THE INFLUENCE OF THE DOMINANT ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION

Örgüt kültürü örgütsel özdeşleşme üzerinde önemli bir etkiye sahiptir. Bu nedenle bu çalışmada örgüt kültürünün örgütsel özdeşleşme üzerindeki etkisi incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın örneklemini Zonguldak ilinde enerji sektöründe faaliyet gösteren kurumsallaşmış özel bir şirkette çalışan 109 personel oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmadan elde edilen veriler korelasyon ve regresyon analizine tabii tutulmuştur. Regresyon analizi sonucunda bağımlı değişken örgütsel özdeşleşme ile bağımsız değişken kurum kültürü arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu saptanmıştır. İlişkinin yönünü ve şiddetini belirlemek amacıyla yapılan korelasyon analizi sonucunda ise bu iki değişken arasında orta seviyede (0,588) ve pozitif yönde anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bağımlı değişken olan örgütsel özdeşleşmenin sadece yaş ve çalışma pozisyonu demografik değişkenine göre anlamlı bir farklılık gösterdiği tespit edilirken, bağımsız değişken olan kurum kültürünün ise yalnızca cinsiyet ve çalışma pozisyonu demografik değişkenine göre anlamlı bir fark gösterdiği tespit edilmiştir.Organizational culture has an important influence on organizational identification. Therefore, in this study the effect of organizational culture on organizational identification has been examined. The sample of the study is composed of 109 personnel working in a private institution active in the energy sector in Zonguldak. The data obtained from the study were subjected to correlation and regression analysis. As a result of regression analysis, it was determined that there is a significant relationship between dependent variable organizational identification and independent variable organizational culture. As a result of the correlation analysis conducted to determine the direction and severity of the relationship, it was determined that there was a significant correlation between these two variables in the middle level (0.588) and the positive direction. It was determined that the dependent variable, organizational identification, showed a significant difference only in terms of age and working position demographic variables, whereas the independent variable, organizational culture, showed a significant difference only in terms of gender and working position

Using the Communication in Science Inquiry Project professional development model to facilitate learning middle school genetics concepts

This study describes the effect of embedding content in the Communication in Inquiry Science Project professional development model for science and language arts teachers. The model uses four components of successful professional development (content focus, active learning, extended duration, participation by teams of teachers from the same school or grade level) and instructional strategies for inquiry, academic language development, written and oral discourse, and learning principles as components of science activities. Teachers were given a pre/ post-institute genetics assessment. There was a statistically significant increase in scores for the entire sample and a statistically significant difference between science and language arts pre and post scores, with science teachers scoring higher in both cases

Assessment of the requisites of microbiology based infectious disease training under the pressure of consultation needs

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Training of infectious disease (ID) specialists is structured on classical clinical microbiology training in Turkey and ID specialists work as clinical microbiologists at the same time. Hence, this study aimed to determine the clinical skills and knowledge required by clinical microbiologists.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A cross-sectional study was carried out between June 1, 2010 and September 15, 2010 in 32 ID departments in Turkey. Only patients hospitalized and followed up in the ID departments between January-June 2010 who required consultation with other disciplines were included.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>A total of 605 patients undergoing 1343 consultations were included, with pulmonology, neurology, cardiology, gastroenterology, nephrology, dermatology, haematology, and endocrinology being the most frequent consultation specialties. The consultation patterns were quite similar and were not affected by either the nature of infections or the critical clinical status of ID patients.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The results of our study show that certain internal medicine subdisciplines such as pulmonology, neurology and dermatology appear to be the principal clinical requisites in the training of ID specialists, rather than internal medicine as a whole.</p

Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

Summary Background Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. Methods For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factor Collaboration. We applied a Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate trends from 1985 to 2019 in mean height and mean BMI in 1-year age groups for ages 5–19 years. The model allowed for non-linear changes over time in mean height and mean BMI and for non-linear changes with age of children and adolescents, including periods of rapid growth during adolescence. Findings We pooled data from 2181 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight in 65 million participants in 200 countries and territories. In 2019, we estimated a difference of 20 cm or higher in mean height of 19-year-old adolescents between countries with the tallest populations (the Netherlands, Montenegro, Estonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina for boys; and the Netherlands, Montenegro, Denmark, and Iceland for girls) and those with the shortest populations (Timor-Leste, Laos, Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea for boys; and Guatemala, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Timor-Leste for girls). In the same year, the difference between the highest mean BMI (in Pacific island countries, Kuwait, Bahrain, The Bahamas, Chile, the USA, and New Zealand for both boys and girls and in South Africa for girls) and lowest mean BMI (in India, Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, Ethiopia, and Chad for boys and girls; and in Japan and Romania for girls) was approximately 9–10 kg/m2. In some countries, children aged 5 years started with healthier height or BMI than the global median and, in some cases, as healthy as the best performing countries, but they became progressively less healthy compared with their comparators as they grew older by not growing as tall (eg, boys in Austria and Barbados, and girls in Belgium and Puerto Rico) or gaining too much weight for their height (eg, girls and boys in Kuwait, Bahrain, Fiji, Jamaica, and Mexico; and girls in South Africa and New Zealand). In other countries, growing children overtook the height of their comparators (eg, Latvia, Czech Republic, Morocco, and Iran) or curbed their weight gain (eg, Italy, France, and Croatia) in late childhood and adolescence. When changes in both height and BMI were considered, girls in South Korea, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and some central Asian countries (eg, Armenia and Azerbaijan), and boys in central and western Europe (eg, Portugal, Denmark, Poland, and Montenegro) had the healthiest changes in anthropometric status over the past 3·5 decades because, compared with children and adolescents in other countries, they had a much larger gain in height than they did in BMI. The unhealthiest changes—gaining too little height, too much weight for their height compared with children in other countries, or both—occurred in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, New Zealand, and the USA for boys and girls; in Malaysia and some Pacific island nations for boys; and in Mexico for girls. Interpretation The height and BMI trajectories over age and time of school-aged children and adolescents are highly variable across countries, which indicates heterogeneous nutritional quality and lifelong health advantages and risks

Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)

From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of these changes across regions. We investigated how much change in mean body mass index (BMI) explains changes in the prevalence of underweight, obesity, and severe obesity in different regions using data from 2896 population-based studies with 187 million participants. Changes in the prevalence of underweight and total obesity, and to a lesser extent severe obesity, are largely driven by shifts in the distribution of BMI, with smaller contributions from changes in the shape of the distribution. In East and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, the underweight tail of the BMI distribution was left behind as the distribution shifted. There is a need for policies that address all forms of malnutrition by making healthy foods accessible and affordable, while restricting unhealthy foods through fiscal and regulatory restrictions

Knee Osteoarthritis

WOS: 000269668900001Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis and the prevalence of OA increases with age. it is the major contributor to functional impairment in older adults. Symptomatic knee OA prevalence is reported to be 13% among adults over 55 years old. OA process not only affects the articular cartilage, but involves the entire joint, including the subchondral bone, capsule, ligaments, synovial membrane, and periarticular muscles and represents the failure of an organ (the synovial joint). OA is initiated by a mechanical damage to the joint and it is a manifestation of attempts to heal the joint and ameliorate the abnormal biomechanics. The distinction between primary and secondary OA is not meaningful as OA is always secondary to another disease or condition. The diagnosis of OA in clinical practice should be made on the basis of history and physical examination. Radiography is needed to confirm clinical suspicion and rule out other conditions. Other inflammatory diseases, predisposing diseases to OA and local causes of knee pain are potential differential diagnoses. Treatment modalities for knee OA are non-pharmacological, pharmacological, intra-articular and surgical. The management of OA should be tailored for each patient and treatment guidelines should be taken into consideration. In this article the current treatment guidelines are reviewed in details. Turk J Phys Med Rehab 2009; 55 Suppl 1: 1-7

THE EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE ON WORK PSYCHOLOGY: A RESEARCH ON HEALTH SECTOR

Modern örgütler, artan rekabet ortamında ve gelişen yönetim anlayışında daha iyi performansı ve daha yüksek iş kalitesini hedeflemekte ve çalışanlarına en iyi çalışma ortamını oluşturmak için stratejik çalışmalar yapmaktadır. Ancak her açık örgütte olduğu gibi etkileşimin bir sonucu olarak çalışanlarda pozitif ve/veya negatif tutumlar gelişebilmektedir. Bu tutumlar bütünleşik bir şekilde incelendiğinde ortaya çalışma psikolojisi çıkmaktadır. Çalışma psikolojisi, çalışanların psikolojilerindeki değişimleri bütünleşik bir şekilde incelemekte ve bu değişimlerin sebeplerini ve çözümlerini araştırmaktadır. Çalışma psikolojisi, örgütün tutumları karşısında çalışanda oluşan psikolojik değişimi ifade etmekle birlikte aynı zamanda çalışanın beşeri ilişkileri sonucunda oluşan psikolojik değişimleri de ifade etmektedir. Bundan dolayı, örgüt iklimi içerisinde çalışma psikolojisi farklılık gösteren çalışanlar olabildiği gibi çalışma psikolojisi benzerlik gösteren çalışanlar da olabilmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, örgütsel iklimin çalışma psikolojisi üzerindeki etkisini belirlemektir. Bu amaca bağlı olarak, aynı örgüt iklimine maruz kalan hastane çalışanlarına yönelik bir araştırma gerçekleştirilmiştir. Yapılan araştırmada, anket tekniği kullanılmış, elde edilen veriler korelasyon, regresyon ve Kruskal-Wallis H analiz teknikleri ile analiz edilmiştir. Regresyon analizi sonucunda, çalışma psikolojisindeki değişimin %50'sini örgütsel iklimin açıkladığı saptanmıştır. Ayrıca, çalışma psikolojisindeki değişimin en çok işgörenler arasında karşılıklı güven duygusundan etkilendiği tespit edilmiştir. Kruskal-Wallis H analizi sonucunda ise aynı örgüt iklimi içerisinde çalışan hastane personelinin, çalışma süresinin, eğitim durumunun, mesleklerinin ve yaşlarının çalışma psikolojisinde farklılık yaratmadığı saptanmıştırModern organizations aim for better performance and higher business quality in the growing competition environment and are in strategic endeavours as to create the best working environment. However, as is the case in every organization, as a result of interaction, workers can develop positive and negative attitudes. These attitudes constitute the work psychology when examined in an integrated way. Work psychology examines the changes in the psychology of the workers in an integrated way and investigates reasons and solutions for these changes. Work psychology points out both the psychological change in the worker in the face of organization’s attitudes and psychological changes in the worker that occur as a result of human relations. Thus, there are workers within the organizational climate that vary in terms of their work psychology, as well as those who are similar. The purpose of this study is to define the effect of organizational climate on the work psychology. For this purpose, a study has been conducted on hospital workers who are exposed to the same organizational climate. Survey technique has been used in the research, the date acquired has been analysed with the analysis techniques; correlation, regression and Kruskal-Wallis H. As a result of the regression analysis, it has been determined that organizational climate explains 50% of the change in the work psychology. Also, it has been determined that the change in work psychology is effected mostly by the feeling of mutual trust among the workers. As a result of the KruskalWallis H analysis it has been determined that working hours, educational background, profession or age of the hospital employees who work in the same organizational climate don’t generate a varianc

The Effect of External Motivation and Work Overload on Career Anchor Development

WOS: 000464555600003Purpose of this study is to test relationship between career anchor developed by employees and sense of work spillover, determine effect level of external motivation and sense of work spillover if there is a statistically significant relation and offer suggestions that will decrease career anchors of the employees by increasing their performances in the career occupations. Depending upon this purpose, data has been obtained from 67 doctors working in university hospital of X Higher Education Institution by means of survey method. This data has been evaluated by SPSS program and analyzed using correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, Kruskal-Wallis H Test and Mann-Whitney U test. In conclusion of the analyses conducted, there is a significant relation between external motivation factors and career anchor and there is no statistically significant relation between work spillover and career anchor. When integrated effect is examined, however, it has been determined that work spillover has an effect on career anchors in presence of external motivation factors. It has been determined that 1 unit increase in sense of work spillover causes 0.398 increase in development of career anchor and 1 unit increase in external motivation factors causes 0.566 decrease in development of career anchor

Perceptions of Secondary and Post-Secondary Interdisciplinary Faculty on CISIP Professional Development: A Teacher Learning Community Designing Scientific Classroom Discourse Communities

This study summarizes semi-structured focus group exit interviews with Communication in Science Inquiry Project (CISIP) participants, experienced secondary and post-secondary science, English, and ELL faculty. CISIP is an NSF-funded initiative designed to meet the need for highly qualified teachers and science education reform. The main purpose of the larger study was to understand teachers’ application, in teams, of the CISIP model during the three-week summer institute. The focus group interviews helped to triangulate researchers’ observations with the participants’ perceptions. Participants expressed favorable attitudes toward their extended CISIP experience, at least one year’s participation before the summer institute. All acknowledged the value of a professional learning community. Science educators valued sharing ideas with other teachers and disciplinary area experts to incorporate academic and English language acquisition, oral and written discourse teaching strategies into their inquiry-based science lessons. By providing an adaptable curriculum model CISIP facilitators affected individual educators’ beliefs, assisted them in learning new pedagogical strategies, and helped them design CISIP-aligned curriculum. However, full implementation of the CISIP model has been a challenge, perhaps due to so few teachers having a school-based CISIP team member, systemic school-based frame factors, or insufficient practice with the CISIP model