This research was conducted to examine the role of creative self-efficacy and digital literacy in supporting academic achievement through innovative behavior. The population of the research consists of 28,974 students officially registered at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University in the 2020-2021 academic year. The sample of the research consists of 598 students selected from the universe by simple random sampling method. Analyzes of the data obtained using the questionnaire technique were carried out using SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 24.0 programs. As a result of the regression analysis performed to reveal the effects of the variables on each other, it was determined that digital literacy affected innovative behaviors significantly and positively, except for the professional production sub-dimension, and academic achievement, except for the daily use and professional production sub-dimensions. At the same time, it was determined that all sub-dimensions of digital literacy had significant and positive effects on creative self-efficacy. On the other hand, it has been determined that creative self-efficacy has a significant and positive effect on innovative behaviors and academic achievement, and innovative behaviors have a positive and significant effect on academic achievement.

The aim of this study is to contribute to the literature by examining the relationship between the use of information communication technologies (ICT) (Web 2.0 and network software), proactive export market development capabilities and export performance. In order to achieve this aim, a model consisting of Web 2.0 and network software usage, proactive export market development capability and export performance variables has been established within the scope of information communication technologies. In this context, an application was carried out by using convenience sampling method and online survey method with 83 exporting enterprises in Konya and Karaman Organized Industrial Zones. The obtained data were analyzed using the least squares method structural equation modeling. According to the findings, the result of our research is that Web 2.0 technologies, which is the sub-dimension of the ICT usage scale, have an effect on the ability to develop proactive export market and as a result, the export performance will increase.

Tough competition conditions that exist in todays business world have created the need for individuals who want to exist in this environment to be more qualified. Especially, speaking the English language as a foreign language and having the ability to use its language features makes up an important part of these needs. Through English language education process, both instructors and students need to be able to get the educational materials they need. Widespread use of the internet and computer technologies enabled people to access new educational materials used in the field of education. Online courses, electronic dictionaries, question-answer applications, and game apps on online platforms are some of these educational materials. Today, everyone can reach any language courses or any other materials that support their language learning via a mobile phone and other similar gadgets from anywhere. The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) has had a profoundly important role in learning and teaching of languages since it was published. The use of this standard framework in English language teaching helps the development process of foreign language teaching and learning depending on the level of the student. CEFR framework is made up of six sections. Every section has many words related to a level of English. This study has been focused on a web-based platform depending on CEFR standards that will help the process of language education. In the study, it was aimed to create a large database table to determine the CEFR levels of the films used in the system and to contribute to the process of learning English words and movie scenes suitable for the students own level.

Air transportation has been increasingly preferred by passengers in recent years due to its advantages such as speed, time and cost. This situation makes it necessary for airline companies to increase the quality of service they provide to customers, develop strategies for competition and show a good performance in the airline industry where competition is intense. In this study, half decade performance of Turkish Airlines between the years 2016 and 2020 is evaluated. In this context, the criteria of “net profit/loss for the period”, “number of aircrafts”, “load factor”, “number of employees”, “number of passengers carried” and “available seat kilometer” were taken into account. In the study, Turkish Airlines performance over the years was evaluated with the CRITIC and MABAC methods, which are recently developed multi-criteria decision-making methods. While the CRITIC method has been used to evaluate the weights of the evaluation criteria, the MABAC method was used to evaluate the performance of Turkish Airlines based on the years. According to the results of the analysis, it was concluded that the criterion with the greatest weight on Turkish Airlines performance was the “number of aircraft”, while the criterion with the lowest degree of importance was the “net profit/loss for the period”. In the ranking made by the MABAC method, while the best performance of Turkish Airlines was in 2019, 2016 was determined as the year with the lowest performance.

Seasonal agricultural workers are the most disadvantaged group of work forces in terms of poverty even though they are significant contributors to the agricultural economy in Turkey. The objectives of this study were to determine the food security status of seasonal agricultural workers and to determine the most important variables in the classification of household food security status for the seasonal agriculture workers. Responses of seasonal apricot workers in Malatya to 18 questions of the Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM) were analyzed using the Random Forests (RF) algorithm (n = 65). Results indicated that 55.4% of households suffered from food insecurity, where 7.7% of them with moderate hunger and 13.8% of them with severe hunger. The area under curve value of the RF model was estimated at 0.846 as the classification accuracy. The question “running out of food before having money to buy more” was the most important variable in the classification of the food security groups. Seasonal agricultural workers are prone to food insecurity and poverty due to low income and job insecurity in Turkey and in the world. Therefore, it is important to implement social aid programs to solve food insecurity issue in risk groups like seasonal agricultural workers.

The employees perceptions towards the organization can be shaped easily when the time that they have been spending in the organization is considered. The study aims at revealing the perceptions of academicians about the concept of "organization" through metaphors. The working group consisted of 78 academicians. Phenomenology, which is a pattern of qualitative research method, was used in the research. The data were collected through semi-structured forms in which the working group could write the metaphors they produced to reveal their perceptions about the "organization" and the logical basis and justifications of these metaphors. The collected data were analyzed by content analysis and with reference to Morgans (1986) categories which was defined under 8 categories, organization as a machine, organization as a culture, organization as an organism, organization as flux/transformation, organization as a virtual environment, organization as a political system, organization as a psychic prison, organization as the brain. The most repeated metaphors by the working group were family and teamwork. Most of the metaphors produced have positively associated with the organization.

Cryptocurrencies, which do not have a certain intrinsic value and whose price cannot be predicted with economic fundamentals, are open to speculation and the view that their prices are driven by a number of behavioral factors is becoming increasingly common. It is thought that these features trigger bubble formations as well as high volatility and uncertainty in the market. To test this assumption, the GSADF approach introduced by Phillips, Shi and Yu (2015) was applied using the weekly data set for the period 07.08.2015-30.01.2022 for six cryptocurrencies. In the examined period, bubble formations were detected in all six cryptocurrencies. The findings obtained by logistic regression analysis showed that Google Trends search queries, which are used as the representative of investor attractiveness, are effective in the formation of these bubbles. It is thought that the obtained results will be beneficial for investors, portfolio managers and regulatory authorities.

The primary purpose of this study is to determine the correlational and structural relationships between the fear, depression and anxiety levels of nurses working in pandemic outpatient clinics during the period when the new coronavirus epidemic was accepted by all segments of the society and learning to live with the epidemic. Hospital-based cross-sectional study design was used in the study. The research population consisted of the nurse employees of six public hospitals with at least 1500 beds operating in different regions of Istanbul. Using the online questionnaire technique, data were collected from 450 nurses who worked in the COVID-19 pandemic outpatient clinic. IBM SPSS 23 and AMOS package programs were used in the analysis of the data. It was determined that the fear (mean:2.32), depression (mean:2.56), and anxiety (mean:2.32) levels of the nurses working in the pandemic outpatient clinics were partially lower than in the previous periods of the epidemic. Structural equation analysis revealed that the positive relationship between fear, depression and anxiety related to the COVID-19 epidemic had a high and acceptable fit index. In the late period of the COVID-19 epidemic, the fear, depression and anxiety levels of nurses working in pandemic outpatient clinics have partially decreased. There are reciprocal and strong positive relationships between the levels of fear, depression and anxiety caused by COVID-19.

In this study, a descriptive content analysis of graduate theses written in the field of organizational behavior in Turkey in 2021 was carried out in order to determine the current tendency of the field of organizational behavior and thus to provide a point of view about the direction of the literature for the future studies. To fulfill this aim, determined by searching the database of the National Thesis Center of the Higher Education Institution on 13-14 February 2022, 33 masters thesis and dissertations written in 2021 were included in the analysis. Maxqda 18 qualitative data analysis software was used for the analyses. 20 of the theses examined were the masters. The number of theses conducted using quantitative methods was high in both types. The most repeated keyword in theses was "job satisfaction" and all of them were used in masters theses. The most repeated keyword in dissertations was "leader-member exchange". Both theses were mostly completed within the Institute of Social Sciences. However, there were some differences between dissertations and masters in terms of topic, institute and department.

In this study, the videos published by the Ministry of Health on the Covid-19 vaccine information platform for the public were discussed. In the study, it is aimed to determine where the most focused parts of the participants are and which video is most memorable by examining 9 videos prepared under the title of messages from famous names from these videos and published before 25.06.2021 with eye tracking device. The research was designed as an example of a case study. The participants of the study consist of 12 academicians, 6 male and 6 female, working at Bartin University. In the study, the focal points of the videos were found using the eye tracking technique, and the most memorable video is "There is a message from Sener Sen for you. #COVID19Vaccine”. The recall rate of the videos named “There is a message for you from Candan Erçetin. #COVID19Vaccine” and "There is a message from Dr. Mehmet Öz for you. “#COVID19Vaccine” is at the lowest level. The use of famous names in informative videos has been effective in terms of the memorability of the messages. While the memorability of the videos with less eye splash movement is high, the messages are forgotten more quickly in the videos with high eye bounce movement.

The COVID-19 is a global pandemic declared as a result of the spread of a novel coronavirus having emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019. While the restrictive and protective measures have helped minimize the adverse effects of the pandemic threatening the physical health of societies, they have brought destructive impacts on mental health. Undoubtedly, every segment of the society has been affected by the pandemic, and the elderly, who are in the high-risk group, are the most vulnerable group against the virus due to the epidemiology of the virus and the characteristics of their life-period. Understanding their loneliness, anxiety of being sick, and fear of death, introduced by social isolation measures, and producing policies strengthening their mental health are as important and vital as protecting their physical health. This study aimed to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on older adult mental health in the light of the relevant literature and current data and offer viable, community-based social work intervention recommendations by evaluating these effects from a social work perspective.

Since the birth of history, men and women have been fighting for existence together as two separate sexes. What the positions of men and women in life are is one of the topics discussed since the beginning of humanity. Traditional perception and perception of gender differences in societies have reconciled the man with the outside of the house and the woman with the inside of the house. The profession and professional obligations, which are emphasized with their in-house responsibilities as the primary task of women in all walks of life and status, are put into the secondary plan. These ideas cause women to work in unqualified jobs and in low conditions in the economy. It is thought that the economic development of a country will allow women to work in the same position and conditions as men. The active role of women, who make up almost half of Turkeys population, especially in the economy, is the engine of growth and development. In this study, the place of womens labor in economic development in Turkey will be discussed.