Browsing by Author "Penbek, Sebnem"

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Citation - WoS: 11
Exploring the Problems and Advantages of Turkish Smes for Sustainability
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2012) Gunerergin, Mert; Penbek, Sebnem; Zaptcioglu, Deniz
Turkish Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) are major players in the national economy; they are the biggest employer of the country and tax payers which have crucial contributions to regional economies. Thus their success and stability are critically important and therefore the priority should be given to the clarification of the problems they face and working to solve them. Therefore, SMEs should take into account the sustainability in their strategic plans in order to satisfy the future needs and to enable strategic alliances and global collaboration with Multinational Enterprises (MNEs). The proposed study aimed to explore the difficulties and advantages of Turkish SMEs for sustainability and on the light of the results, it discusses the strategic managerial implications necessary for sustainability.
A General Approach To Turkish Insurance Market and a Research About the Role and Meaning of Life Insurance in Turkey
(İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi, 2004) Penbek, Sebnem; Baltacıoğlu, Tunçdan
Bu çalışma Türkiyede ki sigorta pazarı hakkında detaylı analizlerin ve ülkemizde ki hayat sigortacılığı uygulamaları hakkında yapılmış olan araştırmanın sunumudur. Tez sigortanın ve çoğumuzun onu yaptırma sebebi olan risk kavramının tanımları ile başlamakta ve ülkemizde şu an uygulamada olan belli başlı sigorta türlerinin analizi ile devam etmektedir. Türkiye de sigortacılığın doğuşu ve gelişiminin aktarılmasının ardından araştırma konusu olan hayat sigortacılığı sektörü ile ilgili başlıca konuların ele alındığı yeni bir bölüm ile tez devam etmektedir. Son olarak araştırma sonuçları rapor edilmiş ve ülkemizde genel anlamda sigortacılığın nasıl gelişebileceği konulu bir final bölümü eklenerek tez son sözle bitirilmiştir.
Citation - WoS: 70
Citation - Scopus: 82
Impact of Ethical Climate on Moral Distress Revisited: Multidimensional View
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2015) Atabay, Gulem; Cangarli, Burcu Guneri; Penbek, Sebnem
Background: Moral distress is a major problem in nursing profession. Researchers identified that the stronger the ethical basis of the organization, the less moral distress is reported. However, different ethical climates may have different impacts on moral distress. Moreover, conceptualization of moral distress and ethical climate as well as their relationship may change according to the cultural context. Objectives: The main aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between different types of ethical climate as described in Victor and Cullen's framework, and moral distress intensity among nurses in Turkish healthcare settings. Research design: An online survey was administrated to collect data. Questionnaires included moral distress and ethical climate scales in addition to demographic questions. Participants and research context: Data were collected from registered nurses in Turkey. In all, 201 of 279 nurses completed questionnaires, resulting in a response rate of 72%. Ethical considerations: Ethical approval was obtained from the university to which the authors were affiliated, after a detailed investigation of the content and data collection method. Findings: Factor analyses showed that moral distress had three dimensions, namely, organizational constraints, misinformed and over-treated patients, and lack of time and resources, while ethical climate had four types, namely, rules, well-being of stakeholders, individualism, and organizational interests. Positive correlations were identified between certain types of ethical climate (rules, individualism, or organizational interests) and moral distress intensity. Discussion: Factor distribution of the scales shows some commonalities with the findings of previous research. However, context-specific dimensions and types were also detected. No particular ethical climate type was found to have a negative correlation with moral distress. Conclusion: Recommendations were made for reducing the negative impact of ethical climate on moral distress. These include solving the nursing-shortage problem, increasing autonomy, and improving physical conditions.
Citation - Scopus: 24
Intercultural Communication Competence: a Study About the Intercultural Sensitivity of University Students Based on Their Education and International Experiences [2012]
(2012) Penbek, Sebnem; Şahin, D. Y.; Cerit A.G.
Today, globalisation refers to not only the transferring of goods and services but also people, knowledge, technology, business and even cultures. These triggers of globalisation add new concepts to the literature one of which is Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC). Education is one of the key factors in the way to ICC. This study aims to analyse the Intercultural Sensitivity (IS) levels of university students and the contribution of education and intercultural experience on the formation of ICC. Findings of the study have revealed that students' respect for different cultures improves with the level of engagement in international interactions. Copyright © 2012 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
Citation - WoS: 6
Citation - Scopus: 2
The Need of Effective Strategic Management During a Planned Change: an Example of Bologna Change Process From a Turkish University
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2011) Penbek, Sebnem; Zaptcioglu, Deniz; Gunerergin, Mert
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the road map of; pitfalls experienced during; role and readiness of internal stakeholders involved in a planned organizational change. Effective strategic management should be agile to enable companies to move quickly in response to new environmental changes, and replace outdated ideas and applications with processes that can provide to meet new requirements as they present themselves. An organizational change can either be planned trough different change strategies deliberately or it can be less controlled and composed of emergent processes. Since Bologna Process (Official Site of Bologna Process, a) is a complicated change process which aims to bring many opportunities and help to improve the university, an effective strategic management is necessary to lead this planned change in order to get beneficial outcomes. The article initiates with a thorough literature review about managing organizational change and role of strategic management during a planned change. Hence, Bologna Process has highly interdependent duties adapting a qualitative research method seems appropriate to be able to investigate this change process in-depth. In this research 9 semi structured interviews had been conducted in order to collect data. Also participant observant notes, field notes and secondary data were used.
Citation - WoS: 12
Role of Cultural Sensitivity on Creativity of Academic Expatriates: the Moderating Effect of Culture
(Academic Journals, 2010) Katrinli, Alev; Penbek, Sebnem
Call it international assignment; expatriation or working in foreign country, new century is the herald of international movement of work force. Beside the conventional characteristics of an employee such as technical competence, know how, expertise and willingness to contribute to the organizational performance, an expatriate is assumed to be more creative and sensitive to cultural diversification. Accordingly, the proposed study with 62 academic expatriates form Turkey and USA, presents a positive relation between intercultural sensitivity and perceived creativity of academic expatriates and relation gets stronger for USA Academicians' who are employed by Turkish universities.