The Validation and Correlations with Empowering Leadership and Self Efficacy Scales

ASLAN, Şebnem | AKARÇAY, Demet

Empowering employees becomes a current issue as leadership approach as well as a managerial means of contemporary approaches. Empowering employees is predicted to impact on self- efficacy positively. In the first phase of the study, the investigation of validity and reliability of empowering leadership and self-efficacy scale were conducted among healthcare employees in Turkey. In the second phase, the relationships between empowering leadership and the sub- dimension of empowering leadership and self-efficacy were searched. The related scales were performed among 550 healthcare employees, who ...Daha fazlası

Psycho-social Factors that Lead to Heroin Addiction among Young Males in Turkey

ALPTEKİN, Kamil | MUTLU, Ercan | PALTUN, Salih Cihat | GÖKA, Erol

Heroin has become a subject of growing concern in Turkey due to the rapid increase among young adults using and becoming addicted to it. Thus, the purpose of this qualitative study is to identify the psycho-social factors that lead to heroin addiction in young males based on their life experiences. The sample consists of 18 young males (aged 18-24) who have been diagnosed with heroin addiction and are currently receiving inpatient treatment for substance use disorder. Based on the semi-structured face-to-face interviews, the findings reveal that heroin addiction develops gradually over time as ...Daha fazlası

The Role of Personal and Social Factors at Impression Management’s Impact on Career Success

ASLAN, Şebnem | TOYGAR, Şükrü Anıl | AKARÇAY, Demet

The aim of this study is to examine the impact of personal and social factors such; EQ (Emotional Quotient), self-respect and social comparison on the impression management's impact on subjective career success and also to ascertain health care personnel's opinions on career success. The research has been conducted in 6 major hospitals with 330 health care workers in Konya, province of Turkey. Bolino and Turnley's (1999) impression management scale; Greenhaus, Parasuraman and Wormley's (1990) career success scale; Rosenberg's self-esteem scale and Gibbon and Buunk's (1999) social comparison or ...Daha fazlası

The Mediator Effect of Knowledge Management Orientation in the Relationship between Information Technology Support and Knowledge Quality

ASLAN, Şebnem | AKARÇAY, Demet

This correlational study assessed the effect of information technology within the health sector on knowledge quality. In this context, the mediator roles of explicit and tacit knowledge management orientation in the relationship between information technology and knowledge quality were investigated. Healthcare employees of four public hospitals in Konya that is a province of Turkey were administrated knowledge quality scale of wood (2005), explicit and tacit knowledge management orientation scale and information technology support scale, which were developed by Choi and Lee (2003) and cited fr ...Daha fazlası

Social Work Practices in the Context of Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Policies: Qualitative Study about Social Worker Sample

AKARÇAY, Demet | BAŞER, Doğa | KIRLIOĞLU, Mehmet | ÖZATA, Musa

The Relationship Between Mobbing and Employee Mental Health

ASLAN, Şebnem | AKARÇAY, Demet

In the recent years, the negative effects of mobbing on employee health have been frequently expressed. For these reason, the objective of the study was stated to investigate whether mobbing has effects on employee health. The study was conducted in Konya, a province of Turkey among 181 healthcare employees. In the study Grunau’s (2007) Work Harassment scale, Arrindell, Heesink ve Feij’s (1999) The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and Ryff's Psychological Well-Being, and Kevin’s (2000) Well-Being at Work scales were used. In the result of the study, it was determined that mobbing affected l ...Daha fazlası

The Mediator Role of Ethical Values and Behavior which is Affected by Organizational Citizenship Behavior on Employee Empowerment

ASLAN, Şebnem | AKARÇAY, Demet | TOYGAR, Şükrü Anıl | ALA, Şükran

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of employee empowerment on organizational citizenship behavior and the role of ethical values and behavior in terms of this impact. This research was applied to a sample of group of 195 persons, working in two leader companies in the textile industry, located in the province of Isparta in Turkey. In the inquiry, it has been concluded that the employee empowerment affects the organizational citizenship behavior by the full mediation of ethical value and behavior.

Validity of and Relationship Between The Variables of Ethical Climate and Culture Patient Safety and Organizational Support

ASLAN, Şebnem | AKARÇAY, Demet

In this study, it was assumed that behavioral variables within the organization-al environment contribute to improve patient safety. For this purpose, in the initial phase, validity and reliability analysis was conducted for the scale in order to adapt to Turkish. In the second phase, the correlation between ethical climate and culture, patient safety and perceived organizational support (manager and peer support) were investi-gated. The study population involves employees (N= 300) working in four public hospi-tals in the province of Konya in Turkey. Arraying measures as ethical climate and cu ...Daha fazlası

A brief discussion on social work ethics

AKARÇAY ULUTAŞ, Demet

Ethics has become a crucial evaluation criterion in various sciences as well as social work in recent years. Ethical perspectives present complex needs and worlds, which people can mention about sociocultural difference. Following the right way while solving and discussing on ethical issues can open a new window in an individual’s life, as well as, this relative approach should be reflected as to professional standards to the students in social work. It is obvious to aware the role of social work in human life as supporting social justice, advocacy, enhancing welfare. The aim of social work is ...Daha fazlası

The Effects of Perceived Co-worker and Supervisor Social Support on Organizational Socialization and Business Result

ASLAN, Şebnem | AKARÇAY, Demet

The objective of the study is to investigate the possible effects of organizational socialization on business results such as affective commitment, intention to quit and job satisfaction. Besides, the study aims to examine to determine the mediator roles of co-worker and supervisor social support in the relationships between organizational socialization and affective commitment, intentions to quit and job satisfaction. The study was conducted in Konya, which is a province of Turkey, among 385 healthcare workers. In the study, organizational socialization scale of Chao et al. (1994), co-worker ...Daha fazlası

The Relationship between Individualism, Collectivism and Conflict Handling Styles of Healthcare Employees

ASLAN, Şebnem | GÜZEL, Şerife | AKARÇAY ULUTAŞ, Demet

The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between individualism, collectivism and conflict handling styles of healthcare employees. This study was conducted among 427 healthcare employees in twelve hospitals in Turkey by using survey method and simple random sampling. The scales of Conflict Handling Styles and Individualism and Collectivism (INDCOL) were performed within the study. The obtained data were analyzed with descriptive analysis, correlation, and confirmative factor analysis and regression analysis. As a result of the study, it was found that horizontal collectiv ...Daha fazlası

The Mediator Role of Negative Affect Impacted by Workplace Bullying on Intention to Leave and Conflict Handling Styles

ASLAN, Şebnem | AKARÇAY, Demet

2 Abstract This research was intended to reveal the mediating role of negative affect within the effect of workplace bullying on intention to leave and conflict handling styles. The research was conducted in Konya and Isparta, in Turkey, among 350 health care employees. As a result of the study, workplace bullying and negative affect have a positive relationship. While negative affect has a negative relationship with conflict handling styles, a positive relationship with intention to leave. According to result of the study, it was determined that the variable negative affect has a fully-mediat ...Daha fazlası