Browsing by Author "Turker, Duygu"

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(2023) Duygu Turker; Gökçe Özdemir; Turker, Duygu; Özdemir, Gökçe
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Citation - WoS: 1
Citation - Scopus: 5
A longitudinal study on newcomers' perception of organisational culture
(EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD, 2015) Duygu Turker; Ceren Altuntas; Turker, Duygu; Altuntas, Ceren
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to analyse how newcomers' perceptions of organisational culture can change over time. The study tries to address whether initial working experience changes newcomers' perceptions about the ideal organisational culture and whether these perceptions converge with those of their supervisors. Design/methodology/approach - A longitudinal survey was carried out on a sample of undergraduate students to measure shifts in their perceptions of organisational culture over time. In order to interpret the results in terms of actual organisational culture a survey was also conducted with the students' immediate supervisors. Findings - Applying a factor analytic procedure to the aggregate sample of study the items of an existing scale were reduced to a six-dimensional structure. Based on the results of statistical analysis the study revealed that initial working experience might affect students' perception of organisational culture and make these perceptions converge with those of their immediate managers. Specifically the students' perceptions about the importance of stability and success orientation dimensions changed over time. By the end of the process they found supportiveness and people orientation more important similarly to their supervisors. Practical implications - This study reveals the critical role of supervisors in the transmission of organisational culture to newcomers. Additionally it demonstrates the importance of work-based learning for acquiring work-related and technical beliefs as well as obtaining initial ideas about the culture of a real organisation. Originality/value - The study can specifically contribute to the growing literature on organisational culture by demonstrating the impact of initial working experience on newcomers' perceptions and how they adopt the culture of their new organisations to become a part of this culture.
Citation - WoS: 1
A Quantitative Study On The Female And Male Employees' Expectations From Management When Coping With Stress
(ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIV FAC EDUCATION, 2014) Vesile Ayca Yamuc; Duygu Turker; Turker, Duygu; Özmen, Duygu Türker; Yamuç, Vesile Ayça
Stress which can be constructive in a certain degree becomes a problem that threatens the physiological and psychological health of individuals depending on the increasing competitiveness in the organizations. Although the literature provides a significant knowledge on the antecedents and consequences of organizational stress there is no sufficient information about what employees expect from their management when coping with stress. In order to fill this void this study first reviews the organizational strategies in the literature and then the employees' expectations from their management during this process were analyzed on a sample of 42 whitecollar female and male workers in a manufacturing firm in Izmir Ataturk Organize Sanayi Bolgesi (IAOSB) with following a semi-structured interview methodology. The results of study reveal that employees expect strategies regarding with their job identification reducing the level of conflict implementation of a fair payment policy etc.
Citation - Scopus: 15
An Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Turkish Business Context
(Springer Nature, 2015) Duygu Türker; Turker, Duygu
Depending on the increasing social and environmental problems corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been promoted by both national and international bodies to achieve the principles of sustainable development at the organizational level. Since the concept has provided a significant framework for the relations between business and society this corporate response can be particularly crucial for the problems in the developing country context. Therefore it is important to understand how CSR is adopted and practiced by the organizations in such countries to improve the overall quality and quantity of CSR involvement. The purpose of current study is to analyse the evolution of CSR conception in Turkey as a developing country. Considering its unique position between East and West Turkey provides a different political economic social and cultural context for CSR conception than other European counties. The concept has built on the philanthropic heritage of Ottoman period and then evolved in line with the dependency relationship between business and state during the Republican period. Despite the increasing attention of organizations towards CSR during the last decade it seems that the institutional environment continues to affect the nature and structure of CSR involvement in Turkey. © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Citation - WoS: 6
Citation - Scopus: 7
An Analysis of Interdepartmental Relations in Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation: A Social Capital Perspective
(IGI GLOBAL, 2015) Ebru Esendemirli; Duygu Turker; Ceren Altuntas; Turker, Duygu; Altuntas, Ceren; Esendemirli, Ebru
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) has become one of the most popular information systems among companies that want to continue and expand their operations in the long run. The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of interdepartmental relations conceptualized as frequency of interaction trust coordination and power on departmental performance from a social capital perspective. The findings of the study revealed that three components of interdepartmental relations (frequency of interaction trust and coordination) only emerged as significant factors in departmental performance when ERP was used effectively within the department.
Citation - WoS: 3
Analysis of Unethical Behaviors in Social Networks: An Application in the Medical Sector
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2014) Duygu Turker; Ceren Altuntas; Turker, Duygu; Altuntas, Ceren; M Ozsahin
The analysis of ethical problems in the organizational life requires considering individual contextual and issue-related factors as well as the social relationships of actors who are embedded into the system. Focusing on this last dimension the current study aims to explore the nature of unethical behavior from a social network perspective and attempts to investigate how such behaviors spread among the actors in Turkish medical sector which has become strictly competitive after the structural health reforms. Since the relationship between physicians and drug companies' sales representatives is usually seen at the paramount of unethical relations in the medical sector this link was chosen as a focal dyad and two surveys were simultaneously conducted on physicians and sales representatives. The type and structure of relations were analyzed to reveal the nature of unethical behaviors in terms of frequency of interaction trust power inequalities common values and information sharing. The findings of study revealed that unethical behavior is not only a problem of focal dyad between physicians and sales representatives and showed an epidemic structure that might affect the whole system. Managers should consider the disseminating structure of unethical conduct in order to prevent such behavior in different segments and functional units of organizations. Strategies that eliminate unethical routes within the organizational channels should be explored and adopted. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
Citation - WoS: 16
Citation - Scopus: 20
Analyzing relational sources of power at the interorganizational communication system
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2014) Duygu Turker; Turker, Duygu
Based on the critical theory of communication managing stakeholder relations is significant to achieve more democratic decisions that reconcile diverse interests of various stakeholders. However power inequalities among stakeholders might inhibit to achieve finely balanced decisions. More interestingly these inequalities might emerge from the nature of communication among organizations. Conceptualizing interorganizational relations (IORs) as the relations of an organization with its stakeholders the current study attempts to analyze the relational sources of power. Following a graph theoretical methodology the frequency of interaction and trust were analyzed as the relational sources of power on a sample of 76 logistics firms. The findings of the study reveal that an organization's frequency of interaction and level of trustworthiness affect its power over other organizations. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Citation - Scopus: 2
Business Strategy
(Springer Science+Business Media, 2013) Duygu Türker; Turker, Duygu
[No abstract available]
Citation - Scopus: 1
Contemporary Issues in Corporate Social Responsibility
(Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 2013) Duygu Türker; Huriye Toker; Ceren Altuntas; Turker, Duygu; Altuntas, Ceren; Toker, Huriye
As a result of the industrialization urbanization and population increase during the last two centuries the global landscape has been irreversibly damaged. These anthropological pressures have create endless problems on the global level and individuals and organizations are beginning to realize their own ever-increasing responsibility to consider the welfare and interests of all stakeholders as a whole. Although the improvements in the legal framework at the national and international level can be viewed as an important step to protect society and the natural environment a legal course provides a reactive mode of control rather than a proactive approach. Considering its proactive approach and voluntarily basis the concept of social responsibility can provide a significant tool of generating a sustainable future. During such a paradigm shift Contemporary Issues in Corporate Social Responsibility presents the significant roles that universities must embrace in order to take charge of the future. In parallel to those movements many institutions include a course on social responsibility yet the studies on the education of social responsibility in the literature show that there is no commonly accepted teaching methods and guiding curriculum of CSR. This book was designed based on the outcomes of an Erasmus Intensive Project (IP) which was organized in Yasar University during June 2012 with the contribution of 9 European universities. Based on the interactive feedback of participants during the project this book sheds light on the ongoing discussion of corporate social responsibility from a European perspective. © 2025 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Citation - WoS: 4
Contrasting Instrumental Views on Corporate Social Responsibility: Short-term versus Long-term Profit Orientation Approach
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2015) Duygu Turker; Turker, Duygu; M Ozsahin
The theoretical debate over the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been proliferated with the rise of diverse approaches during the last decades. The current study focuses particularly on the instrumental theories on CSR which are grouped by Garriga and Mele's under three diverse approaches and discuss how and why we need a new configuration over this group of theories as short-term profit oriented approach and long-term profit oriented approach to adapt to the task environment. In order to investigate whether the proposed theoretical distinctions between short-term and long-term orientation affects the CSR involvement a survey was conducted over a sample of Turkish managers of business organizations. The results of study demonstrate that while short-term thinking of CSR negatively affects the CSR involvement to employees government community and ethical issues, affects positively to CSR involvement to environment. In contrast to this result the long-term thinking of CSR positively affects the CSR involvement to employees environment government community and ethical issues. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Citation - Scopus: 1
Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
(SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 2018) Duygu Turker; Turker, Duygu
Citation - WoS: 3
Corporate Social Responsibility in Turkey An Institutional Analysis of Social Responsibility in Turkey during the 2000s
(Springer-Verlag Berlin, 2021) Turker, Duygu; Can, Ozge
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been one of the most dynamic concepts of business literature. It evolves over time and significantly varies across contexts. The joint effect of these two dimensions requires analyzing the notion of social responsibility more frequently than most concepts. The current study attempts to contribute to the literature by focusing on the current practices of CSR in Turkey. In addition to the large-scale effect of global industrial trends and technological advancements, Turkey has also experienced a highly complex political, economic, and social transition during the 2000s. Considering the impact of dynamic and competing institutional logics, the study tries to provide a deeper understanding on how CSR perception and practices have evolved in Turkish business context to date. The study reveals that philanthropic component of CSR has been strengthened as a phenomenon in the nexus of family, religion, community, and market logics. Whereas, the ethical and environmental components are not fully integrated into the CSR agenda of Turkish business organizations. CSR has been also polarized during the 2000s in line with the overall political climate of country. Under the politics of government party, which has been in the office since 2002, business organizations are highly cautious on which issues they should address or whom they should work with.
Citation - Scopus: 3
Corporate Social Responsibility in Turkey: An Institutional Analysis of Social Responsibility in Turkey during the 2000s
(Springer Nature, 2021) Duygu Türker; Ozge Can; Turker, Duygu; Can, Özge
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been one of the most dynamic concepts of business literature. It evolves over time and significantly varies across contexts. The joint effect of these two dimensions requires analyzing the notion of social responsibility more frequently than most concepts. The current study attempts to contribute to the literature by focusing on the current practices of CSR in Turkey. In addition to the large-scale effect of global industrial trends and technological advancements Turkey has also experienced a highly complex political economic and social transition during the 2000s. Considering the impact of dynamic and competing institutional logics the study tries to provide a deeper understanding on how CSR perception and practices have evolved in Turkish business context to date. The study reveals that philanthropic component of CSR has been strengthened as a phenomenon in the nexus of family religion community and market logics. Whereas the ethical and environmental components are not fully integrated into the CSR agenda of Turkish business organizations. CSR has been also polarized during the 2000s in line with the overall political climate of country. Under the politics of government party which has been in the office since 2002 business organizations are highly cautious on which issues they should address or whom they should work with. © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Citation - WoS: 2
Citation - Scopus: 1
Corporate Social Responsibility: A Conceptual Model
(SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 2018) Duygu Turker; Turker, Duygu
DEĞİŞİME DİRENÇ VE ÇALIŞAN YARATICI DAVRANIŞI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİDE STRESİN ARACI ROLÜ
(2020) GIZEM ARAS BEGER; Duygu Turker; Turker, Duygu; Beger, Gızem Aras
Değişim her ne kadar tüm örgütler açısından kaçınılmaz bir olgu olsa da bu örgütlerde çalışan bireylerin değişimeuyum göstermeleri başlı başına zorlu bir süreç olmaktadır. Çalışanların örgütlerine ve/veya çalışma alanlarına yönelik olanortaya çıkan değişime direnç göstermeleri bu sürecin ilk etabını teşkil ederken bu direncin bireylerin örgüte ve/veya işeyönelik tutumlarını etkileyen bir duruma dönüşmesi mümkündür. Bu çalışmanın amacı Türkiye’de yükseköğretimkurumlarında çalışan akademisyenlerin değişime karşı dirençlerinin yaratıcı davranışları üzerindeki etkisini analizetmektir. Bu sebeple çalışmada 115 akademisyenden oluşan bir örneklem üzerinde nicel bir çalışma gerçekleştirilmiş vedeğişime direncin teorik kapsamda belirlenen farklı boyutlarının akademisyenlerin yaratıcılık düzeylerini olumsuzetkilediği tespit edilmiştir. Çalışmada katılımcıların stres düzeylerinin değişime direnç ve yaratıcılık arasında öne sürülenbu ilişki üzerinde tam aracı rolü üstlendiği de tespit edilmiştir. Bu durumda değişime karşı direncin katılımcıların stresseviyesini artırarak yaratıcılığı azalttığını ve ayrıca yeni teori-yöntem-uygulama bulması beklenen bu meslek grubundakiçalışanların bu süreçten olumsuz etkilendiğini söylemek mümkündür.
Citation - Scopus: 1
Developing a Social Responsibility Strategy
(Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 2013) Duygu Türker; Turker, Duygu
[No abstract available]
Citation - WoS: 68
Citation - Scopus: 79
Embedding social innovation process into the institutional context: Voids or supports
(Elsevier Inc. usjcs@elsevier.com, 2017) Duygu Türker; Ceren Altuntas-Vural; Turker, Duygu; Vural, Ceren Altuntas; Altuntas Vural, Ceren
Social innovation (SI) is a complex construct that is lacking a unifying paradigm in social sciences. However together with the recent attention towards social change it requires a theoretical perspective that analyzes the construct within its institutional context (IC) without forgetting that the term is socially constructed. This current study aims to contribute to the literature by exploring and describing the inter-linkages between institutional voids (IVs)/institutional supports (ISs) perspectives and SI process by positioning the actor as the catalyzer and the change-agent. The study tries to explore if existing IVs or supports which are embedded in social-welfare commercial or public-sector logics stimulate SI and result in the development of these ideas. The research setting is deliberately selected as a developing country that deals with plenty of IVs and suffers from the lack of ISs, a research setting that exhibits a high degree of heterogeneity and a low institutionalization level. The results indicate that IVs stimulate SIs mostly at the incremental and institutional level where IS is inadequate. The heterogeneity of IVs and a low degree of institutionalization result in the heterogeneity of actions undertaken for SI. Implications for practitioners and scholars are recommended at the end of the paper. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Citation - Scopus: 9
Ethics of social responsibility to indirect stakeholders: A strategic perspective
(Inderscience Publishers editor@inderscience.com, 2013) Duygu Türker; Ceren Altuntas-Vural; Turker, Duygu; Altuntas, Ceren
The responsibilities of organisations to their stakeholders have gained a strategic importance over the last decades. Following the literature on stakeholder management a firm's stakeholders can be grouped into three classes on the basis of their positions in organisational environment as internal direct and indirect stakeholders. Whereas internal and direct stakeholders attract increasing attention from corporate managers indirect stakeholders have usually been neglected by the practitioners. The purpose of this study is to provide an ethical approach on how a business organisation can conceptualise its responsibilities to indirect stakeholders and suggest strategic steps to adopt this approach for long-term competitive advantage. In tandem with its conceptual framework the study classifies existing implications of responsible corporate action towards indirect stakeholders among cost leadership differentiation and focus strategies. Copyright © 2013 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Fostering a Socially Responsible Marketing
(Taylor and Francis, 2025) Turker, Duygu; Can, Ozge
Citation - WoS: 5
Citation - Scopus: 8
Global Challenges: Aligning Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development Goals
(SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 2018) Duygu Turker; Turker, Duygu