Browsing by Author "Halac, Duygu Seckin"

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Citation - WoS: 2
Does Really Innovative Work Behaviors of Emloyees Mediate the Innovative Performance Impacts of Intrapreneurship?
(ACAD CONFERENCES LTD, 2011) Cagri Bulut; Seray Begum Samur; Duygu Seckin Halac; Samur, Seray Begum; Halac, Duygu Seckin; Bulut, Cagri; H Fulford
In today's highly dynamic and innovation based competitive environments force corporations to develop distinctive employee skills and competencies which were difficult to replicate or to imitate by the competitors. Resource based view suggests that developing deploying and protecting intangible assets are crucial to gain and sustain competitive advantage. Internal corporate entrepreneurship (intrapreneurship) plays the key role for sustainable rejuvenation of ultimate organizational performance. The literature on intrapreneurship and organizational innovativeness has focused on the managerial competencies and managerial tools to achieve effective intrapreneurship rather than the role of employees who are the essence of organizations. In the literature there are five managerial tools that are needed to support an innovation oriented entrepreneurial climate within the large organizations to orient employees to be more entrepreneurial and thereby innovative, namely (1) management support (2) time availability (3) individual freedom and autonomy (4) reward availability/reinforcement (5) management's and employees' absorption capacity of risk. Innovation is the process of discovery diffusion action. In this multi stage process ideas are captured, filtered funded developed modified clarified and eventually commercialized. Therefore this study complements the literature by taking into account the innovative work behavior of employee as a mediator factor with a multi-dimensional structure between intrapreneurial climatic factors and innovative performance. Management support reward system autonomy tolerance for failure and allocation of free time have been employed as the compounds of innovative work behavior where idea generation idea promotion and idea realization have been employed as innovative work behavior. Survey method was used to conduct the data of this study. All scales have been adopted from existing literature. 65 manufacturing firms without any industrial limitations were chosen randomly for the field study. The final sample includes 199 respondents from 45 different firms mostly located in Izmir Ataturk Organized Industrial Zone and ITOB Organized Industrial Zone. The respondents of this study were the employees' of manufacturing firms from all hierarchical levels. After collecting the surveys and processing survey data into SPSS 17.0 statistical software Exploratory Factor Analysis was used to test the validity of the scales. Reliability tests of each factor structure and their Pearson correlations scores were calculated and presented with descriptive statistics. Finally multiple regression analysis was utilized to test the hypotheses of the study. The results indicate that intrapreneurial climate dimensions of management support and reward availability together with civic virtue are strong drivers of Innovative Work Behaviors (IWBs) these types of behaviors are also effective instruments for the Innovative Performance of the firms which lead to effective functioning of the organization in terms of manufacturing new product and financial performance.
Citation - WoS: 32
Social Innovation and Psychometric Analysis
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2013) Cagri Bulut; Hakan Eren; Duygu Seckin Halac; Halac, Duygu Seckin; Bulut, Cagri; Eren, Hakan; K Maree
Social innovation is defined as new ideas or solution proposals to the needs of humans which have not been fulfilled to increase their life standards and welfare. Although after 1990s social innovation has started to attract academicians attentions there are few empirical studies on this subject yet. The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable social innovation instrument at individual level. In this regard a comprehensive field study was conducted. The field study consists of 767 senior university students from various faculties of 10 universities reflecting different geographical and socio- economic levels to provide a country-wide generalization. According to the findings a reliable and valid social innovation scale is employed unidimensionally with eight items. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
The Moderating Role of Organizational Storytelling in the Relation between Organizational Memory and Innovative Work Behaviors
(2016) Work BEHAVİORS; Tutku Seçkin ÇELİK; Duygu Seckin Halac; Halac, Duygu Seckin; Behaviors, Work; Çelik, Tutku Seçkin
Bu çalışmanın amacı sosyal bilgi işleme yaklaşımı bağlamında örgütsel hafıza ve çalışanlardaki yenilikçi iş davranışları ilişkisinde örgütsel hikayelerin ara değişken etkisini incelemektir. Bankacılık sektöründen toplanan veriler dahilinde bildirimsel ve prosedürel hafızanın çalışanlardaki yenilikçi iş davranışlarını arttırırken örgütsel hikayelerin duygusal hafıza üzerinde ara değişken etkisine ulaşılmıştır. Takip eden ek testler sonucunda örgütsel hikayelerle çalışanlardaki yenilikçi iş davranışları ilişkisinde örgütlerin yenilikçi eğilimlerinin belirleyici olduğu sonucuna da ulaşılmıştır. Ayrıca literatürde örgütsel hikayelere ilişkin bir ölçek bulunmadığı için çalışmanın amacı doğrultusunda bir ölçek de oluşturulmuştur.
TOPLUMSAL CİNSİYET BAKIŞ AÇISINDAN TÜRKİYE’DE KADIN GİRİŞİMCİLİĞİNİN DURUMU
(2021) Duygu Seckin Halac; Gülgün Meşe; Halac, Duygu Seckin; Meşe, Gülgün
Günümüzde küresel olarak popülerliği artmakta olan kadın girişimciliği birçok ülkede sosyal politikaların da başında gelen bir kavram olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Son dönemlerde çokça tartışılmakta olan kadın girişimciliği literatürde ve uygulamada farklı bakış açılarından farklı amaçlarla desteklenmektedir. Neo-liberal politikalar kapsamında özellikle istihdamı arttırmadaki rolü ve yoksullukla mücadeledeki etkisine vurgu yapılarak son yıllarda popülerliği artmıştır. Diğer taraftan kadın güçlendirmesine katkıları ile kadın girişimciliğine olan destek genişlemektedir. Girişimciliğin cinsiyetçi yapısının kabul edilmesiyle birlikte kavramın toplumsal cinsiyet bağlamında tartışılması bir gereklilik halini almıştır. Kadın girişimciliğinin toplumsal olarak inşa edilmiş bir kavram olduğunun kabulü ile bu çalışmanın amacı Türkiye’de kadın girişimciliğinin hangi baskın görüş çerçevesinde ele alındığını ve mevcut durumunu ortaya koymaktır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda çalışmada hem istihdam ve girişimciliğe hem de toplumsal cinsiyete ilişkin yayınlanmış açık erişimdeki resmi rakamlar ve istatistikler kullanılarak bir değerlendirme yapılmıştır.
Citation - WoS: 13
Citation - Scopus: 25
Which One Triggers the Other? Technological or Social Innovation
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2013) Cagri Bulut; Hakan Eren; Duygu Seckin Halac; Halac, Duygu Seckin; Bulut, Cagri; Eren, Hakan
The term innovation has sometimes been used as a synonym for technological innovation until the concept of social innovation attracted academic attention. Since then these two types of innovation have been investigated individually. It can be claimed that despite the great importance of social innovation studies technological innovation studies received more attention. In addition there are limited studies that have examined technological and social innovation together. The aim of this study was to examine the causal relationship between technological and social innovations. The impact of entrepreneurial characteristics on social innovation was also analyzed. This study was based on a comprehensive field study including 767 university students from 10 universities from different regions of Turkey. Regression analyses and structural equation modeling confirmed that social and technological innovation were related to one another and both were correlated with a particular constellation of personal characteristics.
Workplace Related Determinants on Innovation Success and Characteristics
(ACAD CONFERENCES LTD, 2011) Cagri Bulut; Selin Gencturk; Duygu Seckin Halac; Halac, Duygu Seckin; Bulut, Cagri; Gencturk, Selin; H Fulford
Despite the fact that innovation is at the heart of the competitive advantage and it is critically important for corporations to survive in today's dynamic competition we still know little about the determinants of its characteristics and success. Building on social information processing theory and resource-based view this study proposes that competitive advantage can be gained and sustained through committed and satisfied employees. Considering employees as the key determinants of innovation success and characteristics we identify the employees' satisfaction and commitment to both their jobs and organizations. This study proposes to the literature by integrating the perspectives of strategic management and organizational behavior. Literature on characteristics and success of innovation is cultivated by the studies of strategic management while literature on job and workplace related attitudes of employees' (JWA) is cultivated by the studies of organizational psychology and organizational behavior.