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Since human capital is the factor that creates and disseminates knowledge and develops and produces technology, it is considered as one of the most important factors affecting growth and development today. On the other hand, universities are one of the most important cornerstones of human capital, knowledge creation and diffusion. In the international and national literature, only citations are used to measure university-based knowledge spillovers and other factors are neglected. To fill this gap in the literature, this study proposes an analogy for the measurement of spillovers created by academic staff, taking into account the literature on knowledge and technology spillovers in the industrial sector. Knowledge spillovers are categorized into explicit and implicit knowledge spillovers under university-to-university and private sector spillovers. Explicit knowledge spillovers from the university to other universities include publications, citations, patents, co-authored works, while tacit knowledge spillovers include conferences, graduate and doctoral students, academic mobility and projects. A similar analogy is proposed for knowledge spillovers from universities to industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, active economic policies have been implemented continuously for the development of the manufacturing industry. Examining and developing this sector, which has a 20% share in GDP, is very important for policy recommendations. In this study, it was aimed to examine the effects of imports and exports and human capital on the manufacturing industry, and in this context, the Cobb-Douglas production function was calculated. Within the scope of the analysis in which two different models were established, the Driscoll-Kraay Fixed Effects Model with Standard Errors was estimated. In both models, the share of labor and manufacturing goods imports in goods imports was found to be negative. Capital, human capital and the share of manufacturing goods exports in goods exports were determined as positive. In addition, while the constant term is insignificant in both models, the exchange rate is found insignificant in the second model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Financial literacy is one of the human capitals that contributes to influencing the financial attitudes and behaviors of individuals. In parallel with the development of Islamic financial products in the world, there is a need to determine and develop Islamic financial literacy levels to support people's financial decision making. Based on these mentioned, the purpose of this study is to detect the Islamic financial literacy levels of individuals living in the city center of Tokat, aged 18 and over and having different demographic characteristics. Accordingly, the research was conducted face-to-face and electronically using survey data obtained from 389 individuals living in Tokat city center. The hypotheses of the research were tested by applying independent sample t and ANOVA tests, factor analysis, Post-Hoc Tukey analysis and frequency analysis based on different factors. The findings obtained from the analyses revealed that the Islamic financial literacy levels of the participants showed significant differences according to gender, marital status, age, education and income levels. In the research, it was also found that although financial literacy levels of individuals are high, Islamic financial literacy levels are at a low level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The feelings and expectations of people change in accordance with the conditions of the time. It has been observed that individuals who have experienced similar situations at the same time have similar attitudes and behaviors. Based on this, the notion of "generation" has emerged, and the generations have been classified according to the year of birth. Considering that one of the basic elements of enterprises is human capital, it has become extremely important to understand the generations and to demonstrate management by considering intergenerational differences. Gen Z, the younger generation in this classification, is beginning to enter the business and is waiting to be understood by the organization. The aim of the study is to reveal the possible relationships between the career expectations of Gen Z and their life satisfaction. For this purpose, data were collected by questionnaire method from a total of 413 participants in the Gen Z age classification, living in the Manisa province. According to the results of the research, it has been observed that the Gen Z individuals who believe that their career expectations will be met in the future will be more satisfied with their lives than those who believe that their career expectations will not be met. Professional experience has been observed to have a moderating effect on the relationship between future career expectations and life satisfaction. It was found that family income status, school and place of residence do not have a moderator effect on the relationship between future career expectations and life satisfaction of Gen Z individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Developments in the field of technology, especially in communication, have important impacts on social habits and ways of Developments in the field of technology, especially in communication, have important impacts on social habits and ways of doing business. These impacts require businesses to have resilience against uncertainties as well as adaptation to change and new conditions to maintain their sustainability. Organizational resilience, which is discussed in the context of these characteristics of businesses, is the subject of the research. The research model is taken from perspective of human and social capital theory. Our research was conducted with the data obtained from the owners of 435 different-scaled enterprises operating in Turkey by quota sampling. As a result of the research, it has been seen that human capital, social capital, and financial capital have a positive effect on organizational resilience. In addition, it has been determined that financial capital has a partial mediation effect in the relationship between human and social capital and organizational resilience. In the research, obtained results are parallel with the literature, and the importance of organizational resilience was tried to be revealed for businesses to avoid the negative effects of changes in the external environment. Based on these results, foresight can be created regarding the business processes, of which the enterprises should focus on in changing market conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Human capital is a rare and unique strategic resource for businesses to gain sustainable competitive advantage. Thus, it is significant to improve and develop the psychological capacities of employees in showing their performance towards the goals of the businesses. In this sense, the concepts of psychological capital and work engagement, which allow the measurement of the psychological capacities of employees, stand out. The relationship between these two variables has been mostly examined in the relevant literature; however, it has been drawn attention to determine the deficiency of the mediator variable that affects the degree of the relationship. Moreover, it has been observed in the literature that these two variables are predicted by positive voice behavior. From this point of view, 375 participants were reached using the snowball sampling technique and the statistical analysis of the obtained data was carried out. As a result of the analysis, it has been seen that psychological capital has a positive and significant effect on positive voice behavior and work engagement. Additionally, it has been determined that positive voice behavior has a positive and significant effect on work engagement. Finally, it has been concluded that positive voice behavior plays a partial mediating role in the effect of psychological capital on work engagement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]