This study examines the impact of workforce agility on employee alienation in the banking sector, which is highly influenced by digital technologies. It also explores whether psychological empowerment moderates this relationship. The study surveys 317 bank employees in Turkey. Correlation and regression analyses were conducted to examine the relationship between workforce agility, alienation, and psychological empowerment. The results indicate a negative relationship between workforce agility and alienation. Furthermore, psychological empowerment is found to have a positive relationship with workforce agility and a negative relationship with alienation. Psychological empowerment did not show a significant moderating effect. However, the meaning dimension of psychological empowerment strengthened the relationship between agility and alienation. This study contributes to the literature by linking workforce agility to reduced alienation in the digitalized banking sector. It also highlights the importance of the meaning dimension of psychological empowerment in enhancing this relationship. The findings suggest that enhancing agility and meaning at work can reduce alienation and improve employee wellbeing.
This research examines the presence of authentic leadership among managers of foreign owned companies operating in Turkey. It evaluates the effectiveness of the authentic leadership model in addressing cultural aspects within these organizations. It also examines whether there are distinct authentic leadership elements that are company-and leader-specific, whether authentic leadership characteristics are adapted to Turkish culture and business practice, and whether elements from different leadership styles are incorporated. The research aims to supply to the writings by uncovering the authentic leadership profile in foreign owned companies and presenting an alternative leadership profile that integrates globalization and localization. The investigation is designed as a qualitative study and content analysis was employed. Semi-structured interview forms were utilized to conduct in-depth interviews with 10 foreign owned company managers. The result obtained in the research, foreign owned company managers tend to exhibit authentic leadership model which is consistent with local culture. The analysis of the word trees shows that these leaders are consistently open, direct, and clear. They also show respect, commitment to their values and to universal ethics and the communication skills in a friendly way with their staff.
The primary objective of this study is to empirically analyze the impact of labor-related fiscal burdens-specifically the tax wedge and social security contributions-on unemployment rates in OECD member countries over the period 2000-2023. By distinguishing between the short-run and long-run effects of labor taxation on employment dynamics, the study aims to address the inconsistencies in the existing literature and provide more robust insights for policymakers.To achieve this aim, the analysis employs advanced panel econometric techniques that account for cross-sectional dependence and long-run heterogeneity, thereby overcoming methodological limitations associated with cross-country differences in tax structures and labor market institutions. The empirical strategy integrates the LM bootstrap cointegration test of Westerlund and Edgerton (2007), which yields reliable inference under cross-sectional dependence, with the Pooled Mean Group (PMG) estimator developed by Shin et al. (1998), which allows short-run heterogeneity while constraining long-run coefficients to be homogeneous across countries. The findings reveal a statistically significant and positive long-run relationship between unemployment rates and both the tax wedge and social security contributions in OECD economies. These results indicate that increases in labor-related fiscal burdens systematically elevate unemployment levels, confirming the persistent and distortionary effects of labor taxation on employment outcomes. By offering a methodologically rigorous and up-to-date comparative analysis, the study contributes to the empirical literature and provides evidence-based recommendations for the design of more labor-market-friendly tax reforms.
Today, with the rapid development of technology, the use of environmentally friendly and innovative automobiles continues to increase. Among these automobiles, there is a growing interest in electric vehicles, but it is of great importance for the acceptance of these vehicles to quickly resolve the issues that consumers find inadequate. The rapid increase in the number of potential customers leads to a significant expansion in the volume of data generated and necessitates the use of advanced analytical techniques to process this data effectively. In this context, artificial intelligence and natural language processing (NLP) methods play an important role in the processes of interpreting, classifying and predicting customer data. Innovative methods and applications provide significant economic advantages to businesses in solving problems. The aim of this study is to determine the expectations, concerns, criticisms and complaints of consumers towards electric cars and to provide suggestions to manufacturers and marketers to develop solutions. In the study, BERTopic topic modelling technique was used to determine around which topics customer complaints are concentrated. As a data set, the complaints made to a electric car company between 1 January 2024 and 1 January 2025 were classified and analysed. The findings obtained can contribute to businesses to better meet customer expectations for electric cars and positively influence their purchasing behaviour.
Today, it is seen that unethical behaviors are diversifying in universities, which are accepted as value-based organizations. Sycophancy, which is an unethical behavior in universities where the hierarchical structure is evident, emerges as an important issue in academic circles. The purpose of this study is to examine the perception of organizational sycophancy in universities. In the study, 36 academicians were interviewed within the scope of qualitative research method. The answers given by the academics were processed in depth within the scope of the themes determined in accordance with the content analysis technique. The results of the study showed that sycophantic behavior is quite common in universities, that it leads to various negative consequences in the academic environment, and that there are many factors that lead to sycophantic behavior. In conclusion, organizational sycophancy is a phenomenon intertwined with academic success, cooperation and organizational culture in universities. The role of sycophantic behaviors, the attitudes of academics towards managers and the place of these attitudes in organizational structures is a topic that requires more research in academic circles. In this context, studies on sycophancy in universities provide important information for academic success and improvement of the work environment.
