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The aim of this study is to develop a Communicative Rational Action Scale and analyze its validity and reliability. The scale has been prepared for all administrators and especially for firm administrators based on Max Weber’s rationalizing theory and Jürgen Habermas’ communicative action theory. The scale reveals to what extent administrators’ behaviors are communicatively rational while deciding or acting. In total, 282 participants joined this study. The sample group consisted of senior administrators of 87 firms acting in Turkey’s different Organized Industrial Zones or Free Zones. Data were analyzed by the SPSS 21 and AMOS 22 programs. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were applied to the obtained data. In order to test item discrimination, total item correlations were calculated and items under the value of 0.40 were removed from the scale. Exploratory factor analysis revealed 21 articles and five factors. The correlation coefficient of the 21-article scale with a similar scale is 0.979 (p< 0.001). The Cronbach’s alpha value is 0.945 and the test–retest correlation parameter is r = 0.793 (p< 0.001). In conclusion, it was determined by confirmatory factor analysis that the Communicative Rational Action Scale has a good cohesion criterion, and it is a valid and reliable assessment instrument.
Ahmet Çamlı; Florina Virlanuta; Bedrettin Palamutçuoğlu; Nicoleta Bărbuță-Mișu; Şeref Güler; Deniz Züngün. A Study on Developing a Communicative Rational Action Scale. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6317 .
AMA StyleAhmet Çamlı, Florina Virlanuta, Bedrettin Palamutçuoğlu, Nicoleta Bărbuță-Mișu, Şeref Güler, Deniz Züngün. A Study on Developing a Communicative Rational Action Scale. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):6317.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAhmet Çamlı; Florina Virlanuta; Bedrettin Palamutçuoğlu; Nicoleta Bărbuță-Mișu; Şeref Güler; Deniz Züngün. 2021. "A Study on Developing a Communicative Rational Action Scale." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 6317.
Generation Y wants to know the reason for everything in their lives, they are curious and most importantly, their characteristic of questioning everything makes them stand out. At the same time, it is hard to influence their characteristic features such as their lack of social skills, little respect for authority, and low level of commitment to their employers when Generation X management tactics are used. The purpose of this study is to better understand Generation Y, to examine their relations with servant leadership practices, and to determine what effects they have on businesses. The field study was made at an established organized industrial zone (OIZ) dating back to 1963. This OIZ is built on an area bigger than 10 million m2 and is divided into 5 subzones. It is currently home to 53,500 employees, has a gross foreign trade volume of $7,200,000,000 and is located in the western Aegean Region of Turkey. The data for the study was collected from 248 participants and scales tested for validity and reliability in Turkish. A model was developed using the data and then it was tested using the confirmatory factor analysis method. The study used Structural Equation Model (SEM) to define the causal relationships between latent variables with a model in the analysis of the data and test its compliance. The result of the analysis reveals that dimensions of accountability and forgiveness from servant leadership practices have a statistically significant effect on personal success, whereas empowerment, accountability, and personal success dimensions have statistically significant effects on job satisfaction. Modesty dimension does not have a significant effect on the personal success and job satisfaction and the dimensions of accountability and forgiveness do not have a significant effect on job satisfaction. In addition, empowerment dimension does not have a meaningful effect on personal success. There is need for more studies to support the accuracy of the result for modesty dimension, since it seems like there is no effect on personal success and job satisfaction. This is a pioneer study since it is an empirical one looking at the application of the servant leadership theory on Generation Y employees.
Hurriyet Bilge; Florina Virlanuta; Deniz Zungun; Nicoleta Barbuta-Misu; Pinar Comuk; Emine Guven. Generation Y’s Perception of Servant Leadership and Job Satisfaction. Economies 2021, 9, 24 .
AMA StyleHurriyet Bilge, Florina Virlanuta, Deniz Zungun, Nicoleta Barbuta-Misu, Pinar Comuk, Emine Guven. Generation Y’s Perception of Servant Leadership and Job Satisfaction. Economies. 2021; 9 (1):24.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHurriyet Bilge; Florina Virlanuta; Deniz Zungun; Nicoleta Barbuta-Misu; Pinar Comuk; Emine Guven. 2021. "Generation Y’s Perception of Servant Leadership and Job Satisfaction." Economies 9, no. 1: 24.
This study aims to analyze the nature of the dollarization that takes place in the Turkish economy and to decompose the factors that have contributed to its increase in recent years. With this purpose, we first identify the events that have significantly affected the dollarization trend in Turkey using the Iterative Cumulative Sum of Squares (ICSS) and Markov Switching Dynamic Regression (MS-Dynamic) structural break models. Then, we proceed to analyze the relationship between the percentage of Forex deposits of the residents over total deposits of the residents and the TRY/USD exchange rate using the Johansen cointegration test. USD, EUR, and TRY interest rates are also added to the model as independent variables to account for the effects of the difference between exchange rates. Long-term and short-term effects are tested with the Vector Error Correction Model, and causality is tested using the Granger causality test. The results of the study indicate that speculative trading is not the cause of the dollarization of deposits in Turkey. Additionally, results suggest that the political events have a stronger influence over dollarization compared to economic events. Collectively, our findings suggest that domestic citizens dollarize their deposits with the motivation to protect against political ambiguity rather than economic volatility. The results of the study are in line with the literature in the sense that they support the claim that dollarization can be averted in the short run with an increase in interest rates.
Nicoleta Bărbuță-Mișu; Tuna Can Güleç; Selim Duramaz; Florina Oana Virlanuta. Determinants of Dollarization of Savings in the Turkish Economy. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6141 .
AMA StyleNicoleta Bărbuță-Mișu, Tuna Can Güleç, Selim Duramaz, Florina Oana Virlanuta. Determinants of Dollarization of Savings in the Turkish Economy. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (15):6141.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNicoleta Bărbuță-Mișu; Tuna Can Güleç; Selim Duramaz; Florina Oana Virlanuta. 2020. "Determinants of Dollarization of Savings in the Turkish Economy." Sustainability 12, no. 15: 6141.
In the conditions of a digitalized and sustainable economy, a smart decision is focused on all demand aspects regarding: the product demand, the quality demand, and the elements of national and international bodies able to ensure the criteria of economic integrity on the European Markets. These aspects represent a set of challenges and indicate the smart component of the management decision assisted by reliable economic models. The present work aims to develop such a model applied to the wheat seed production starting from the study of the specialized literature and using empirical methods. The analysis covers 2016–2020. The main objective of the study is the combination of the information from the observational study to obtain the smart decision model. The study results in the smart model of managerial decision, which represents a real necessity for managers, considering the challenges to which they are subjected. The proposed model in the paper can be used for all types of seeds across the EU and not only. The implementation of the present study by the authors validates the proposed model.
Romeo Victor Ionescu; Monica Laura Zlati; Valentin Marian Antohi; Silvius Stanciu; Florina Oana Virlanuta; Cristina (Băcanu) Serban. New Agricultural Model of Economic Sustainability for Wheat Seed Production in Romania. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4182 .
AMA StyleRomeo Victor Ionescu, Monica Laura Zlati, Valentin Marian Antohi, Silvius Stanciu, Florina Oana Virlanuta, Cristina (Băcanu) Serban. New Agricultural Model of Economic Sustainability for Wheat Seed Production in Romania. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (10):4182.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRomeo Victor Ionescu; Monica Laura Zlati; Valentin Marian Antohi; Silvius Stanciu; Florina Oana Virlanuta; Cristina (Băcanu) Serban. 2020. "New Agricultural Model of Economic Sustainability for Wheat Seed Production in Romania." Sustainability 12, no. 10: 4182.
The process of organizational democracy involves a process of associating employees’ participation and satisfaction in business processes, increased innovation, increased stakeholder engagement and ultimately increased organizational performance. Organizations and the people that form the organization adapt democracy to achieve social and economic goals by making use of the blessings of democracy. In this way, they aim to reach their goals and to include all members of the organization in the process while achieving these goals, and to sustain the stability. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the democracy perceptions of blue and white collar employees in the private sector through organizational democracy scales, by using various variables and to contribute to the existing literature. The sample of the study constitutes 209 people, white and blue collar employees at various levels in medium and large scale enterprises in the Manisa Organized Industrial Zone in Turkey. As a result of the study, it is seen that married employees and employees who think that their expertise in the job is good have the power to criticize their businesses and exhibit participation. In addition, it has been concluded that employees that are high school graduates see management fairer in terms of salary than other graduates. Another finding in the study is about the size of the pre-work life centers of the workplace. Perceptions and attitudes of the people living in metropolitan and provincial center metros before work observed that more equality was observed in the workplaces than those living in the district centers.
Hurriyet Bilge; Nicoleta Barbuta-Misu; Deniz Zungun; Florina Oana Virlanuta; Huseyin Guven. Organizational Democracy in the Private Sector: A Field Research. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3446 .
AMA StyleHurriyet Bilge, Nicoleta Barbuta-Misu, Deniz Zungun, Florina Oana Virlanuta, Huseyin Guven. Organizational Democracy in the Private Sector: A Field Research. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (8):3446.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHurriyet Bilge; Nicoleta Barbuta-Misu; Deniz Zungun; Florina Oana Virlanuta; Huseyin Guven. 2020. "Organizational Democracy in the Private Sector: A Field Research." Sustainability 12, no. 8: 3446.
Due to the specificity of transport services that are being performed with an unambiguous impact on the environment and society, all activities of transport enterprises oriented towards the achievement of the sustainability goals are more visible than in the case of other enterprises. Consequently, the growing need for sustainability increases not only the costs of individual transport services but also the total costs of a transport enterprise. Indisputably, the costs affect the pricing, which leads to the final market prices. On the one hand, they can increase the prices, but on the other hand, they decrease the enterprise’s competitiveness and its success in the market at the same time. Even though the cost-based pricing is essential, it is not sufficient under these circumstances. Based on the objectives stated above, the primary aim of this paper is to emphasize that the creation of prices in a transport enterprise must consider the global aspects of the enterprise’s performance as a prerequisite for its competitiveness. The results include proposing several variants of corporate performance measurement that are relevant and supported by a literature review of the current knowledge on the topic, an analysis of internal documents from a particular freight-transport enterprise, and structured interviews with the managers. Subsequently, the model proposed can be used by managers of transport enterprises in their decision-making process.
Mária Ďurišová; Emese Tokarčíková; Florina Oana Virlanuta; Zuzana Chodasová. The Corporate Performance Measurement and Its Importance for the Pricing in a Transport Enterprise. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6164 .
AMA StyleMária Ďurišová, Emese Tokarčíková, Florina Oana Virlanuta, Zuzana Chodasová. The Corporate Performance Measurement and Its Importance for the Pricing in a Transport Enterprise. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (21):6164.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMária Ďurišová; Emese Tokarčíková; Florina Oana Virlanuta; Zuzana Chodasová. 2019. "The Corporate Performance Measurement and Its Importance for the Pricing in a Transport Enterprise." Sustainability 11, no. 21: 6164.