Purpose -The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between employer branding, organizational citizenship behavior, organizational identification, intention to stay in consideration of perceived person-organization fit. Methodology -The empirical data were gathered from 300 respondents working at banking sector in Turkey and analyzed through SPSS 21.1 and PROCESS macro for testing mediating effect. Findings-The findings underpin that application value and development value and socialization provided as a part of the employer branding activities affects the organizational identification, organizational citizenship behavior and intention to stay. Meanwhile perceived person-organization fit partially mediates the relationship between employer branding, intention to stay, organizational identification, courtesy and civic virtue while fully mediates the relationship between application value, development value and socialization and altruism. Conclusion-Comprehension of employer branding's role on the organizational outcomes contributes to the competitiveness of organizations in today's competitive labor market holding talent shortages and difficulty in finding and retaining committed employees in virtue of attracting and retaining the best talents.
This research aims to find the factors linked to Entrepreneurial orientation and corporate entrepreneurship that effect export and sales growth performance of SMEs. Thereby a model was developed to reveal the relationship between these factors. The questionnaire had parts such as general information about firm and owner/manager, entrepreneurial orientation, corporate entrepreneurship and growth in sales revenue and exportation rate over the most recent 3 year period of the SMEs. The measurements have been gathered together in 72 item in survey and applied to 163 SMEs manufacturing generally in Ankara and Bursa, Turkey. The result showed that entrepreneurial orientation is positively and significantly related with SMEs' sales growth and exportation performances. SMEs have to be proactive in any circumstances and especially exporter SMEs need to be more risk taking than proactive and least innovative. Also organizational boundaries has greater effect on performance than other dimensions of corporate entrepreneurship.
Purpose -The aim of this study is to explore the current situation of collaboration and knowledge transfer between aviation industry and higher education institutions offering aviation management programs in Turkey and to identify the perceived barriers against effective collaborations and knowledge transfer from industry point of view. Methodology -Semi-structured interviews were used to meet the research objectives. The data was analyzed with the help of MaxQda qualitative data analysis program. Findings -The findings reveal that there is poor collaboration and knowledge transfer between aviation management departments of universities and aviation industry in Turkey. The main barriers against effective collaboration and knowledge transfer from aviation industry actors' perspectives are the lack of research orientation of the academy, lack of industry experience and practical knowledge of the academicians, and lack of commercial mindset of the academicians. In addition, academy and industry having different motivations for collaborations, academy being slow in adapting to changes and poor collaboration culture of the industry are other important barriers identified by the industry actors. Conclusion -It is expected that the implications brought by this study would help aviation industry and aviation academy partners in developing sustainable collaborations.
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