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Benefiting from the Collective Labor Agreement in Turkish Collective Bargaining System

Collective agreement system, which closely involves the content of social fabric and separation of powers in industrial society -some of the main problems constituting economic, political and judicial fabric of the society- and as the product of a historical development process, is applied in many countries as a dynamic process that is able to rapidly adapt to both changing economic and social conditions and changes in technological structure and plays the most effective role in determining employment conditions. A collective labor agreement is primarily formed for the purpose of improving working conditions of workers and to recover their material circumstances through other side benefits provided in goods and money in addition to salary increases. Naturally, aspiration of employees to benefit from collective labor agreement applied in the workp-lace they serve is for their self-interest. However, to be able to benefit from collective labor agreement, while only aspiring is not sufficient to utilize it; fulfilling a set of conditions is also necessary

The Energy Policies of Eu, Russia, Turkey and Syria

Today, global energy politics, mainly determined by oil and natural gas. These policies shape the basis of the regions have the largest share the reserves in Middle East, Central Asia and Caspian Regions.There is a significant global competition in the search for oil and natural gas exploration, production, and delivery to international markets. The fact that Turkey is going to become a country with increasing requests in energy market / sector is important for Turkey to become a strategic country for petrol and natural gas producers. Therefore, supply and demand variety in natural gas and petroleum import, supply security, and the sustainability/continuity of this situaton, energy transportation projects are essential for Turkey

The Effect The of European Union on Middle and East Euoropean Countries and Turkey Regarding Democratization

Democratization process began in Turkey in 1946 when the multi-party elections took place in Turkey.This democratization period gained speed in 1999 when our country was recognised as a candidate for full membership. The political parties realized some reforms and regulations with the Effect of the European Union (EU) integration process in order to become ready for the Copenhagen criteria and the legal acquis of the EU.In the past, Middle and European countries had communist regimes. However, at the end of cold war, these contries abandoned their communist regimes about 60 years later in order to get full membership to the EU. Thus, this issue has a cultural and significance at the same time.EU has an important role in the democratization period for the Middle and East European countries. After the collapse of the Eastern bloc, the EU has decided itself to the transformation period for the Middle and East European countries. Although there is no consensus on the definition of Democratization from the EU perspective, we are going to look into the concept of Democratization in line with the European Union criteria in the first section of this study.In the second part, the demands about political criteria (democracy, rule ol law, human rights of minorities, institutional stability) of the EU from the candidate countries are categorized. In the third and fourth parts, the process of Turkey, Middle and East European countries have been explaned. The final part states the EU is more succesful on the matter of Democratization for the Middle East European countries

The Effects of Customs Union on Turkey's Competitiveness and Foreign Trade

In this study we will look at the relations between Turkey and the EU from the perspective of the Custom Union. First we will try to observe and understand the process of the Custom Union and its possible effect on the Turkish economy. Then we will try to understand the problems with Custom Union and its results on the relationships between Turkey and EU countries. Finally, we will make a general assessment in order to cover the whole issue.        

A Strategic Differentiator in Global Competition: Talent Management

When the gift called talent meets success, it becomes so intense that no force in the world can stop it. If one works with a team with the right talents, the decision-making and implementation processes will be much faster. Companies focus on capital, information technologies, equipment and top quality processes and act accordingly, but the most important factor of all is “human”. What makes good companies truly big is their ability to attract and keep the right talents. It is difficult to find young talents, and it is even more difficult to retain them. To maintain a competitive advantage in today’s world, retaining the best talents in the organization with commitment is just as important as finding them. Today, the best and the brightest must be included in the team to maintain a competitive advantage. Companies that lose their key employees may miss very important business opportunities. The realization that the most important source that feeds the sustai-nable competitive advantage is talent has led the management to focus all its attention on talents. The increase in the importance attached to talent has helped employees have improved self-confidence and allowed them to turn their creativity into a competitive advantage. From this perspective, talents have allowed for the introduction of new approaches for employees in the management process. This study attempts to explain concepts of functionality, vitality, developing commitment, creating engagement, accountability, which are the key success factors of talent management processes, as well as obstacles to and disadvantages of talent management

Effect of lifestyle interventions of pregnant women on their dietary habits, lifestyle behaviors, and weight gain: a randomized controlled trial

Background: Although it is known that lifestyle behaviors of pregnant women are closely related to maternal and fetal health, number of data concerning efficacy of intervention on lifestyle during pregnancy is limited. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of lifestyle interventions on improving dietary habits and lifestyle behaviors, ensuring gestational weight gain (GWG) within recommended levels and limiting postpartum weight retention (PWR). Methods: The study was conducted as a randomized controlled trial in a family health center located in Istanbul, Turkey, between June 2011 and July 2012. The primary outcomes were GWG, and the proportion of pregnant women whose GWG was within the Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines. One hundred two pregnant women with gestation = 18 years, gravidity <= 2, and who did not intend to lose weight in prepregnancy period were randomly included in this study as intervention (n = 51) and control (n = 51) groups. The study was completed with 45 women for each group. The control group received routine antenatal care. The intervention group was received an individualized lifestyle intervention focusing on healthy lifestyle, diet, exercise, and weight monitoring as four sessions at 12-15, 16-18, 20-24, and 37 weeks gestation. Lifestyle behaviors were evaluated with Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II. Dietary habits were assessed by 3-day dietary recalls, and weight was followed from pregnancy until 6 weeks postpartum. Results: The lifestyle interventions had a significant effect on improving lifestyle behaviors, protein intake, percentage of energy from protein, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, and vegetable intakes when adjusted for confounders (p 0.05). Conclusions: Lifestyle intervention improves the lifestyle behaviors during pregnancy and increases the appropriate GWG for prepregnancy body mass index (BMI), but it has a limited effect in terms of improving dietary habits and has no effect on PWR

Group cohesion in exercise classes: An examination of gender and type of exercise class differences

Group cohesion has been attributed to the higher levels of attendance and performance and lower levels of drop-outs in exercise classes. Cohesion can be affected by different type of exercise classes and gender. Therefore, the main purpose of the study was to compare the group cohesion levels of martial arts participants (aikido, taekwondo, karate, and kendo) with aerobic-like participants (aerobics, aero-steps, phys-gym, and high-low aerobics). This causal comparative study also aimed at examining gender differences in group cohesion in exercise classes. There were 140 participants (Mage=28.1 SD= 8.01 and female= 138 male= 2) in aerobic-like classes and 137 participants (Mage= 22.2 SD= 3.8 and female= 48 male= 89) in martial arts classes. Results revealed no gender differences between the groups on the perceptions of cohesion. On the other hand, except for individual attractions to the group-task dimension, participants of martial art classes had higher levels of group cohesion than the participants of aerobic-like classes. Consequently, it was concluded that different types of exercise classes may have different levels of cohesion and those differences were discussed within the context of exercise classes.&nbsp

A research on employment and unemployment: Case in Turkey

Purpose – It is to evaluate active employment policies by examining the types of unemployment inTurkey.Design/methodology/approach – The methodology of this article is literature review. For Turkey’semploymen policy, the type of unemploıyment, Dynamics of unemploymen and the characteristicsof unemployment subjects are investigated. After a brief introduction, the coming first part of thearticle consists of general concepts of employment and unemployment. In the second part majörunemployment types have been investigated. Next part is about the employment policy and thedynamic factors of employment. At the end of the article it has been discussed whether active andpassive employment policies are enough or not for Turkey.Findings – The articles main outcomes are the basic conceptual information about employmentand unemployment where as the main findings are the edequacy of the current applied policyespecially on active employment policy in Turkey. It is important that under technologicaldevelopment the traditional policies should be transformed.Discussion – The main discussion subject is the policies which are used for decreasingunemployment are enough or not as education and technology Fundamentals are intransformation