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Drawing from the institutional logics and organizational disaster literature, this paper aims to illustrate that the replacement of logics can be problematic in a high-risk…
Abstract
Purpose
Drawing from the institutional logics and organizational disaster literature, this paper aims to illustrate that the replacement of logics can be problematic in a high-risk industry such as coal mining by adding an institutional perspective to the understanding of disasters.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper investigated the field of coal mining in Turkey historically from archival data resources. A comprehensive, qualitative inquiry of a single-case study was then conducted.
Findings
The findings suggest that a shift from social welfare logic to business logic in the coal-mining industry can lead to coal-mining disasters, resulting from changing practices through an increase in the number of private enterprises through royalty contracts, the use of an increased labor force instead of mechanical methods and systems and the maximization of profit by underestimating the effects of taking almost no occupational safety measures.
Practical implications
The connection between institutional logics and organizational disasters could lead institutional actors to question their understanding of institutional logics.
Originality/value
This paper provides original research evidence for the relationship between industrial disasters and institutional logics.
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Saime Erol, Kamer Gur, Semra Karaca, K. Burcu Çalık, Arzu Uzuner and Çiğdem Apaydın Kaya
The purpose of this study is to determine the mental health status and risk factors for the mental health of first-year university students on a health sciences campus.
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to determine the mental health status and risk factors for the mental health of first-year university students on a health sciences campus.
Design/methodology/approach
This is a descriptive study. The research was conducted with first-year students in the health sciences, dentistry and medical faculties of a state university (n = 770). The data were collected with a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Risk Behavior of Young Adults Survey, the Bergen Insomnia Scale, General Health Questionnaire-28 and the Mental Health Improvement Scale. Body mass ındex was calculated.
Findings
Among the students, 53.7% experienced feelings of hopelessness in the last year and 1% had attempted suicide. The percentage of students found to be at risk in terms of mental health was 41.9%; 39.4% reported that they suffered from insomnia. It was found that those who had been subjected to bullying, felt hopelessness, had suicidal thoughts, planned to commit suicide and students who experienced sleeping problems were more at risk in terms of psychological issues (p < 0.01). Insomnia (β: 3.341) and smoking (β: 2.226) were identified as the strongest risk factors for mental health in first-year health sciences students (p < 0.005).
Practical implications
The results of the research offer an opportunity to get to know the characteristics of first-year university students who are at risk for mental health. It offers the opportunity to closely monitor and protect the mental health of students starting from the first grade.
Originality/value
In this study, it was determined that approximately half of the first-year university students were in the risk group in terms of mental health. Female gender, having a chronic illness, smoking a day or more in the past 30 days, not doing any physical activity, having a weak BMI, being bullied in the past 12 months, being cyberbullied in the past 12 months and having insomnia have been identified as risk factors that negatively affect mental health.
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Cigdem Basfirinci, Zuhal Cilingir Uk, Sernur Karaoglu and Kadriye Onbas
The purpose of this paper is to reveal implicit occupational gender stereotypes for 12 different occupations in Turkey.
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to reveal implicit occupational gender stereotypes for 12 different occupations in Turkey.
Design/methodology/approach
Using a sample of 954 Turkish university students, this study aimed to explore which jobs are implicitly perceived to be masculine and which jobs are implicitly perceived to be feminine. The role of the respondents’ sex, the place where they grew up (metropolitan or rural) and the information level about the occupation (job title or job description) on occupational gender stereotypes were also tested. Gender stereotypes were assessed using a hypothetical scenario method, which provides an opportunity to reveal implicit information processing. Chi Square and t-test were used in hypothesis testing.
Findings
Consistent with the circumscription and compromise and the social role theory, as expected, the findings of the current study provided additional support about occupational gender stereotypes showing that job titles are strongly effective vehicles to communicate gender stereotypes for Turkish university students.
Originality/value
Using implicit measures of information processing and offering findings from a completely different cultural background (Turkey) constitutes the original contribution of this work.
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