Browsing by Author "Bengisu, Murat"

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Citation - WoS: 58
Citation - Scopus: 73
Employment of the workforce with disabilities in the hospitality industry
(Channel View Publications, 2011) Murat Bengisu; Sabah Balta; Balta, Sabah; Bengisu, Murat
A three-stage Delphi study was conducted with experts and professionals working in the fields of disability and hospitality in order to identify some basic principles with respect to employment of people with disabilities (PWD). The potential effects of employing PWD on safety cost efficiency service quality and management were investigated. Potentials and limitations of people with different types and degrees of disabilities with regard to jobs in the hospitality industry were also questioned. A notable guiding principle emanating from this study is that hiring of employees should be based on merit suitability and capability of the candidate regardless of the presence or degree of disability. Another important outcome is that the job or task appointed to PWD should not deteriorate the disability. A common guideline expressed by the participants was that jobs which critically require a certain sense or ability are not suitable for PWD who do not possess this sense or ability even with the aid of technology or by other means. However apart from such extreme and obvious cases experts mostly agree that PWD can fulfill any task in the hospitality industry as long as their professional knowledge and skills fit those tasks. © 2011 Taylor & Francis. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Citation - Scopus: 10
Glasses and glass-ceramics in the SrO-TiO2-Al2O3-SiO2-B2O3 system and the effect of P2O5 additions
(SPRINGER, 2008) Murat Bengisu; Richard K. Brow; Andrew Wittenauer; Wittenauer, Andrew; Bengisu, Murat; Brow, Richard K.
The glass formation abilities of various compositions in SrO-TiO2-Al2O3-SiO2 SrO-TiO2-B2O3-SiO2 SrO-TiO2-Al2O3-B2O3 and SrO-TiO2-Al2O3-SiO2-B2O3 systems were studied. Many new compositions were found to be suitable for the casting of crack-free optically clear glasses of different color and with glass transition temperatures ranging from 595 to 775 C. The crystallization behavior structure and thermal expansion behavior of selected glasses were analyzed by DTA XRD dilatometry and heat treatment. The effect of P2O5 on the glass structure and crystallization behavior was also studied. P2O5 played a dual role depending on composition. In some glasses it acted as a nucleating agent while in others it suppressed crystallization. Heat treatment of borate and borosilicate glasses transformed them into glass-ceramics while comparable SrO-TiO2-Al2O3-SiO2 glasses showed a lower tendency to crystallize and form glass-ceramics under the same conditions.
Citation - WoS: 17
Citation - Scopus: 20
Work-related challenges for individuals who are visually impaired in Turkey
(AMER FOUNDATION BLIND, 2008) Murat Bengisu; Gokhan Izbirak; Adham Mackieh; Mackieh, Adham; Bengisu, Murat; Izbirak, Gökhan
Various aspects of the working life of people who are visually impaired were investigated in a telephone survey conducted in Turkey. Although the participants performed many types of jobs successfully many issues need to be solved for the more efficient participation of people with visual impairments in the economy.