Ticari Bilimler Fakültesi / Faculty of Commercial Science
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Item Bibliometric Profiles of Studies on Organization Theory in Turkey: Periodic Comparison of Cite Networks(2015) Kirkbesoglu, Erdem; Sozen, H. Cenk; Kurt, Esra; 0000-0002-6781-9753; ABI-3973-2020The purpose of this study is to determine relational links via documents and to have an impression about the development of organization theory in Turkey by using bibliometric methods. Studies of various researchers have been considered with a longditutional approach.The papers which had been presented in National Management and Organization Congress within 10 years were examined in terms of most cited theories, authors, research topics and academic journals. The data were also used for social network analyses to examine interactions between universities, research topics and authors.The data were examined under two periods consist of five years. Findings show that there is a variation between two periods and work style have been transferred to newly founded universities or PhD programs in these universities.Item The Paradox Between Institutional Logics in Organizational Fields: The Case of Turkish Military Service Field(2015) Kalemci, Rabia Arzu; Gokoglu, Mustafa Mehmet; Tuzun, Ipek Kalemci; 0000-0002-2617-2666; 0000-0001-6979-2040; ABC-2318-2020; ABB-5350-2020Turkish military services field can be conceptualized for embracing two distinct and inconsistent types of institutional logics, namely; mandatory military service logic as the dominant and pragmatic logics as the alternatives. We examine the relationship between the dominant logic which determines legitimate organizational activities and alternative logics which are activated sporadically in the field of Turkish military services. From this standpoint, the circumstances whereby pragmatic logics as alternative institutional logics become effective in the field without devitalizing the dominant logic is explored. Broadly, the results indicate that dominant and alternative logics can support each other in order to preserve field's static condition, rather than interfere with each other so as to induce a permanent transformation.Item Analysis of Personal Information Security Behavior and Awareness(2016) Ogutcu, Gizem; Tastik, Ozlem Muge; Chouseinoglou, Oumout; AAD-2902-2020Hardware and software security mechanisms are widely used to strengthen information systems (IS) against attacks. However, these systems are still highly vulnerable to threats from users' undesirable behaviors, which are closely related to IS users' information security awareness. This study has been carried out in an effort to investigate the IS users' risky behaviors that may threaten information security. The preventive actions employed by users, the threats they may be exposed to, or whether they had an adverse experience or to what extent they perceive risks have also been investigated. Four scales: Risky Behavior Scale (RBS), Conservative Behavior Scale (CBS), Exposure to Offence Scale (EOS) and Risk Perception Scale (RPS), were developed depending on the data collected with the use of surveys. The scales developed from the content of the survey were applied to students, academics and administrative staff of a university, which also embodies hospitals and educational organizations located in different geographical and socio-economical regions of Turkey. On the base of developed scales, the results of the study show that there are significant differences within samples and according to the habits of Internet usage. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Item Transformation of Islamic Work Ethic and Social Networks: The Role of Religious Social Embeddedness in Organizational Networks(2016) Kirkbesoglu, Erdem; Sargut, Ali Selami; 0000-0002-6781-9753; 0000-0002-9337-1673; ABI-3973-2020; U-4137-2018The aim of this study is to explore the influence of religious beliefs on social or work-related ties of managers who are member of organizational networks representing two different ideologies (religious and secular) in Turkey. In this research, the emergence of secular and devout entrepreneurs is considered as a phenomenon, and special attention is paid to religious transformation and secularism in Turkey. Social network analysis method is used to define the nature of communication links among 80 chairmen who are the members of two conflicting and dominant groups in Turkish business system. The findings show that Protestant work ethic suggested by Weber with regard to Christianity have attained a similar place over the past decade in Islamic organizational networks. The concern of political power in religion leads to organizational networks being nourished by religious norms and creeds in many developing countries. Especially in societies like Turkey where the state is dominant in the business life, organizations and managers prefer to be included in religious networks to make close contacts with the state. Another significant finding is that efforts of the members of religious networks-in spite of their relatively closed characteristics-in terms of being at the center of a network and taking the brokerage role, are highly developed on the contrary to the literature.Item Content-Based Search on Time-Series Microarray Databases Using Cluster-Based Fingerprints(2017) Ozkoc, Esma Erguner; Ogul, Hasan; AAG-1506-2021Background: The rapid growth of gene expression databases has created a need for content-based searches as an alternative to unstructured database queries using keyword- or metadata-based searches. Content-based searching is the ability to retrieve all experiments with similar gene expression patterns in a database regardless of the biological annotations provided for these experiments. Objective: While this concept is still in its infancy in a general context, in this study we focus on applying it to a specific subset of gene expression datasets, by only querying experiments involving time-series expression profiles. Method: To this end, we propose a novel experiment fingerprinting scheme obtained by clustering expression profiles, for content-based searching of time-series microarray experiments. To determine the retrieval ability of the proposed scheme, we performed a simulated information retrieval task on a large set of microarray experiments gathered from a public repository. The relevance between any two experiments was then defined using their commonalities based on annotated disease associations. Results and Conclusion: The results showed that relevant experiments can be more successfully retrieved using this new method compared with traditional differential expression-based methods.Item Deviant Employee Behavior in the Eyes of Colleagues: The Role of Organizational Support and Self-Efficacy(2017) Tuzun, Ipek Kalemci; Cetin, Fatih; Basim, H. Nejat; 0000-0001-6979-2040; 0000-0002-2487-9553; 0000-0002-2605-9962; ABB-5350-2020; J-8116-2015The present study investigates the influences of multifocal organizational support in the context of deviant employee behavior by examining the potential associations with employees' self-efficacy characteristics. The study proposes that perceived multifocal support and self-efficacy have a direct relationship with deviant behavior, and that these two variables interact in their relationship with deviant workplace behavior. Using self- and peer-reported data from 225 academics, hypothesized relationships were investigated using structural equation modeling. The results indicate that two different forms of support (organizational and supervisory) strongly influenced two different forms of deviant behavior (organizational and interpersonal). Whereas perceived organizational support decreases organizationally relevant deviant behavior, supervisory support decreases deviant behavior toward colleagues. The results also showed that high self-efficacy moderates both the negative relationship between organizational support and deviant behavior toward the organization and that between supervisory support and deviant behavior toward colleagues. The study also discusses the implications of these findings for managers, along with recommendations for future research.Item An Integrated Research for Architecture-Based Energy Management in Sustainable Airports(2017) Uysal, Murat Pasa; Sogut, M. Ziya; 0000-0002-8349-9403; 0000-0002-9782-7885; GQQ-0222-2022; T-2601-2017Energy Management (EM) has become crucial and much more complicated for airports with the introduction of various energy sources, technologies and different comfort requirements. Regarding the aviation industry as one of the major sources of global warming and air pollution, this situation becomes highly critical. However, the review of literature on Energy Management Information Systems (EMIS) for airports shows that the proposed solutions are usually domain-specific, platform-depended and away from suggesting complete solutions and architectures. Therefore, the main argument of this study is that a holistic and integrated approach should be adopted for EM in airports and we claim the notion of sustainability through the use of Enterprise Architecture (EA)-based EM. In this paper, we present the results of a two-faced research study. Action Research (AR) and Design Science Research (DSR) methods are combined to adopt an integrated approach. At the first phase, an EA is developed and evaluated, and then, this is followed by the second phase with three cases to find the potential energy savings in Istanbul Airport. Along with the findings, the primary and secondary contributions of this research brought to the EM knowledge domain are presented. Consequently, there is an important potential for energy saving in the terminal buildings, which would be approximately 70% of the total airport energy consumption. There is also a nearly 250.000 $/year potential saving, and also 121397 $/year for the daylight time and period. This research can be seen as an initial attempt to the enhancement of sustainable airports, and therefore, it has showed the potential for using EAs as a means to improve EM in airports. We hope that this study may help researchers to obtain an overview of existing and possible approaches to sustainability through the use of EAs for EM practices. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Item Financial Disclosure and the Cost of Equity Capital: The Empirical Test of the Largest Listed Companies of Kazakhstan(2017) Baimukhamedova, Aizhan; Baimukhamedova, Gulzada; Aimurzinov, Murata; Luchaninova, AlbinaProviding information to the public is not a costless task. Among the costs of disclosure are the costs of information production and dissemination; for example, the costs of adopting an information system to collect, process data and report information about the company and the costs of hiring accountants and audits, etc. In this study, a framework for empirical tests of the relation between disclosure and the cost of equity capital is determined. This study extends research into whether disclosure of corporate and financial information is associated with firms' costs of equity capital. Using cost of equity capital estimates derived from capital asset pricing model, we find that firms with higher levels of financial transparency are associated with significantly lower costs of equity capital. Economic theory assumes that by increasing the level of corporate reporting, firms not only increase their stock market liquidity, but also decrease the investors' estimation risk, arising from uncertainty about future returns and payout distributions. The results show that firms on the Kazakhstan market can reduce their cost of equity capital by increasing the level of their voluntary corporate disclosures. Based on the analysis of existing empirical research, the disclosure index for a sample of 37 Kazakh companies has been constructed and regression analysis of the influence of the disclosure index on the cost of equity capital has been conducted. The obtained results show that the received findings correlate with foreign empirical studies, and the disclosure index in this sample has a negative impact on the cost of equity capital.Item Patterns of Female Entrepreneurial Activities in Turkey(2017) Tuzun, Ipek Kalemci; Takay, Bahar Araz; 0000-0001-6979-2040; ABB-5350-2020; AAC-8845-2021Purpose - This study aims to identify and understand the challenges, motivational factors and future needs of female entrepreneurs in Ankara, Turkey. Design/methodology/approach - The study uses the qualitative analysis methodology and uses the qualitative data analysis software, MAXQDA 11. A total of 41 randomly selected female entrepreneurs from the city of Ankara and rural areas of the Ankara region participated in semi-structured in-depth interviews. A total of 284 codes were defined. Findings - Results indicate that female entrepreneurs are mostly intrinsically motivated and are driven by the desire to achieve and to become independent. The socially constructed role of women in Turkey is the primary challenge faced by female entrepreneurs in both urban and rural areas. Moreover, the major future needs identified for female entrepreneurs are support from public institutions and access to managerial consultants. Originality/value - There are limited number of studies that closely examine the characteristics of female entrepreneurship activity and their challenges/motivations in Turkey. This research contributes to the existing literature through its qualitative nature and by highlighting differences in urban and rural female entrepreneurs. Moreover, the results of this study are useful for policy makers to evaluate the future needs of female entrepreneurs and the programs that will be needed to overcome the challenges facing female entrepreneurs in the entrepreneurial process.Item An Analysis of The Carrying Capacity And Life Process Risks of UK and Turkish Insurance Intermediaries(2018) Kirkbesoglu, Erdem; Hood, John; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6781-9753; ABI-3973-2020The primary aim of this paper is to examine the strategic risks associated with environmental selection and how this affects the life process risks of insurance intermediaries. To achieve this aim; firstly the carrying capacity of UK and Turkish insurance intermediaries is calculated and, secondly, the demographic, ecological and environmental variables that affect that carrying capacity are examined. Our study provides two contributions to the literature. For the first time, carrying capacity analysis is applied for an organisational community. As much as previous studies assume the existence of carrying capacity as theoretical, it has not been previously calculated on a quantitative basis. The second contribution is related to risk and insurance literature, specifically the life process risks of insurance intermediaries. The main rationale behind that analysis is the construction of a map that will simplify the strategic risk and reward decisions of insurers as to which areas are potentially profitable, or are indicative of fruitful relationships with intermediaries. Additionally, this research enables us to identify the areas that have potential for development in terms of insurance. For this reason, uncertainties relating to the selection of authorised brokers/agents as a strategic risk is, perhaps, minimised. Moreover, we have examined whether probable variables that can affect carrying capacity have contextual differences or not. The findings exhibit that there is contextual differentiations concerning the variables that affect the carrying capacity of both countries.