The Mediating Role of Trust in the Effect of Ethical Leadership on Employee Attitudes and Behaviors

This empirical study aims to analyze the effect of ethical leadership on employees’ citizenship behavior in organization, commitment, and job satisfaction by determining how the trust-based relationships within the organization are related to that effect. Data were gathered from 328 employees who are employed in various durable goods manufacturing companies in organized industrial region in Ankara/Turkey. The consequences of structural equation modeling (SEM) showed that ethical leadership was related to trust both in leader and in organization. In accordance with the expectations, the results indicated that trust in leader partially mediated the relationship between ethical leadership, organizational commitment, satisfaction from job, and organizational citizenship behavior. On the other hand, trust in organization partially mediated the relationship between citizenship behavior in organization, commitment and ethical leadership. Contrary to the expectations, it was observed that the relationship between ethical leadership and satisfaction from job was not mediated by trust in organization

Duyguların Girişimcilik Niyeti Üzerindeki Etkisi1 The Effect of Emotions on Entrepreneurial Intentions

Bu çalışmanın amacı potansiyel bir girişimci grubunu teşkil eden üniversite öğrencilerinin sahip olduğu duyguların girişimcilik niyetleri üzerindeki rolünü aydınlığa kavuşturmaktır. Bu kapsamda, Atatürk Üniversitesi İ.İ.B.F. işletme bölümünde öğrenim gören 343 öğrencinin sahip olduğu duygular ile girişimcilik niyetleri ele alınmıştır. Araştırma sonuçları uyarınca girişimcilik niyetinin yüksek olduğu grupta yer alan öğrencilerin girişimcilik niyetinin düşük olduğu gruptakilerden bazı olumlu duygular açısından farklılaştığı tespit edilmiştir. Bireylerin sahip olduğu birtakım olumlu duyguların girişimcilik niyeti üzerindeki belirleyici rolü, girişimci karaktere sahip bir toplum yaratabilme açısından bu tür olumlu duyguların teşvik edilmesi gerektiğine dikkat çekmiştir. The goal of this study is to clarify the role of emotions of university students, who are constitute potential entrepreneurs, on entrepreneurial intention. In this context, the emotions and entrepreneurial intentions of 343 university students who are studying at Atatürk University Faculty of Economics Administrative Sciences are discussed. According to the results, it is identified that in terms of some positive emotions there is difference between the group with high entrepreneurial intention and the group with low entrepreneurial intention. The determining role of individual’s some positive emotions on the entrepreneurial intention pointed out that this kind of positive emotions should be encouraged in order to create an entrepreneur society

Cognitive functions in opioid-dependent males according to duration of abstinence

Objective: Opioid dependence is a neurobehavioral disorder characterized by repeated compulsive craving or using an opioid. In this study, we aimed to evaluate cognitive functions according to the duration of abstinence and other factors affecting cognitive functions

Evaluation of the physical and emotional effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with fibromyalgia and chronic low back pain: A multicenter cross-sectional controlled study

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the physical and emotional effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients. Patients and methods: The cross-sectional controlled study was performed with 1,360 participants (332 males, 1,028 females; mean age: 42.3±12.5 years; range, 18 to 65 years) between September 2020 and February 2021. The participants were evaluated in three groups: the FMS group (n=465), the CLBP group (n=455), and the healthy control group (n=440). Physical activity, pain levels, and general health status before and during the pandemic were evaluated in all participants. Stress levels were analyzed with the perceived stress scale (PSS) in all groups, and disease activity was analyzed with the fibromyalgia impact questionnaire (FIQ) in patients with FMS. Results: Patients with FMS had worsened general health status and pain levels during the pandemic compared to the other groups (p< 0.01). The FMS group showed significantly higher PSS scores than those in other groups (p< 01). There was a weak-positive correlation between FIQ and PSS parameters in patients with FMS (p< 0.05, r=0.385). Conclusion: The general health status, pain, and stress levels of the patients with FMS and CLBP tended to worsen during the pandemic. This high-stress level appeared to affect disease activity in patients with FMS