaires. Content analysis of the participants’ experiences of stigmatization identified three themes and four subthemes: 'being LGBT; otherness', 'pretending: lifein the closet', 'self stigmatization':'Feeling like a problem that needs to be solved'. LGBT people experience intense stigmatization, are subjected to violence and beeing perceived sick, perver or dangerious. LGBT people experience self-stigma. LGBT people are pretended not to be other and live secret life. This study determined that the participants who suffered from family and society were subjected to stigmatizationor they internalized this stigma and they peretended and live secret life. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:İsmail ENGİN Abstract: Althought the establishment of modern Sovereign Wealth Funds, which can be considered as the second best response of nation states to globalization, dates back to 1950’s, when the level of their assets, sectoral and regional distribution of investments taken into account they create significant economic, social and political effects on global scale. These effects are expected to increase and diversify in future. In this context, when potential opportunities and risks of Turkey Wealth Fund, which is established in 2016, are assessed; it can be expressed that it has important economic, legal, political and financial risks, thus, wealth fund applications in Turkey should be terminated before they became widespread and deepened. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Helin TOMBAŞ; Asiye Ayben ÇELİK Abstract: The fact that consumption practices are shifting to online platforms with an increasing momentum causes businesses to focus on the goal of providing consumers positive experience when shopping from these platforms. In the design of the service offered to the consumer, the correct management of the payment processes, which is the key point of purchasing, is important. In this context, the trust and security perception of the consumer regarding the electronic payment methods offered to the consumer will be decisive in ending the shopping with the purchase. In the study, a conceptual model is presented in which the characteristics of e-payment methods are questioned and their relationship with perceived trust and security, and the relationship between perceived trust and security and the use of electronic payment methods is examined. The data collected by questionnaire from 503 university students were analyzed by structural equation modeling. The findings show that security notifications and transaction procedures for payment methods have a positive relationship with perceived trust and security, and that perceived trust and security are determinants of the use of electronic payment methods. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Mümin Atalay ÇETİN; İbrahim BAKIRTAŞ Abstract: The main purpose of this study is to determine the possible long run impacts of renewable energy supply on the welfare cost of premature deaths caused by air pollution in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries during 1990-2016 by using dynamic panel data techniques. The long run elasticity results showed that the increasing supply of renewable energy sources reduces the welfare cost of air pollution. Empirical findings revealed that clean energy should not just seen as a sustainable energy source but also considered as an efficient way to struggle with possible negative externalities of pollution. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Osman Seray ÖZKAN; Burcu ÜZÜM Abstract: The climate of instrumentality is an individual behavior in which the employee who has economic concerns acts with the view of “self-serving”. There are various studies in which the instrumentality climate scale is used. However, it was observed that the number of items in the scale and the expressions representing the items used in these studies were different, and the implicit structure of the scale was not confirmed. Therefore, the need to measure the relevant phenomenon more accurately has emerged. Accordingly, the aim of the research is to adapt the Instrumentality Climate Scale (Victor & Cullen, 1988) to Turkish by ensuring its validity and reliability. In this context, 203 employees based in Kocaeli participated in the research, and as a result of the factor analysis, a measurement tool consisting of seven items and a single factor and explaining 82.5% of the total variance was adapted. As a result of confirmatory factor analysis, it was revealed that the model showing six items and a single factor had good fit index values (x²/df=1.80; RMSEA=.06; GFI=.97; CFI=.99; SRMR=.01). In addition, it was determined that the scale provided convergent and divergent validity. As a result, it can be stated that the scale adapted to Turkish is a reliable and valid measurement tool. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Hakkı Kutay BOLKOL; Fatih TÜRKÖNDER Abstract: The main goal of this study is to investigate the relationship between current account balance and economic growth in Turkey by using quarterly data for the period between 2003 and 2019. ARDL approach was applied in the study. The current account balance was converted into Turkish Lira and then adjusted for inflation effect by using the CPI. The results provide strong evidence that there is a significant, bidirectional negative relationship between real GDP growth and the current account balance both in the short run and in the long run. In short, a positive change in one variable has a negative effect on the other variable. In order to cope with this deadlock, focus sectors that attracts side industry and produce advanced technology and value added should be subsidized by government. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Halil KANADIKIRIK Abstract: Studies on Turkish political culture often emphasize the tension between an authoritarian political center and a weak periphery against it. Even if this approach is correct to some extent, it remains incomplete in evaluating the attitude of the later towards the center. In this study, it is aimed to define a common political culture area shared by both political center and periphery elements. For this, first of all the political modernization process of the center in Turkey and then how the periphery adapted itself to the aforementioned change have been examined. Despite the disposition of central political elite in Turkey toward the top-down and authoritarian policies during the modernization process, it is seen that those outside the center hadn’t have any intention to build a civilian area ever. Despite all radical transformations, the social perception towards the state finds its expression in the effort to be a part of the functioning of the same state with the same instruments. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Bağdat Sıla AVCI Abstract: The aim of this paper is examine effects of economic growth, research and development expenditure, consumer price index, population growth, wage and salaried workers rate to young employment at Turkey 1996-2018 time period. Annual data were used in the study, and ARDL analysis was performed to examine the long and short-term effects together. As a result of the study, it was found that at the long run an increase in economic growth and wage and salaried workers rate decrease youth unemployment however an increase in consumer price index increase youth unemployment. In the short run it was found that there is a negative relation between youth unemployment and consumer price index, population growth, GDP, wage and salaried workers rate. Also, it was seem that there is no statistically significant effect of research and development expenditure on youth unemployment. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Begüm ÇIĞŞAR; Deniz ÜNAL, Semra BOĞA Abstract: This study aims to determine the factors affecting life satisfaction in Turkey. The life satisfaction scale of Diener et al. (1985) was used (N=557) in the study. In addition to traditional determinants of life satisfaction such as income, gender, marital status, age, education level, credit debt variable was included in the survey questions. The results of the analysis showed that working status, higher education level, high income level, and the possibility of making savings increase life satisfaction. On the other hand, no significant difference was found among the respondents in terms of life satisfaction by gender, marital status, child ownership, age, and the region of residence. Ordinal logistic regression analysis applied to individuals with credit debt also revealed the credit indebtedness as an important determinant of life satisfaction in Turkey. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Aysegül DÜZGÜN Abstract: The concept of leadership, which has attracted attention from ancient times to the present, is an important concept in the success of organizations. With the advancement of time, the concepts of change, development and innovation that occur in organizations as well as in every field, have revealed different types of leadership approaches. With the advancing time, each different type of organization has brought with it the leadership approach that is most suitable for itself and will help the organization achieve its goals. The aim of this study is to examine the concept of social work leadership, which is a new approach, from the perspective of school senior administrators affiliated with national education, which is a social service institution. Data were obtained by interview technique, one of the qualitative research methods, and after the data obtained from the interviews with 3 managers and 5 assistant managers were transferred to the computer environment, the data were subjected to descriptive analysis and content analysis. As a result of the study, it was revealed that social work leaders should have certain characteristics in order to manage their institutions successfully. These features: Prioritizing the needs of the people he serves, service-oriented, always keeping the quality of the service he provides high, helpful, compassionate, empathetic, motivating his group, strong communication and crisis management skills etc. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Gözde MERT; Aysun ÖZTEKİN Abstract: The health sector is a labor-intensive sector that is affected by technological developments. It can be stated that the health sector, when compared to other sectors, is under intense time pressure and employees have to work within low error tolerances. Especially during the pandemic period, the heavy workload of healthcare professionals, the fact that they had to work under many risks, such as getting sick and being a source of infection to family members, created negativity in the levels of professional burnout, and it was difficult for employees to manage their own emotions and thoughts. The aim of this study is to determine the occupational burnout and emotional intelligence levels of health workers during the pandemic period, and to examine the relationship between them. For this purpose, correlation and regression analyzes were applied to determine the cause-effect relationship between the variables. Accordingly, it was determined that there is a significant and negative relationship between occupational burnout and emotional intelligence in healthcare workers. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Figen KANBİR Abstract: The pandemic process has made inequalities evident in the field of education, as in many other fields. The gender factor has created an important dimension of inequality in education. During the pandemic process, education and daily life activities were carried out in-home or family life for approximately one and a half years. In the study, besides the problems experienced by the students in participating in online education during the pandemic process, the gender roles they undertake in their family structures and their future expectations were opened to question. While doing this, the study started from Pierre Bourdieu's concept of economic capital. The study was carried out with a semi-structured interview, one of the qualitative research techniques. The participants of the study were determined from Siirt University Sociology Department students through purposeful sampling. The study was carried out in the hybrid education process after a break of about one and a half years due to the pandemic. According to the results of the study, the increase or decrease in the economic capital of the students determines the responsibilities of the students in and out of the home. Throughout the distance education process, families expected both male and female students (depending on being older in the family) to adopt traditional gender roles. Male students work in a job that will generate income for the family; female students mostly have responsibilities arising from other members of the family, cleaning the house, preparing the meal, hosting the guest(s), and maintaining their livelihood activities. From these results, it can be said that both male and female students are at a disadvantage in terms of the problems created by distance education. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Serkan UNAL; Mehmet Ali GÜLEÇ Abstract: The aim of this paper is to examine the long-run relationship between research & development (R & D) , innovation and economic growth in Turkey and 15 EU countries. In this study, per capita R & D expenditures, number of patents and GDP per capita are used as measures of R & D, innovation and growth respectively. The relationship between these variables is analyzed by applying General Method of Moments (GMM) approach which is developed by Arellano and Bond (1991). As a result of the analysis, lagged value of the dependent variable and R & D expenditures are detected as significant at 1 % significance level while number of patents is detected as significant at 10 % significance level. A 10 % increase in R & D expenditures leads to a 3.27 % increase in GDP per capita while a % 10 increase in number of patents brings about a 0.77 % increase in GDP per capita. Consequently, we can reliably state that there exist positive and significant relationships from R & D expenditures and number of patents to economic growth. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Adnan AKIN; Uğur YOZGAT Abstract: Authority and responsibility complement each other and are indispensable principles of management. It is possible to say that this principle, which is effective for the future of organizations, is also important in the labor-intensive tourism sector. The study was carried out to determine the problems experienced by the people who provide consultancy services to national and international hotel businesses and who have worked as top managers. For this purpose, face-to-face, telephone and e-mail interviews were conducted with the participants using a semi-structured questionnaire. Content analysis, word cloud and phenomenological methods were applied to the obtained data. As a result, it has been determined that the owners and partners of family hotel businesses have insufficient sectoral knowledge and do not fully trust the managers. In addition, due to the understanding that I know the best, it has been determined that the equivalence of authority and responsibility in family hotel businesses is very insufficient. It has been determined that the lack of equality of authority and responsibility is the biggest obstacle to the institutionalization of the enterprise, and this situation negatively affects the performance of both managers and employees and leads the enterprise to failure. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Özgür ÇARK Abstract: In previous studies, it is stated that spiritual leadership, which is a leadership approach that strengthens and directs group members with intrinsic motivation based on values and beliefs, positively affects service innovation performance, which expresses the level of success and competitive advantage of service innovation activities in organizations, and knowledge sharing of members in the organization. In this study, it is aimed to examine the mediating role of knowledge sharing in the effect of spiritual leadership on service innovation performance. For this purpose, data were collected from the employees in a manufacturing company by means of a complete count method and a questionnaire. The data were analyzed with the “Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM)”. As a result of the study, it was observed that spiritual leadership had a positive effect on service innovation performance and knowledge sharing, but the mediating role of knowledge sharing in this effect was found to be insignificant. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Seyhan ÇİL KOÇYİĞİT; Erhan BIYIK, Şermin ERTAŞ Abstract: Today, financial analysis is very important for to maintain their presence, create value and improve their competitive abilities of their enterprise. Therefore, with this study, it is aimed to evaluate the financial structure of a private health enterprise operating in Ankara according to the results of trend analysis of financial statements. In this context, 11-year financial statements and comprehensive income statements were used between 2010 and 2020. After the inflation correction of the data, trend analysis was carried out based on 2010. According to the results of the research, the commercial receivables of the healthcare business are on an upward trend over the years, while cash and similar values have decreased. It has been determined that the business has problems with receivable collection. It is recommended to increase collection power, strengthen the liquid structure, and revisit the inventory policy by reducing the çölleştin time of receivables in the enterprise PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Cemalettin Öcal FİDANBOY Abstract: Using up-to-date technology has become an indispensable element for all individuals to maintain daily life. It is a well-known fact that employees and retirees over a certain age in business life experience significant difficulties in adapting to new technologies. The starting point of the research is to empirically determine the relationship between innovativeness and self-leadership strategies that can be developed by an elderly employee or retiree using current technologies. These strategies consist of cognitive strategies that the individual can affect himself/herself in a positive way. It is thought that self-leadership strategies that can be developed by middle-aged and elderly individuals can be associated with innovation and that individuals who can strengthen their innovativeness by using these strategies can contribute to the successful aging process. In the study, a survey was conducted with 167 individuals over a certain age using convenience sampling method. Hypotheses were analyzed, confirmatory factor analyzes were performed, and relationships were tested. The findings showed that there are relationships between the self-leadership and innovativeness behaviors of older individuals. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Ahmet Tuncay ERDEM; Ethem MERDAN Abstract: Positive organizational behaviors can increase positive feelings towards the organization in employees. Employees' abilities, positive behaviors, and productivity towards their organizations are factors in the success of organizations. It is essential that the employees adapt to their organizations, use their knowledge and skills effectively, and support their managers. The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether "organizational support" acts as a mediator in the effect of virtuous organizational behavior on organizational identification. The research data, which was designed according to the quantitative research method, consists of the employees (n=200) of the manufacturing enterprises in Ankara OSTİM Organized Industrial Zone. According to the findings obtained in the analysis of the data, it was determined that organizational virtuousness positively affected the perceptions of organizational identification and organizational support. In addition, it has been determined that organizational support plays a mediating role in the effect of organizational virtuousness on organizational identification. As a result, organizational virtuousness as a positive behavior encourages the positive behaviors of the employees in the organization. The positivity seen in the employees is expected to increase the perceptions of organizational identification and organizational support. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Dilek KOCABAŞ; Ahmet Yasin ŞENYURT Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is a deadly, never-before-seen epidemic that is spreading rapidly around the world. This epidemic affected the whole society, especially health workers, both physiologically and psychologically. In this context, our study aimed to examine the difficulties faced by our healthcare professionals working under difficult conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic. For this purpose, a semi-structured questionnaire was created and qualitative interviews were conducted with 8 health personnel. As a result of the study, it was determined that the factor that the participants experienced the most difficulty during the Covid-19 period was related to the changes in working conditions. It was revealed that these factors were followed by the psychological problems experienced by the participants in this period and the excessive workload. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Abdurrazak GÜLTEKİN Abstract: In this article, the transformation of the concept of soul, which was used to express mind and consciousness in Ancient Greece, to the concept of mind in contemporary philosophy of mind will be explained historically. The concept of soul in antiquity and medieval times, human actions expressed by the activity of the soul, evolved into the mind and cognitive processes of the mind in the modern and contemporary period. In our article, the ontological and epistemological reasons affecting this conceptual change will be evaluated in general terms. It will be stated that philosophy of mind is seen as a very difficult field in terms of its subject. It is known that the mind-body problem, which started to be dealt with within the boundaries of the philosophy of mind with Descartes, was considered as the soul-body problem in Ancient Greece and the Middle Ages. In this period, thought activity is attributed to the concept of soul. However, when the philosophy of mind started to be considered as an independent field in the philosophical discussions of the modern period, the mental functions of the soul were evaluated with the concept of mind. In our study, this subject will be explained descriptively. PubDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +030