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Item The Moderating Role Of Paternalistic Leadership In The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction And Job Stress Among Health Workers In Gaziantep, Turkey(WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION, 2024-12-09) Tunc, Ahmet; Yagar, Sema Dokme; Gercek, Emine; Yagar, FedayiBACKGROUND: Adopting an effective leadership style is of critical importance in increasing healthcare efficiency and therefore determining patient satisfaction. For example, although there are many new and effective leadership types today, the paternalistic leadership approach can still play an effective role in developing countries. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to examine the moderating role of paternalistic leadership in the relationship between job satisfaction and job stress. METHODS: A total of 466 healthcare workers completed measures of perceived paternalistic leadership, job stress, and job satisfaction. The research was conducted in the center of Gaziantep, one of the largest cities in Turkey. Regression analysis was used to evaluate the moderate variable. Dawson slope were used to visualize the results. RESULTS: A negative relationship was found between job satisfaction and job stress. Additionally, it has been determined that the perception of paternalistic leadership has a moderating role. It has been observed that as the perception of paternalistic leadership increases, the negative relationship between job satisfaction and job stress decreases. CONCLUSION: It has been concluded that the paternalistic leadership approach can play a critical role in increasing the productivity of healthcare workers and reducing the negative effect of stress on satisfaction. It has been suggested that policies be developed to develop appropriate strategies for creating work environments that will increase employees' perceptions of paternalistic leadership.Item Impact Of Social Capital And Perceived Empowerment On Burnout In Health Employees: A Study In The Shadow Of The Covid-19(WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION, 2024) Yagar, Fedayi; Gercek, Emine; Yagar, Sema Dokme; Tunc, AhmetBACKGROUND: Social capital is an important resource that enables employees to build trust-based relationships with other individuals and groups in the workplace. Although the evidence reveals the effect of employee empowerment on burnout, the moderator role of social capital in this relationship is still unexplored. However, considering the health employees who have mental health problems and increased dissatisfaction with the COVID-19 epidemic, the importance of determining the antecedent factors that may affect burnout plays an even more critical role. OBJECTIVE: The effect of the epidemic process on the burnout level of health employees was examined. In addition, the effect of employee empowerment on burnout was examined and the moderate role of social capital was evaluated. METHODS: A total of 492 health employee completed the measures of social capital, perceived empowerment, and burnout. Structural equation modelling was used to evaluate the moderate variable. Dawson slope were used to visualize the results. RESULTS: The burnout levels of health employees were low (2.00 +/- 1.34). Social capital had a moderating effect on the negative effect of employee empowerment on burnout (beta = 0.191). Apart from that, employee empowerment (beta = -0.192) and social capital (beta = -0.508) were negatively associated with burnout level (p < 0.05). CONLUSION: These results are expected to provide useful recommendations to management in the health sector to reduce burnout among health employees by focusing on social capital and employee empowerment.Item Influence Of Turkey-Israel Relations On Turkish Jews Businesspeople(ISRAEL AFFAIRS, 2024-01-02) Bilgin, Kivilcim Romya; Mercan, S. Sezgin; Ongun, Yelda; Gungor, F. Senem; Karadag, Haluk; Han, Ahmet KMultidimensional relations have protected Turkey and Israel from the effects of political crises. The main question of this article is how Turkey-Israel relations impact Turkish Jews business representatives. Interviews with Turkish Jewish businesspeople, who are primarily influenced by the developments in foreign policy due to their international business volumes, answered the question of how Turkish Jews were influenced by foreign policy, and emphasised the importance of minorities in foreign policy issues. The article explores the role of minorities in foreign policy and sheds light on how ethnic minorities, who are viewed as secondary agents in foreign policy, are influenced by the Turkey-Israel relations.Item The Resilience and Coping Strategies in Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Adolescents and Identity Development(BRITISH JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING, 2024) Akgul, Gulendam; Ergin, Derya Atalan; Cok, FigenMigration-related risk factors may impact the association between coping strategies, resilience, and identity development, one of the fundamental developmental tasks in adolescence. We examined the relationship between resilience and coping strategies in immigrant and non-immigrant adolescents' identity development. On a sample of Turkish adolescents (n = 399, 50.9% girls), we conducted six hierarchical regression models to predict identity dimensions from resilience and coping strategies. For both immigrants and non-immigrants, seeking social support predicted a more mature and successful identity while avoidance predicted less reconsideration of commitment. For non-immigrants, seeking social support and avoidance was associated with in-depth exploration whereas for immigrants, only seeking social support was linked to in-depth exploration. Additionally, resilience predicted a successful identity for immigrants. Results were discussed considering migration-related difficultiesItem Navigating the Storm: The Impact of Covid-19 on Turkish Exports(2023) Koymen Ozer, Seda; Maggioni, DanielaThe Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on global exports. The outbreak of the virus disrupted supply chains and caused a sharp decrease in demand for goods and services, which resulted in a decline in manufactured exports worldwide. In this study, we investigate the effect of Covid-19 on Turkish manufacturing exports by using a firm-product level dataset at monthly frequency over 2019-2021. In particular, we aim to understand the heterogeneous impact of the pandemic on different types of products in terms of their substitutability, complexity and factor intensity. We also disentangle the diversified repercussions of the shock by taking into consideration the participation of firms in GVCs. Our results suggest that the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a drop in Turkish firms' exports especially in the first 6-months of 2020 and their recovery has only became apparent in the second half of 2021. Also, firms exporting less substitutable, more complex and sophisticated goods, as well as goods with higher-physical and human-capital intensity have experienced a milder drop in their exports after the shock and have recovered faster. Moreover, exporting firms that are more involved in GVCs by sourcing their intermediates abroad have been less resilient as they were more exposed to the risk of supply chain disruptions. This higher risk exposition should be assessed together with their lower resilience associated with the properties of their output (less sophisticated, low human capital intensive and highly substitutable products).Item The Impacts of 13 Novel Mutations of SARS-Cov-2 on Protein Dynamics: in Silico Analysis From Turkey(2022) Unlu, Sezin; Uskudar-Guclu, Aylin; Cela, Isli; 37520163SARS-CoV-2 inherits a high rate of mutations making it better suited to the host since its fundamental role in evolution is to provide diversity into the genome. This research aims to identify variations in Turkish isolates and predict their impacts on proteins. To identify novel variations and predict their impacts on protein dynamics, in silico methodology was used. The 411 sequences from Turkey were analysed. Secondary structure prediction by Garnier-Osguthorpe-Robson (GOR) was used. To find the effects of identified Spike mutations on protein dynamics, the SARS-CoV-2 structures (PDB:6VYB, 6M0J) were uploaded and predicted by Cutoff Scanning Matrix (mCSM), DynaMut and MutaBind2. To understand the effects of these mutations on Spike protein molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was employed. Turkish sequences were aligned with sequences worldwide by MUSCLE, and phylogenetic analysis was performed via MegaX. The 13 novel mutations were identified, and six of them belong to spike glycoprotein. Ten of these variations revealed alteration in the secondary structure of the protein. Differences of free energy between the reference sequence and six mutants were found below zero for each of six isolates, demonstrating these variations have stabilizing effects on protein structure. Differences in vibrational entropy calculation revealed that three variants have rigidification, while the other three have a flexibility effect. MD simulation revealed that point mutations in spike glycoprotein and RBD:ACE-2 complex cause changes in protein dynamics compared to the wild-type, suggesting possible alterations in binding affinity. The phylogenetic analysis showed Turkish sequences distributed throughout the tree, revealing multiple entrances to Turkey.Item Navigating the Covid-19 Turbulence in Higher Education: Evidence from Turkish Faculty Members(2022) Orucu, Deniz; Kutlugun, H. ElifCovid 19 was the first pandemic of the modern era to strike with such virulence. We sought to understand this recent phenomenon and contribute to the empirical findings on the expectations from HEI leadership and management in Turkey. Drawing on the Turbulence Theory, we explored how the academic staff experienced the initial phase of the pandemic in Turkey and how they perceived the HE leaders' navigation of the crisis at the selected universities. Within qualitative phenomonology, data from semi-structured interviews with a convenient sample of 10 academic staff in five public and five private universities in Turkey, was analysed through content analysis. Findings highlighted the opportunities and challenges of the pandemic for the faculty at personal and organizational level in an intersectional pattern. Moreover, the ways HEI leaders navigated the crisis created binaries in the form of experience vs. inexperience and trust vs. distrust. The challenges derived from the rapid but ineffective decision-making processes and the heightened surveillance mechanisms over the academic staff; which in some cases resulted in lack of trust. Hence, the turbulence level was shaped by how the universities and their leaders addressed it. In such cases, practices of building trustworthy connections, more distributive forms of leadership and robust communication; which would help the leaders to navigate the turbulence at times of crises are significant. Further recommendations are provided for research, policy and practice.Item Digital Gaming Trends of Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Sample from Turkey(2023) Secer, Ilmiye; Us, Elif OykuBackground Although the gaming habits of children, adolescents, and younger adults have been investigated in Turkey there has been less emphasis on the gaming patterns of middle-aged and older adults. The current study therefore investigated middle-aged and older adults' digital gaming habits, the aspects of digital games that they believe are enjoyable and any perceived psychological and cognitive advantages. Methods Of the 177 middle-aged and older adults aged between 55 and 85 years (M = 62) living in Turkey who partook in the study, data from 140 participants were analyzed. Participants completed the 'Demographic Information Form' and Engagement with Digital Games Questionnaire' via a Qualtrics link that was distributed on social media platforms and using the convenience and snowball sampling technique. Results Findings of this study showed that out of the 57 digital game players, the majority (N = 34) reported to play puzzle games such as Candy Crush. Moreover, gamers indicated that they believed digital games had psychological and cognitive benefits. Conclusion Overall, the findings of the current study revealed that middle-aged and older adults enjoy playing digital games for fun, stress relief, and as a mental exercise regime.Item The Inventory of Flood Disasters in Turkey(2022) Gurer, Ibrahim; Ucar, IbrahimTurkey is located both Europe and Asia, and covers an area of 780 580 km(2) including the lakes. Turkey undergoes different types of natural disasters because of its geographical location, geomorphology, and topography. Flooding is the second important natural hazard after earthquakes. A flood inventory of the period extending from 1955 to 2020 having a total of about 3250 events was prepared using a simple computer program based on Excel for easy access to different geomorphologic parameters such as surface areas of river basins, slope, geological structure, vegetative cover, type of precipitation, and the elevation above mean sea level (a.m.s.l) and hydro-meteorological parameters. In the same inventory each flood has been defined with damages on human as lost and injured, size of flooded area and loss of wealth (not exact information for wealth). By categorization of the available data in hand, spatial and time distributions of past flood events were determined. In large basins, negative impacts are more closely related to climatic factors, but in small watersheds, the urbanization along the rivers, internal migration, regional planning, urban drainage infrastructure are more important on negative impacts. In order to prevent the floods and minimize the adverse effects to property, both structural and non-structural solutions are applied in Turkey. Two case studies added to show the solutions.Item Hydropower Outlook of Turkey in 2021(2022) Gurer, IbrahimTurkey is located partly on Europe and also on Asia, and has a surface area of 780 580 km(2) and a population of 84.6 million and electric energy is essential for the everyday life. The annual per capita consumption of electricity is mainly used to measure the prosperity of a nation. The energy use in a country increases not only with population increase but also by improving the living standards of people and industrial development. Turkey being a non-oil-producing country at present, therefore needs to import fossil fuels (like natural gas and fuel oil) as the main source of electric energy. The utilization of fossil fuels for energy production by thermal power plants is one of the main sources of air pollution. The consumption of imported energy sources should be reduced for the environmental, economic, and political reasons. As the electricity need of the country is increasing continuously, more energy from the renewables and national resources must be produced. Hydropower plants (HPPs) provide clean, fast, flexible electricity generation. The amount of electricity that aHPP can produce basically depends on the available flow rate (Q) and the head (H). Very briefly the greater the flow rate and the net head, the more electricity can be produced in a HPP. The first hydropower station of Turkey had been opened at Tarsus town in 1929. Number of hydropower installations and total installed capacity has increased especially after the 1960s. In 2020, the Turkish electric production values were 32.9% from HPPs, 27.2% from thermal plants working with natural gas, 21.3% from thermal plants working with coal, 8.8% fromwind power plants, 6.8% from the sun, 1.6% from geothermal plants, and about 1.4% from other types of sources. Technically and economically feasible total hydroelectric energy potential of Turkey is 180 billion kWh/year, of which 160 billion kWh/year has been developed and completed. With 714 completed facilities and 31,391 MW installed power and 108.0 billion kWh/year of it has been put into operation. With the projects to be established until 2023, a total installed power capacity of 40,000 MW and a generation potential of 135 billion kWh/year will be reached. Because of the very fast increase in energy consumption, and only 22% of total energy is produced from national sources, and 125 billion dollars total investment is needed. Due to the climate change, and the change in the oil prices, the renewable sources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, biomass, hydropower etc. should be developed and put in service as quickly and efficiently as possible. In this paper, the current level of hydropower production and energy saving, and power consumption by different sectors, and the subject matter of the most recent energy figures are given and the future projections are also presented.