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Multitudinous studies conducted on organizational commitment and work values have emphasized a great significance of these concepts. In recent years considerable attention has also been accentuated on religiosity and its influence. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of religiosity on organizational commitment through work values. Organizational commitment scale developed by Meyer and Allen (1991), religiosity scale developed by Hoge (1972) and work values scale developed by Elizur (1996) wasused for measuring the variables. Data were collected by using convenience sampling technique through questionnaires from 261 participants employed in various companies located in Istanbul, Turkey. Results indicate that both intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity has a positive effect on work values. Also, these two dimensions of religiosity have a positive direct effect on continuance commitment, whereas normative commitment is positively affected by only intrinsic religiosity. Work values is found to be mediator of the relationship between extrinsic religiosity and continuance commitment. The findings extend current theories of the role of religion in working environment by examining the possible influence on work values.

Bu çalışma, dindarlığın örgütsel bağlılık üzerindeki etkisini iş değerleri vasıtasıyla araştırmayı ve ölçmeyi amaçlamaktadır. İş değerleri, örgütsel bağlılık ve bu iki geniş kavram arasındaki ilişki hakkında çok sayıda teorik ve ampirik çalışmalar yapılmıştır. Büyüyen dindarlık anlayışı, birçok araştırma ve alternatif yaklaşımlar sunmaktadır. Yukarıda belirtilen kavramlar için yeni görüşler, kurumların farklı yapıları hakkında daha fazla farkındalık yaratmaya yardımcı olmaktadır.Çalışmada İstanbul'da bulunan çeşitli Türk şirketlerinde çalışan 261 katılımcı üzerinde nicel araştırma tekniği uygulanmıştır. Meyer ve Allen’ın (1991) Örgütsel Bağlılık Ölçeği; Hoge’un (1872) Dindarlık Ölçeği; ve Elizur’un (1996) Çalışma Değerleri Ölçeği, kullanılarak katılımcılardan elde edilen veriler ile bahsi geçen boyutlar arasındaki ilişkiler test edilmiştir.Çalışmadan elde edilen bulgulara göre, dindarlık ve iş değerleri arasında pozitif bir ilişki olduğunu göstermektedir. İş değerlerinin devamlılık bağlılık üzerinde zayıf bir etkiye sahip olduğu, duygusal ve normatif bağlılık türleri ile ilişkisi olmadığı saptanmıştır. --------------------This study seeks to investigate and measure the influence of religiosity on organizational commitment through work values. Numerous theoretical and empirical studies have been conducted regarding work values, organizational commitment and the relation between these two broad concepts. The growing understanding of religiosity has offered for many researches and alternative approaches to emerge. New insights for aforementioned concepts assist to raise more awareness of diverse structures of organizations.The quantitative research technique was conducted on 261 participants employed in various Turkish companies located in Istanbul, Turkey. Three survey instruments; Meyer and Allen’s (1991) Organizational Commitment Scale; Hoge’s (1872) Religiosity Scale; and Elizur’s (1996) Work Values Scale tested the relationship among three variables. The findings suggest that there is a positive correlation between religiosity and work values. Work values were found to have weak influence on continuance commitment, while failing to correlate with affective and normative types of commitment.

International audience; Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) composites have recently emerged as excellent candidates to fabricate flexible and small piezoelectric generators for portable devices. Among various techniques used to nanostructure polarized PVDF, the track-etching represents a new route for manufacturing nanostructured composite thin films. The moderate influence of irradiation on the piezoelectric response of polarized PVDF makes possible the use of this technique. In this way, a nanostructured composite based on polarized thin PVDF films comprising embedded nickel nanowires (Ni NWs) was fabricated. The nanostructured PVDF/Ni NWs composites were tested under bending conditions using a homemade pressure cell. Due to the presence of NWs, an increase of five-fold the initial dielectric permittivity, in the low-frequency range, was observed. It suggested the presence of an interfacial polarization at the PVDF/Ni interface. With respect to the etched PVDF, the nanostructured PVDF/Ni NWs composites exhibited a non-negligible enhancement by 2.5 times the piezoelectric efficiency. This result was attributed to the increased Au/Ni NWs electrode surface.