Browsing by Author "Kanbur E."

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Acculturation as a migration reality: What can be done in international companies?
(2018-01-01) Kanbur E.; Kanbur A.
The movement of people has almost become one of the most important points of social life since the beginning of human history. Migration is defined as a displacement between two locations. It is an individual process at the same time as it is a social, economic, cultural, and political phenomenon. In the literature reasons of migration explained broadly. Whatever the reasons for leaving from their country or regions or how they are met in the place they go, immigrants experience adaptation difficulties. The migration act is firstly considered as a displacement movement, but it is a fact that it has caused extensive changes on individuals and communities with its reasons and results. Acculturation can be seen as a migration problem for people who move to a new country. It means the cultural change process which an individual takes over in the wake of cultural contact. Being as a migration reality, acculturation draws attention based on the difficulties that international companies can be face in cultural side.
Corporate governance efforts in the world: Developments and practices in G7 countries and Turkey
(2018-01-01) Kanbur A.; Kanbur E.
Corporate governance concept appears as a necessity in the need for searching more effective institutionalization examples. Corporate governance refers to the ways companies are directed and controlled. It is inclusive of the structures, processes, cultures, and systems through which the company sets out its objectives and defines the means of attaining those objectives and monitoring its performance. The Organization for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD) Principles of Corporate Governance were endorsed by OECD Ministers in 1999 and these principles have provided specific guidance for legislative and regulatory initiatives in both OECD and non- OECD countries. Fairness, transparency, accountability, and responsibility can be seen as indispensable concepts in all of the generally accepted approach about corporate governance. It is widely accepted that corporate governance systems vary across nations. In every country, corporate governance practices are formed based on the country’s unique circumstances, culture infrastructure, legal system, business structures, and effects of the human factor.
Phubbing at Workplace
(2021-01-01) Kanbur E.; Kanbur A.