Mediating role of job satisfaction in the relationship between organizational identification and organizational commitment: An empirical study on ship agency employees

Understanding the relationship between an organization and the employees in that organization is of paramount importance for the success and future of that organization. This is related to the measurement of the organizational attitudes and behaviours of employees and the use of these attitudes and behaviours for forward-looking predictions. This being said, the aim of the study is to explore the relationship between the organizational identification levels of employees in ship agencies, and their job satisfaction and organizational commitment. For the purpose of this study, the data were obtained from 265 employees of different ship agencies in the cities of Istanbul and Kocaeli, Turkey, through questionnaire. The data then were analyzed via the structural equation modeling analyses, which were conducted using AMOS v22 by Bootstrap resampling with 5000 replications; the results have showed that organizational identification has both a positive direct and an indirect effect on organizational commitment, the latter through job satisfaction. Further, this study revealed that organizational identification, together with job satisfaction, explained about 0.59% of the variation in organizational commitment

Value Creation in Project Cargo Logistics: A Delphi Study

Project cargo logistics, with its idiosyncratic logistics processes and transportation of large, heavy and high-value cargoes, is a developing industry in Turkey. Value creation for project cargo transportation plays a critical role in gaining competitiveness in such a unique industry. Hence, the duties of related parties, the main value creation enablers, value creation outcomes and the barriers restricting such value creation should be explored. This paper sets out to provide an understanding on value creation concept of project cargo logistics. Its purpose is to identify the critical enablers of value creation as well as the main outcomes of value creation. An exploratory Delphi study with two rounds is employed. Key enablers include the partner-related and project cargo logistics operations-related dimensions. Critical outcomes have been classified as operational efficiency, service effectiveness and technology adoption/innovation. Findings can assist both operators and governmental bodies in aligning their services and procedures within the value creation perspective

Swelling behaviour, rheological property and drug release profile of the anti-inflammatory drug metamizole sodium from xanthan gum-ZnO nanoparticles

In this study, our aim was to determine the effect of the polymer matrix on the drug delivery system; active-drug-loaded xanthan-gum (XaG)-based ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized under the ultrasonic irritation method. We characterized the structure using UV-Vis, SEM-EDX, FTIR and XRD techniques. The morphology of the nanoparticles has been carried out using SEM, and the results revealed that hexagonal disc structures were prepared with a size below 100 nm. The consideration of theoretical error analysis in estimating kinetic model parameters for simulating the drug release profile was incurred, to find a general model applicable to multimechanistic release. Five error analysis methods for identifying the kinetic model parameters have been calculated and their comparison based on goodness of fit. Results showed that drug-loaded XaG/ZnO nanoparticles released the drug with the Higuchi model (R-2 = 0.97-0.99). We compared the viscosities of nanostructures obtained by using different synthesis methods such as magnetic stirring and ultrasonic irradiation at different times (10-20 min) to illuminate the rheological structure. Comparing Krigbaum and Wall parameters (Delta b) for all samples, XaG/ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by ultrasonic irritation method proved to be an optimal miscible formulation. From the results, XaG/ZnO nanoparticles can potentially be recommended as a reliable nanocarrier with the release of metamizole sodium (MS) drug