The purpose of this research was to find out how workplace flexibility affects the employees’ flexibility in order to increase their career satisfaction while reducing their workplace stress with the mediating role of goal orientation. Employees need workplace flexibility to develop a better sustainable career. In doing so, the relationship between workplace flexibility and career satisfaction can be affected by two different factors. One of them is job stress, which can be a mediating factor, and the second is goal orientation, which in this study was considered as a moderator between two variables. For this research, a quantitative research method was applied, and a survey was distributed to 216 respondents, namely, everyone working in handling in a single aviation sector of North Cyprus, to obtain better and clearer results from the respondents. A pilot test was completed and data were collected face-to-face in order to observe the reaction of respondents to develop better results and reduce any mistakes that could arise by answering the questionnaire. Moreover, in order to test the reliability of questionnaires, a pilot test was completed with 14% of the respondents and the results were evaluated by examining Cronbach’s alpha. Job stress is a negative term; therefore, surprisingly, there was a positive correlation between workplace flexibility and job stress in the findings. The results were discussed and specifically analyzed with the literature review. Findings of the article clarify that workplace flexibility, along with goal orientation, is expected to positively contribute to the sustainable career satisfaction of employees in the handling sector. This research will make an important contribution to the existing literature pertaining to flexible arrangements in the workplace, sustainable career satisfaction, job stress, and goal orientation, and will contribute to further theories in this field.

The environmental regulations–ecological footprint nexus is occupying an important space in the current debate of energy economics. As a counter measure to environmental degradation, implementing environmental regulations remains on the agenda of scholars and policymakers alike, but whether these regulations have a reducing impact on the ecological footprint remains open since the literature on the topic, and empirical evidence, remains fragmented and dissimilar. The current approach aimed to investigate this for five member countries of the Union for the Mediterranean with panel data econometric techniques. Panel data from France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Türkiye were considered for 1992–2015 and were tested for cross-sectional dependence, unit roots, and cointegration. Panel fixed effect regression estimations were conducted, also with Newey-West and Driscoll-Kraay standard errors. In addition, a country-level analysis was conducted by using fully modified ordinary least squares estimation. The results showed that energy consumption and trade increased the environmental footprint, but for environmental regulations, no conclusive effect was identified. The country-level analysis indicated that there is a divergent situation for environmental regulations among the five member countries, where only one out of five member countries showed a significant negative effect. This new empirical evidence for Union for the Mediterranean member countries highlights the importance of a common regulatory policy framework to combat the negative impacts of environmental degradation.

Kurumsal yönetim, vekalet sorunlarının üstesinden gelmek ve yönetimde şeffaflık ve organizasyon kültürünü geliştirmek için önemli bir rol oynamaktadır. Kurumsal yönetim içerisinde yöneticiler pay sahiplerinin yerine vekalet ile yönetim ile ilgili kararlar alarak hissedarın beklentilerini gerçekleştirmektedirler. Vekâlet teorisine göre, yönetim kurulunun başlıca sorumlulukları, şirketin dürüstlüğünü, tarafsızlığını, hesap verebilirliğini ve şeffaflığını korumak için yönetimin faaliyetlerini etkin bir şekilde belirlemektedir. Artan rekabet koşullarında bankaların performansı kurumsal yönetim performansı ile ilişkilidir. Kurumsal yönetim esaslarına göre yönetilen bankaların karlılıkları pozitif olarak etkilenmektedir. Finansal performansın değerlendirilmesinde bir bankanın performansını değerlendirmek için uygun ve doğru bir analize ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır. Bir bankanın finansal verilerini analiz etmek için finansal oranlar oluşturulmaktadır. Finansal oranlar bankanın belirli bir süre için finansal performansını gözlemlemek için hem yatırımcılar hem de analistler için gerekli göstergeleri içermektedir. Bu çalışmada Kurumsal Yönetim Endeksine dahil olan bankacılık sektörünün hisse senetlerinin getirisinin pozitif yönde daha fazla olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Buna ek olarak BİST kurumsal yöntemin endeksinde bulunan 4 bankanın performansı finansal oranların karar faktörü olarak belirlendiği MABAC yöntemi ile karşılaştırılmıştır. Karşılaştırmada önem ağırlıkları entropi yöntemi ile hesaplanmıştır. Böylece Bankacılık sektöründe Kurumsal Yönetim Endeksi paylarının tam anlamıyla analizlerle değerlendirilmesi yapılmıştır. MABAC yöntemi bulgularına göre en etkin banka tüm yıllar için Garanti BBVA’dır. İkinci en etkin bankanın ise Yapı ve Kredi Bankası olduğu görülmektedir. Etkinlik puanlarına göre en son sırada Şekerbank yer almaktadır.

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