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{"title":"EXAMINING THE PROBABLE THREE THESIS OF THE GLOBALIZATION EFFECT ON CULTURE BY MEANS OF THE CONSUMER'S ETHNOCENTRIC TENDENCY LEVEL","authors":"Husniye Ors, Ozlem Catli, Aysegul Ermec Sertoglu","doi":"10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.716","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose- By the fact that globalization is an influencing factor shaping all structures of society, the aim is to analyze three thesis about the cultural efffects of globalization by consumer ethnocentrism; additionally to examine the consumer ethnocentirsm by demographic factors. Methodology- :  As a descriptive research, the study has been done by face-to-face survey method and convenience sampling conducted on 331 respondents. Findings- In order to measure the ethnocentric levels of consumers, 17-unit CETSCALE scale was used, and the measurement was found to be reliable. According to the analysis, it has been found that the ethnocentric level of Turkish consumers is medium, does not change according to age, but changes according to gender. Also, ethnocentric level of Turkish consumers is lower for those who has higher education level.  Conclusion- According to the study, ‘hybridization’ thesis is found acceptable among three probable thesis of the globalization effect on culture.","PeriodicalId":376357,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Business Management","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127609430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ANALYSIS OF THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AT SMEs","authors":"M. Çolak, Tahsin Cetin","doi":"10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.715","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.715","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose - In this study, understanding occupational health and safety conditions and determining health and safety risks at furniture enterprises have been proposed. Methodology Surveys were conducted to measure the Occupational Health and Safety status of enterprises and the data obtained were analyzed by statistical programs. Findings- M ajority of participants stated that occupational health and safety applications at workplaces had a positive effect upon the productivity and quality of workplaces and forming a social perception on this issue would be useful for future employees. Conclusion- T he findings show that the majority of the personnels believe that occupational health and safety rules are important and they accept them.","PeriodicalId":376357,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Business Management","volume":"147 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132530442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT AND UNETHICAL PRO-ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: THE ROLE OF MORAL DISENGAGEMENT","authors":"Nabi. A. Ebrahimi, E. Yurtkoru","doi":"10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.706","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.706","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose -  As one of the few studies on unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPB), this study hypothesizes that affective commitment predicts UPB through the mediation of moral disengagement. It was also proposed that ethical leadership affects the hypothesized relationship. Methodology - 208 employees (98 males and 110 females) from different companies located in Istanbul, Turkey formed the sample of this study. A multidimensional questionnaire with seven-point interval scale was applied to measure all substantive variables used in this study. Findings- The results of mediation analysis revealed that people with higher affective commitment engaged in more UPB, and that this effect was mediated by moral disengagement. In addition, the results of moderated mediation analysis showed that the mediation relationship was stronger when employees perceived a lower level of ethical leadership in the organization. Conclusion- We found that affective commitment encourages UPB through the mechanism of moral disengagement. Besides, this effect is stronger when the ethical leadership is perceived to be low as opposed to being high. Our results extend knowledge of UPB by highlighting the  importance of ethical leadership, and open up new avenues of research on the ethical challenges of prosocial motives, attitudes, and behaviors. Further theoretical and practical implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":376357,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Business Management","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127734107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"THE IMPACT OF INCREASING TEAM SIZE ON PROJECT PRODUCTIVITY","authors":"Yueh-Yuan Lai, Chiu-Chi Wei, Chiou-Shuei Wei","doi":"10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.465","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose- Enterprises must increase operational efficiency to gain competitive advantage in this stiff global competition, and operational efficiency is resulted from fast problem resolution and opportunity creation.  Project management has been regarded as an effective and efficient approach to quickly solve current problems and create future opportunities.  Speed is the most vital factor when facing with problems and opportunities; slowness will breed a small problem to a huge one, even unmanageable, whereas a not quick enough pace will lead to opportunity untouchable and fade away.   Methodology- The challenge facing a project manager in this era is how to complete a project quickly, and one of the most commonly used methods is crashing, which implies shortening the project duration by increasing the number of workers and equipment, and by working overtime. Traditionally, it is a common believe that increasing the number of workers can certainly reduce the project length; even the law of diminishing return is widely recognized. Thus, this study intends to explore the interaction of number increase and diminishing return, and develop a quantitative model to concurrently consider the number of workers, worker experience, worker training and level of team work to obtain the most suitable number of worker increase, to avoid waste of human resources and optimize personnel utilization. Findings- To demonstrate the applicability of the proposed model, this study uses two examples to illustrate the solution procedures.  The results indicate that although the project productivity can increase along with the increase of workers, when the number of workers reaches a certain level, even the worker is further increased, the project cannot be positively benefited; therefore, the increased workers are not only wasted, but also decrease the entire project productivity. Conclusion- Project managers can use the model to identify the optimal number of additional team members, thus improving human resource management. This study is the first theoretical verification of the law of diminishing returns and provides a more in-depth understanding of crashing, which has both academic and practical value to project management.","PeriodicalId":376357,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Business Management","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124605873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A NOVEL BUSINESS MODEL FRAME FOR INNOVATIVE STARTUPS","authors":"D. Gonzales","doi":"10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.467","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose-  This paper presents a novel business model frame that is meant to explicitly include several approaches of the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, disruptive strategies, business metrics, problem statement and opportunity formulation, as well as improvements on the profit formula. Methodology- The analysis first addresses the business model canvas, sketching and framing key points behind the development of startups. The analysis on existing business models covers the firm’s value proposition, partners, resources, activities, customer relationships, distribution channels, customers, revenue streams and cost structure. When it comes to innovative startups, the author emphasizes that existing template do not explicitly include innovation measures, no problem/opportunity formulation, intellectual property, or even basic business model concepts as the profit formula. Hence, an innovative frame is developed primarily using the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving technique applied to business and management such as multi-screen analysis of value-conflict mapping, trends of ideality of business system evolution positioning, among others; but also, intellectual property, disruptive strategies, and open innovation, as well as startup metrics. Findings- A novel frame is proposed, providing general guidelines for each of the sections. Any entrepreneur designing his/her own startup should be able to justify, if not all, most of the items to be able to demonstrate the idea strengths. Regarding the specific building blocks: “Product Formulation and Inventive Problem Solving” and “Disruption Strategy”, certain short training should be necessary. Conclusion- The proposed business model frame visually and concisely sketches, besides accurately stating traditional business concepts, the key innovation concepts that any startup should integrate to be a game-changer in a competitive market. The developed frame is a helpful mapping and evaluation tool to accurately describe the business differentiation and innovation attractiveness to potential investors, incubators and accelerators.","PeriodicalId":376357,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Business Management","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123186595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT: ISTANBUL COMMERCE UNIVERSITY","authors":"E. Turkkan, Murat Yalçıntaş","doi":"10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.475","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.475","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose- Human factor is one of the most significant elements of an organization in terms of development and sustainability. Healthy work environment, suitable working conditions and feeling of fulfilment are very important sources of influence in organizational commitment. Similarly, those three concepts are also the fundamental components of organizational culture. Methodology- The purpose of this paper is to identify the impact of organizational culture on organizational commitment. Data for this study were collected by conducting a survey among academic and administrative staff in Istanbul Commerce University. SPSS 22.0 statistical analysis software program was used in order to examine the responses. Findings- The findings indicate that there is a moderate positive significant relationship between organizational culture and organizational commitment. In terms of demographics, marital status and job experience were found to be statistically insignificant with the employee perception of organizational culture. Conclusion- On the other hand, factors such as gender, age, educational background, position and length of employment were found to be statistically significant with the perception of organizational culture. From the point of organizational commitment, gender, age, marital status and job experience were found to be statistically insignificant whereas educational background, position and length of employment were found to be statistically significant.","PeriodicalId":376357,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Business Management","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131454451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"EXAMINATION OF THE EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL INNOVATION BY THE SCIENCE MAPPING METHOD","authors":"Tayfun Yildiz, Zafer Aykanat","doi":"10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.469","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose -  The main objective of this study is to investigate the evolution of the concept of social innovation from 1966 to the present day. Methodology- Bibliometric analysis enables researchers to examine statistically the country, author(s), cooperation among authors, citations, institutions, and published years of selected publications and to put forward the general structure of a certain discipline using obtained statistical findings. On the other hand, scientific mappling analysis is a method that concentrates on determining the evolution of a scientific field and its constrained scientific areas. In order to better understand how the evolution of the concept of social innovation changes and develops during the sample period, firstly, a bibliometric and secondly a scientific mapping analysis were performed and the findings were interpreted. Findings- SciMAT package program was used to perform scientific mapping analysis. Results reveal that there are 1,428 publications concentrating social innovation under Scopus database, while 58.1% (830) of them were articles, 16% (229) of them were conference papers, 11.2% (160) of them were book chapters and the rest of them was other publications.  Conclusion- A thematic change was generally found for the concept of social innovation for the sample period of 1966-2016. The corresponding thematic change was generally evolved by the prominence and the decline of some associated scientific areas.","PeriodicalId":376357,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Business Management","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129252299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The emergence of the new technologies in education in Algeria: case study on engineering software","authors":"Boualem El Kechebur","doi":"10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.472","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose- This work aims to situate the introduction of new techniques, in particular Computer Science in educational institutions and Universities. Methodology- The work begins by an overview on the practice of the new technology in some European countries. This is to analyze the European experience and its benefits for to adapt them to the Algerian context. The school and education are not immune to the new information and communications technology: Knowledge transfer is no longer only by the book and the mediation of a teacher, but now goes through audiovisual technology and multimedia. The challenges are twofold: mastering by the student of the new technologies in them cultural and economic context in which they are increasingly present on the one hand; and other hand the diversification of forms of learning in relation with reforms in the education system in Algeria. Findings- The study finishes by a thinking on the causes which delays the emergence of the new technologies in Algeria. After investigations, some remarks and deductions are make. Conclusion- Significant results were obtained in some universities, particularly the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), in terms of allocation of computers and Internet connection. But, it remains to make great efforts in the field of software acquisition, video training and in the computer-aided design.","PeriodicalId":376357,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Business Management","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124272009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Relationship between school administrators' competence beliefs on innovation management and their leadership behaviors","authors":"Hanifi Parlar","doi":"10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.480","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose- In this study, it was aimed to reveal the relationship between school principals' competence beliefs on innovation management and their leadership behaviors. Methodology- Teachers working at the high schools located in Uskudar district of Istanbul province constituted the sample of the study that was carried out with the relational screening method, one of quantitative research methods. In the study, data were collected with the school principals' leadership style inventory and innovation management at schools scale and analyzed using the SPSS program. In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics such as arithmetic mean and standard deviation were calculated, and the t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Scheffe’s test, Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient and simple linear regression analysis were used. Findings- According to the research results, it was observed that teachers' competence beliefs on innovation management were not significantly different between male and female teachers by the gender variable and age variable. On the other hand, the organizational culture and structure sub-dimension scores were in favor of teachers aged 40 and older.It was observed that they were not significantly different between teachers with different seniority levels by the seniority variable and between teachers with different educational levels by the educational status variable. Conclusion- It was determined that innovation management competencies consisting of four different sub-dimensions had a significant predictive effect on transactional leadership behaviors consisting of two sub-dimensions and transactional management sub-dimensions consisting of five sub-dimensions.","PeriodicalId":376357,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Business Management","volume":"65 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120972255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A research on values possessed by university students","authors":"Erkan Taşkiran, Canan Çetin, Tulay Demiralay, B. Aksu, M. Okur, Burcak Vatansever, H. Keleş","doi":"10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17261/PRESSACADEMIA.2017.466","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose - This study was conducted to investigate the value types possessed by university students. Moreover, it was aimed at examining whether value types of students differ in terms of their demographic characteristics. Methodology -  Portrait Values Questionnaire was employed to 328 students studying in a private and a public university located in Istanbul within the sample of the study. Gathering data were analyzed via means, standard deviation, frequency and percentage analysis within descriptive analyses and non-parametric analyses such as Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis were used to analyze diversities in terms of demographic characteristics. Findings- . Findings gathered from research were revealed that students mostly identified themselves with universalism, security and selfdirection values whereas they identified themselves with power value at least. In addition, it was found out that value types of students differ according to their demographic characteristics. Conclusion- In light of findings, a conclusion can be drawn as individuals tend to overcome their selfish concerns rather than try to achieve their own personal interests and goals to protect the prosperity of society and the existence of nature.","PeriodicalId":376357,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Business Management","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123362945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}