... important their personal networks are for their businesses, especially in the context of patriarchal societies. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted with women entrepreneurs living and operating businesses in Turkey and in four countries of the Middle East and North...

... and consequences of mentor relationships in a sample of managerial and professional women working for a large organization in Turkey. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 192 women managers and professionals using anonymously completed questionnaires...

... with the inclination to purchase private brands. Greece Israel Portugal Turkey Consumer behaviour Brands Private labels Cross culture Although much research has studied the consumers of private brands, it has focused mainly on demographic analysis, finding that they are more elderly (Dhar and Hoch...

.../methodology/approach Data for the study were collected through a face‐to‐face survey of consumers in Turkey. Of the 300 questionnaires distributed, 283 were accepted as usable for the study. Consumer ethnocentrism was measured by CETSCALE. Findings The findings show that shoppers with high levels...

... and extend their findings to an employed sample from another country and culture. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 877 men and women managers and professionals working in the manufacturing sector in Turkey using anonymously completed questionnaires. Findings This sample worked...

... professors in Turkey. It attempts to replicate previous research conducted in North America. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 406 professors using a web‐based questionnaire. Three workaholism components were considered: work involvement, feeling driven to work because of inner needs...

... in the two countries. Originality/value The factor congruency technique was employed to determine the extent of similarities and disparities between the two groups. Emergence of cross‐cultural similarities carries implications for bank managers. Table I Varimax rotated matrix: Turkey...

... number of factors in all three years prior to failure Mine Uğurlu can be contacted at: ugurlum@boun.edu.tr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Financial performance Predictive process Modelling Turkey The prediction of financial distress has been a field of study during...

...Nicholas J. Ashill; Ugur Yavas The study reported in this article investigates whether or not consumers from Turkey and New Zealand attach similar levels of importance to various information sources in their purchase decisions and whether they are similar (dissimilar) in their opinions...

...Serdar Karabati; Arzu Iseri Say Work and societal values were examined through a 72‐item survey for a sample of nearly six hundred managers, business owners, and professionals in Turkey. Factor analyses revealed eleven work value dimensions and eleven societal value dimensions. A second order...

...Robert D. Hisrich; Branko Bucar; Sevgi Oztark Presents the empirical findings regarding the ethical attitudes of business people in four culturally and economically different countries (Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, and the United States) based on the assumptions of integrative social contracts theory...

...Ugur Yavas Uses data collected from a sample of expatriate managers on assignments in Turkey to attempt to examine the dimensionality of expatriate adjustment. Suggests that the results offer support to earlier findings that expatriate adjustment is a multifaceted construct. Shows that the measure...

... similarities and government support. Advocates Turkey as a good alternative base for western markets looking to expand into this new market. Volume 6 Number 4 1999 3 Turkish Firm s Success Factors in the Former Soviet Union (FSU) Yesim Toduk Akis The Author Dr Yesim Toduk Akis is a part-time lecturer...