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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]

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 resources", which is one of the primary factors determining the competition level of businesses, has transformed into the present shape in the last century through changing on staff management, human resources management, strategic human resources management and talent management. These transformations have increased the value of human resources over time in the human resources management, and firms also want to include the information on the value of the presence of human resources in their financial reports. However, it has not been possible to include the presence of human resources in financial reports since there are difficulties in valuation on human resources. On the other hand, many firms that link their success to the presence of human resources tend to share some information about human resource activities in the annual reports. This study aims to examine the relationship between the number of human resources activities and return on assets and return on equities in BIST-30 in Turkey. The findings display that there is not a significant relationship between human resources activity score and return on assets or return on equities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The companies should not only generate value for their shareholders, but also they need to meet the expectations of the stakeholders. Thus, the companies tend to lead themselves corporate social responsibilities (CSR) activities. In this particular study, the idea is while the companies developing their CSR strategies and policies should also take into account the role of employees in these activities. Accordingly, in order to determine the extent of support between CSR and human resources (HR) practices, the deposit banks web sites operating in Turkey are taken into account via content analysis. The results show that the banks practices of CSR and activities related to recruitment-selection, training-development, appraisal-motivation functions support each other in a very limited way. These two areas are not integrated in terms of compensation management and occupational health and safety functions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today's competitive business sense employees are seen as an important factor in business success. The importance given to human resources in the hotels, which is evaluated within the scope of the service sectors is gradually increasing. One of the important issues that can be assessed in this scope is the perceptions and behavior of the hotel employees toward career. The purpose of this study is to reveal career strategies of employees of 4 and 5 star hotels, operate in Istanbul, and whether or not sectoral career prospects are influenced by these strategies. It is also aimed to present employees' career prospects and strategies are in relation with positive relational management. In this quantitative research, a survey was conducted with a total of 387 employees working in 4 and 5 star hotels operating in various regions of Istanbul which have Tourism Certificate. Results show that employees' career prospects affect their career strategies and these two variables are related with positive relational management. In addition to this, it is determined that demographical variables are related with career strategies. As a result of the survey conducted, it was found that employees had an effect on career strategies of career prospects and these two variables were related to positive relational management. It was also found that the demographic variables of employees are related to career strategies. Further similar researches could be conducted in the hotels which serve different target group reveal the career prospects and strategies of hotel employees in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]