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

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 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

An Assessment on The Education of Syrian Children in Turkey

ALPTEKİN, Kamil | AKARÇAY ULUTAŞ, Demet | USTABAŞI GÜNDÜZ, Dilara

Migration is an important sociological phenomenon which emerges especially with economic, social, and political-based changes such as industrialization, urbanization, globalization, wars, regime changes and military interventions. As Durkheim states, the phenomenon of migration, which is thought to be inevitable due to the forrnation of anomie in society, arises as an important social policy issue in modern societies. Migration process is defined as the voluntary or involuntary movement of individuals or groups, temporarily or permanently, for different culture and settlements due to education ...Daha fazlası

Intolerance of Uncertainty in the Covid-19 Outbreak: A Study on Social Work Students in Konya

AKARÇAY ULUTAŞ, Demet | USTABAŞI GÜNDÜZ, Dilara

In addition to being a health problem, the Covid-19 epidemic also causes fundamental problems in areas such as the economy, social, political, and education at the global level. People continue to live daily with fears such as getting sick or losing their loved ones and exposure to severe traumatic effects. Social work students are among the negatively affected groups in this uncertain and risky environment. The definitions of social work students regarding the psychosocial outcomes of the pandemic process due to the education they receive will be able to emphasize a more specific point. This ...Daha fazlası

Perceptions of Social Workers in the School Social Work Project: The Need for Multicultural Education

AKARÇAY ULUTAŞ, Demet | USTABAŞI GÜNDÜZ, Dilara | KIRLIOĞLU, Mehmet

Multicultural education is the key to the development process of culture of living together, emphasising human rights. In the legal sense, the study underlines the importance of school social work practices in terms of ensuring Syrian children to have unrestricted access to education in addition to providing them with equal opportunity in education. In the light of those practices, the motivation of the study is to discover social work academics’ perceptions of the path to multicultural education in Turkey and recommendations on how to integrate it into the current educational structure. For t ...Daha fazlası