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The Mediating Role of Health Literacy in the Effect of Health Service Quality on Patient Loyalty
Get PDFThe purpose of this study is to determine the mediating role of health literacy in the impact of health service quality on patient loyalty. The universe of the research is the patients who have outpatient treatments from Gaziantep University Şahinbey Research and Application Hospital. In this study, quantitative research method was used and the data were collected from 420 patients through face to face questionnaire technique. In the study, descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis techniques were used. SPSS and AMOS software were used for data analysis. According to the results of the research, it was found that the dimension representing the health service quality of the hospital at the best level was ati Empathy, and the dimension representing the health literacy level of the patients at the best level was Judging the Accuracy of Health News”. Within the framework of direct relations of variables in the research model, it was found that health service quality has a statistically significant and positive effect on patient loyalty; that health service quality has a statistically significant and positive effect on health literacy; that health literacy has a statistically significant and positive effect on patient loyalty, and that health literacy has a mediating role in the relationship between health service quality and patient loyalty, which is statistically significant and positive
THE LEVEL OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROGRAM FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PERSONNEL OF DOE: BASIS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND ACCESSIBLE ENERGY FOR TPHILIPPINES
Get PDFBackground and Objective: This study is aimed at determining the implementation level of the DOE Programs in terms of Downstream Oil Industry; Alternative Technologies and Fuels; Indigenous Energy Development; Energy Conservation and Efficiency; Renewable Energy; Power and Rural Electrification; and Overall Energy Plans.
Material and Methods: The study is survey type and a questionnaire was distributed among the personnel assigned in the National Capital Region and the 3 divisions of Philippine archipelago namely Mindanao, Visyas, and Luzon, covering the last quarter of 2017 until the second quarter of 2018. The input box was consisted of the determination of the level of implementation of the DOE Programs in philippines. The Process box involved data collecting procedures from the personnel by descriptive evaluative survey supported by interviews as the basis of interpreting the study outcome. Then the data was encoded and the results were subjected to statistical treatment for interpretation and analysis. Finally, the output box pertained to the proposed acceptable and sustainable energy for Philippines.
Results and Conclusion: The overall composite weighted mean of the assessment in all 4 groups were described as “Implemented”. Moreover, all the above-mentioned items except number 7 were considered “strength”. The perceptions of the level of implementation were identical. This is an indicator that the personnel has the common perception of the implementation of DOE programs
Defense Expenditures And Inflation Relationship: 1990-2018 NATO Countries Case: Defense Expenditures, Inflation, NATO, Kónya (2006) Causality Test
Get PDFAlthough it is seen in the literature that defense expenditures are associated with various macroeconomic variables, it can be foreseen that there is no consensus on the relationship between defense expenditures and inflation. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between defense spending and inflation in NATO countries for the period 1990-2018. For this purpose, horizontal cross-sectional dependence test was examined by the bootstrap panel causality analysis developed by Kónya (2006) following the heterogeneity tests of Pesaran and Yamagata (2008). The analysis results indicate that there is a one-way causality relationship from inflation to defense spending in the United States, Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, England and Latvia.
 
Measuring Social Media Addiction among University Students
Get PDFNew developments in technology have changed the habits of people and people can find the things of real life in virtual worlds. Interacting in online platforms and sharing options of social media have made the life of students more easy while Social Media Addiction becomes a problem among young people, causing to mental and physical problems in long run by using in an excessive manner. The aim of this study is to determine the usage purposes and addiction level of social media among university students according to age, gender, usage years and daily usage. For that aim, 665 students were surveyed in an online platform at Bingöl University in 2019. Descriptive statistics, Kruskal Wallis Test, One-Way ANOVA test, Factor Analysis and Correlation Analysis statistical methods are used to analyze data by SPSS 20 software. Instagram, youtube and facebook were found to be three mostly used social media networks respectively. Maintaining communication with existing friends, listening music and sharing things are main usage purposes for females while males prefer social media for following a group, playing games and meeting new people. According to gender, there are significant differences just for conflict factor that males spend more time on social media than doing their daily responsibilities and activities supported with high correlation between gender and conflict factor that males are more addictive. Moreover, younger university students have higher conflict addiction and as students use social media more in years and higher daily hours, they become more addictive in general. Students spend daily most of their social media time for communicating with existing friends and chatting. Daily usage has the strongest correlation with occupation factor. Furthermore, the strongest correlation is seen between relapse and conflict factors and the most effective factor on Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS) is conflict factor
ECONOMIC VALUATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE TOURISM USING THE ZONAL TRAVEL COST METHOD: A CASE STUDY OF PERGAMON ANCIENT CITY
Get PDFThis study evaluates the cultural heritage tourism value of Pergamon Ancient City in Turkey by using the Zonal Travel Cost method. The purpose of determining the economic value of cultural resources is to determine the value of the benefits in the rational use of resources ensuring their sustainability for transferring them to future generations. In the study, the Zonal Travel Cost method, which is one of the non-market valuation methods, was opted for attaining the economic value of Pergamon Ancient City. Therefore, 330 questionnaires were distributed among the cultural tourists visiting the site with the purpose of cultural heritage tourism. In the study, 33 zones are determined according to the distance traveled from the point of origin to the site. Multiple linear regression model was applied to estimate Zonal Travel Cost. The results indicated that the independent variables such as total spending, monthly income, gender, marital status, the number of individuals in the family, and working in the family were the effective variables in the model. According to the model, the total consumer surplus value for Pergamon Ancient City was found to be 26.741.248.677 TL
AN EVALUATION OF ALTERNATİVE METHODS FOR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY (ISTANBUL STOCK EXCHANGE)
Get PDFThis study aims to determine which financial performance ranking methods accurately predict the actual rankings by using multiple criteria decision techniques, and it compares the accuracy of the rankings based on the financial performance indicators and the market based approach which involves market value and average return. Companies listed in BIST50 index (Borsa Istanbul) were investigated, as a result, when considering average return, Promethee and Copras produced similar and consistent rankings. Besides, since it places emphasize on the functional structures of variables, Promethee method was noted to produce the most accurate rankings, thus deemed most effective method helping investors give rational decisions
Formation the Capitalist Economy Perspective of the Turkish Conservative
Get PDFTurkey's modernization process can be traced back to the mid-18th century. Turkey is precisely in this process (since the early 19th century) began to enter into an intense relationship with the capitalist countries. However, this form of relationship develops within the framework of unilateral dependence. These relations transformed with the Republic Revolution; new Turkey's relations with the capitalist countries, has established within the framework of the modern rules. Conservative thinking has also been heavily influenced by these historical conditions. In Turkey, we can talk about two central conservative veins, which developed in the 100 to 150 years: The center-right that adopts the rules of capitalism and the radicals against capitalism
How Organizational Environment Affects Social Responsibility: A Systematic Literature Review and Conceptual Framework From The Perspective of Stakeholder Theory
Get PDFGiven that corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been affected by various factors within or around the organization, this study focuses on the interaction of CSR with various environmental dynamics. In Turkish literature, however, this interaction has not been studied comprehensively while organizations’ CSR relationships, especially with their external environment, have remained uncertain. The study first aims to reveal the magnitude of the problem in Turkish literature related to CSR/CSR-environment interactions by reviewing the literature. Second, it seeks possible remedies for overcoming this problem by examining organizations’ relations, especially with their external environment within the scope of stakeholder theory. To achieve these aims, the study firstly provides a systematic literature review (SLR) based on the Ulakbim Social Sciences Database after some discussion about CSR-organizational environment-stakeholder relationships. This relationship landscape is then examined within the context of stakeholder theory through a traditional review of the international literature. From this analysis, a conceptual model is proposed to explain these relationships. Finally, some suggestions are presented for future studies
Hotels' reactions to environmental changes: The example of Antalya Hotels
No full textThe aim of this study is to try to understand how hotels, one of the main economic actors in the tourism sector, react to their environment in order to ensure sustainability in the face of environmental changes. Especially in Turkey, it is important to ensure the sustainability of tourism. However, one of the biggest obstacles in ensuring sustainability is the crisis. Because tourism is among the most vulnerable industries to crises such as an economic recession. In this study, qualitative research methods were used to seek responses to research questions, have interviewed twenty-three hotel senior employees in the center of Antalya. Findings show that when the environment changes rapidly hotels reduce costs and downsize, have a low potential to create an alternative in the face of possible changes, and have lack of practices of cooperation and acting as a union. Also, findings show that public authorities’ reactions are insufficient
Environmentalist Predispositions and Recycled Product Preferences
Get PDFThe study aims to uncover “environmentalist predispositions” based on the Big Five Personality with support of the theory of planned behavior and examines the effects of environmentalists’ predispositions on the recycled product preferences. Based on the big five personality traits, this paper proposes a typology on the environmentalists’ predispositions for conscious consumption studies, which consists of concern, pleasure, consciousness, beliefs, and norms. The method of the empirical study is a self-reported survey with a sample of 256 participants from a developing economy. The results of the factor analyses confirm the five-dimensional theoretical construct of individuals’ predispositions towards environmentalism. Furthermore, multiple regression analyses for testing the associations of the environmentalist predispositions on recycled product preferences disclose that among five of the dimensions, environmentalist consciousness, environmentalist beliefs, and environmentalist norms have joint effects on preferring a recycled product. This study is one of the preliminary attempts that examines the effects of environmentalist predispositions on a conscious consumption choice, specifically on preferring the recycled products, as a green purchasing behavior type