In the literature, quite limited research exists on the subject of Society 5.0. The present study examined the existence of Society 5.0 and the effectiveness of Industry 4.0 and evaluated the efficiency of United Nations Development Goals (SDGs) in this process, especially in Turkey. The research was carried out based on data obtained through a survey form with 30 questions which was conducted with 335 academicians working at Kafkas University. The data were analyzed by means of exploratory factor analysis with the SPSS program, confirmatory factor analysis with AMOS, and structural equation modeling with Smart PLS. The analysis results indicated that SDG9, SDG10, SDG11, SDG12, SDG13, and SDG14 had a low influence (i.e., R2: 0.172) on the application of Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0. Moreover, it was observed that the participants were heavily affected by order of the day and gave responses to the questions with that impact. The study also revealed that Turkey did not have a leading philosophy in the field of Society 5.0 and Industry 4.0 and made progress by concentrating on out-dated processes.

Digital leadership emerges as the reflection of technological innovation in business life into administration mentality. As well as possessing leadership skills, digital leaders can be defined as leaders who are talented in terms of information technologies, visionary, can think innovatively, increase the corporation’s performance and create the transformation required by the business. The literature emphasizes that digital leadership practices and digital transformation efforts can fail due to fear of being unemployed, the tendency to maintain the usual, and showing resistance to transformation. However, it is realized that these approaches are generally based on foresight and are not supported by real practices. In this regard, the mediating effect of job security satisfaction of employees on the impact of digital leadership upon job satisfaction and life satisfaction is tried to be explained with application findings by utilizing from Resource Based View (RBV). The study was conducted with 403 employees working in an industrial organization. The data obtained were analysed through the Smart-PLS program, and the mediating effect was measured using a structural equation model. The model found that digital leadership had a significant effect (0.199) on job satisfaction, digital leadership had a significant effect (0.182) on life satisfaction, and digital leadership had a significant effect of 0.312 on the perception of job security. Once again, it was found that the perception of job security had a partial mediating effect (0.156) on the effect of digital leadership upon job satisfaction, and the perception of job security had a partial mediating effect (0.150) on the effect of digital leadership upon life satisfaction. The present study indicated that in a well-designed digital transformation, digital leaders could increase employees’ job and life satisfaction, and job security had a mediating impact upon this increase. Digital transformation in businesses creates an environment that allows high-performing employees to stand out more than low-performing employees and to display their talents. Thus, it could be stated that digital technologies have a significant effect on the prominence of talented individuals and increase employees’ job satisfaction and life satisfaction by utilizing RBV, as well. As a consequence of its structural characteristics, digital leadership paves the way for more effective use of human resources in the enterprise, the realization of the necessary organizational transformation, and the increase in the perception of job security of the employees thanks to the contribution it provides to the qualitative improvement of the organization.

Liderlerin etik davranışları çalışanlar üzerinde işe ve kişisel yaşama yönelik olumlu etkiler yaratmaktadır. Demokratik sistemlerin günümüzde devlet yönetiminde ve hayatın olağan her alanında kullanılması, örgütlerinde demokratik yapılar inşa etmesi yönündeki baskıları artırmaktadır. Bu bağlamda etik liderlerin örgütsel demokrasi davranışını desteklemesi ve geliştirmesi için çalışması etik bir davranış olarak görülmektedir. Etik liderlik ve örgütsel demokrasinin uygulandığı örgüt yapılarında literatüre uygun olarak işe adanmışlık ve örgütsel özdeşleşmenin artması beklenmektedir. Bu kapsamda, yapılan çalışmanın amacını etik liderlik ve örgütsel demokrasinin örgütsel özdeşleme üzerindeki etkisinde işe adanmışlığın aracı rolünü belirlemektir. Çalışma bir kamu üniversitesinde farklı unvan ve birimlerde bulunan 322 akademik personel ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. 322 akademik personelden elde edilen veriler SPSS ve AMOS programı ile analiz edilerek sonuçlara ulaşılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda etik liderlik ile örgütsel özdeşleşme arasında işe adanmışlığın kısmi aracı etkisi olduğu, örgütsel demokrasi ile örgütsel özdeşleşme arasında işe adanmışlığın kısmi aracı etkisi olduğu belirlenmiştir. Etik liderlik ve örgütsel demokrasinin beraber bulunduğu ortamlarda ise tam aracılık etkisinin bulunduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Örgütsel bağlılık, örgütün değerleriyle çalışanların değerlerinin özdeşleşmesi olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Presenteeism, çalışanın hasta olmasına rağmen dinlenmek yerine çalışması durumunu ifade eder. Bu araştırma örgütsel bağlılık (normatif, devamlılık ve duygusal bağlılık) ile presenteeism (işte varolmama) arasındaki ilişkiyi ortaya çıkarmak amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırmada 50 PTT çalışanından anket tekniğiyle veriler toplanmış ve SPSS paket programıyla analizler yapılmıştır. Sonuçlar örgütsel bağlılık ile presenteeism arasında orta düzeyde olumlu yönlü bir ilişki olduğunu göstermiştir. Demografik değişkenler açısından elde edilen sonuçlarda ise yaş grupları arasında bir farklılık olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır.

This study aims to determine the effects of Covid 19 upon tourism sector in Kars. The study benefited from three methods, the first of which involved analyzing the articles by scanning via Nvivo analysis program. Secondly, a semi-structured interview was conducted with ten employees. However, this number was seen inadequate; thus, the questionnaire was conducted with 387 people to compensate for this inadequacy. The data were analyzed through SPSS and AMOS, and examined Covid 19 effects upon tourism on the basis of demographical variables. The results revealed that dismissals from hotels and restaurants were common, the business experienced a serious loss of income, they needed support from the government to recollect and at least one year was required to turn back to conditions before. The results indicated that people had a negative attitude towards tourism activities, hesitated to travel and thought that they would not be able to find service quality, sincerity and hospitality as they had before. Moreover, the study helped us realize that, due to Covid 19, females were more worried when compared to males; the married ones were more anxious in comparison to single ones; and the elderly had more anxiety when compared to the young.

Türkiye is making great efforts to generate new projects within the scope of the “Türkiye Century” strategy, with the aim of increasing its effectiveness in the international community and the welfare of its citizens. In this respect, it is of great importance to conduct new studies and develop suggestions to further increase the effectiveness of new projects. This study seeks to provide a solution to the problems in politics, education, economy, public administration, justice, and corruption identified and reported by international organizations such as the OECD, the European Union, and the public institutions of the Republic of Türkiye, by associating them with the Society 5.0 strategy. The study aims to test the applicability of Society 5.0 in solving these problems through structural equation modeling using niche innovation and convergent stakeholder theories. In the light of the data obtained, it is realized that Society 5.0 has an effect on all the other variables except for one and the policy variable mediates this situation. In this regard, in accordance with the findings, it can be stated that Society 5.0 can be regarded as a significant alternative for solving the problems experienced on a suitable political basis.